Other visualisations of swiss polls for Schengen Dublinhere. I think it's also did by people at EPFL. Why do I blog this it's interesting to see how people play with different dimensions to do visualisations. Connected Pasta I already posted about political cartograms, distorted maps and city poll...
Skyscraper farms update
That's a topic I really fancy : turning skyscrapers into farms (aka "vertical farming"). That's impressive. There is now a website about it: Vertical farms: The concept of indoor farming is not new, since hothouse production of tomatoes, a wide variety of herbs, and other produce has been in vogue ...
Best practices for animal handling and stunning
Totally NON POLITICALLY CORRECT POST: I've just discovered the work of Temple Grandin.There is for instance this document: Best practices for animal handling and stunning by Dr. Temple Grandin, Meat & Poultry, April 2000, pg. 76. Temple is focused on studying animal behavior and designing various d...
"Situating Ubiquitous Computing in Everyday Life" Workshop at Ubicomp
A workshop I did notice at Ubicomp 2005: "Situating Ubiquitous Computing in Everyday Life: Bridging the Social and Technical Divide": A workshop to be held at UbiComp 2005, Tokyo, Japan, 11 September 2005. Sponsored by the Knowledge Acquisition & Projection Lab @ Indiana University. Organized by Mi...
Robotic C-leg for humans
Getting a leg up, thanks to robotic limbs By Michel Marriott The New York Times. An interesting piece about a new trend: incorporating new technologies into the body. It's about Cameron Clapp new robotic legs. For people who see Cameron Clapp for the first time, he is an object of wonderment: a you...
A single-wheeled , ride-inside conveyance vehicle
(via), Wheelsurf is a curious new vehicle: Bicycle commuter also presents this interesting single-wheel bicycle: Somehow more interesting is this singlewheel-trailer collection. ...
CAIF Workshop Notes
People interested in reading what's happening at our workshop may have a look at our collaborative notes!So far, it's funny to see every speaker clearly defining his/her role ("I am a computer scientist and not an architect or a psychologist", "We are architects and not...", ...), of course everybo...
Remote control important effect: arguments
(via), an unexpected side-effect of using remote-controls:Remote Controls Cause 1.5m Arguments A Day A poll of 2,000 adults found 45 per cent get upset when someone loses the zapper — and messing about with the volume angers 34 per cent. The biggest crime is switching channels without asking — anno...
Fruit and Vegetables Grown Under Office Building
Underground Urban farm: Fruit and Vegetables Grown Under Office Building: An underground rice and vegetable field has been planted beneath an office building in Tokyo's Otemachi business district. This urban farm - in what used to be the vault of a major bank - is maintained using computer-cont...
Squidball: a game based on large-scale motion capture
Squidball developed at NYU Media Research Lab, : Squidball is a large-scale, real-time interactive video game that uses motion capture technology to create a unique and energetic gaming experience. In the world's largest calibrated motion capture volume, the game debuted on August 12th, 2004, with ...