(Via infosthetics): dencity is very interesting: denCity.net is an experiment concerning the territorialisation of the virtual and the deterritorialisation of the physical, en route to an augmented perception of urban reality and density. it's about "density", "city", about "den" (which in japanese...
History of technology-based navigation by Michelin
A nice piece in the IHT about navigation systems made by Michelin. It offers an interesting historical perspective: Although many of us have not kept up with this part of the digital age, one old-world company that has is Michelin, the French tire maker. Through a subsidiary called ViaMichelin, it ...
Show your context, show your inspiration!
I discovered a cool column in gamasutra (web bible for game designers). It's called media consumption and the point is to "ask game designers what their favorite game designers have been listening to, watching, reading, and playing". For instance, have a glance at this one who is a Netflix fan. As ...
Computer-Supported Collaborative PLAY
Also mentioned by Philip's great blog, Bill Gaver will give a keynote talk which I find relevant at ECSCW: All W and No P Makes CSCW a Dull Field: Supporting Ludic Collaboration by William Gaver (Royal College of Art, London, UK) CSCW was built on the recognition that work is inherently collaborati...
Gartner's highlights about emerging technologies in 2005
(via future now) Not really groundbreaking for people use to watch today's trends, Gartner released its key highlights about emerging technologies in 2005 (as part of their hype cycle program). Gartner has identified three key technologies themes businesses should watch as well as highlighting some...
LBS-MoSoSo
A new interesting blog about mobile social software and location-based services is around: LBS-MoSoSo (I like the name ;) The author is Alex Kummerman. In this Blog you will find important information and comments on the new comming wave of mobile social softwares. This blog focuses on Location bas...
Inflatable Structures in Space
I find this fascinating: Bigelow Aerospace has planned a series of inflatable structure tests in space. Plan is to evolve testing and hardware to establish the Nautilus outpost in Earth orbit. The most advanced research in inflatable things certainly. Here is one the first prototype: Making "space ...
Ph.D august meeting: model, mutual model and schedule for 2005-2006
This morning, I had a meeting with my Ph.D advisor to set the boundaries of my research project. Apart from the experimental aspects of the project I already done (the CatchBob! project), Pierre wants me to describe a formal model (the thesis would be defended in computer science, that's why) of th...
Revelations, mysticism, cognition and mountains
(via) At last! we can understand why revelations occurred on mountains:Why revelations have occurred on mountains? Linking mystical experiences and cognitive neuroscience by Arzy S, Idel M, Landis T, Blanke O. Med Hypotheses. 2005;65(5):841-845. The fundamental revelations to the founders of the th...
Location-Based Mobile Media Course at USC
A new course taught by Julian Bleecker about Location-Based Mobile Media: Maps, Games and Stories at the University of Southern California Interactive Media Division: Through readings, discussion and presentations of prior art related to the topic, students will design and develop a project that ad...