Matt just sent this: The endless forest is a kind of game, described as a "a social screensaver". It's designed and directed by Auriea Harvey & Michaël Samyn (belgian game studio Tales of tales): The Endless Forest is a social screensaver, a virtual place where you can play with your friends. When ...
Reboot 8 in Copenhagen
Some few thoughts about Reboot8 first day. Thomas' introduced the concept of this edition, which is re-naissance (re-birth) = understanding the past and improving on that. It's about easy reality, sustainable change, not just about business but also changing society and changing our own lifestyle;...
When robot mimic tongues and tentacles...
What a curious device on "extreme engineering" (Discovery channel): A robot with a flexible, trunk-like arm could one day work like an elephant to grasp unwieldy loads, navigate like a snake through the rubble of a disaster zone, or feel around inside the dark crevasses of other planets.: Unlike c...
Extreme behavior
I am always mesmerized by sort of attitude: 70,000 Beer Cans Found in Ogden Townhouse: When property manager Ryan Froerer got a call from a realtor last year to check on a townhouse, he knew something was up. Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "As we approached the door, there were beer boxes, all the way ...
Role played by artifacts in cognition
How social is the social? Rethinking the role of artifacts in cognitive science is a paper by Ana Viseu that I came across while sorting my "to read" txt file. It's basically a good account of the role played by artifacts in cognition. It describes them from the perspectives of 3 different schools ...
meanwhile... 2nd blogject workshop
These last 2 days, I am busy managing the blogject workshop 2 with Julian Bleecker at EPFL. There's a small group of very relevant people there (Julian Bleecker, Fabien Girardin, Mauro Cherubini, Mark Meagher, Frédéric Kaplan, Laurent Sciboz, Timo Arnall, Sascha Pohflepp, Regine Debatty, Fabio Serg...
Communications of the ACM on hacking and innovation
The last issue of Communications of the ACM is about "Hacking and Innovation". There are some very interesting papers about that topic; ranging from hacker ethic to hardware hacking and academic freedom. Hacking and Innovation Gregory Conti, Guest Editor Academic Freedom and the Hacker Ethic Tom Cr...
When location information undermines navigation
Does Location Come for Free?The Effects of Navigation Aids on Location Learning by Carl Gutwin and Diana Anton; Technical report HCI-TR-06-03. Navigation aids such as bookmarks, target prediction, or history mechanisms help users find desired objects in visual workspaces. They work by highlighting ...
Extraordinary architecture: futurism from the 70s
Last week I went to La Grande Motte, an impressive city created in France in 1974 to be populated with tourists during the summer. Why do I blog this? The architecture is very intriguing to me, very stylish and not passé at all; I like the shape, the colors and the global impression (it reminds...
Carpet fighting
An interesting project from the //////////fur//// workshop @ ECAL, 2004 : CARPET FIGHTING by Patricia Armada / Pierre-Abraham Rochat / Gabriel Walt / Mathias Forbach Compete on the keyboard against a player in the real space in this multiple reality crossing, tic-tac-toe like game. (PC Laptop, EZIO...