Not exactly your über cool high-flying drone, but I find remote-controlled cars like this fascinating. The real-time perspective, via the goggles, might be weird. ...
“Biotic video-game” or more thoroughly described in...
“Biotic video-game” or more thoroughly described in Design, engineering and utility of biotic games by Ingmar H. Riedel-Kruse , Alice M. Chung , Burak Dura , Andrea L. Hamilton and Byung C. Lee (2011): Games are a significant and defining part of human culture, and their utility beyond pure enter...
Working on the “Curious Ritual” book project, I...
Working on the “Curious Ritual” book project, I found that interview of Bruce Sterling very much in line with what we are exploring (with field observations as the one represented above): Tish Shute: This year we have seen gestural interfaces go mainstream. What are the most interesting direction...
This is the Nissan LEAF Start-Up Sounds, which is an electric...
This is the Nissan LEAF Start-Up Sounds, which is an electric car and, as such produce almost no noise when starting. Why do I blog this? Preparing our design fiction video in the Curious Rituals project, Walt showed us this sound as an interesting example of the near future has been represented, ...
A curious project by Antonin Fourneau The “Water Light...
A curious project by Antonin Fourneau The “Water Light Graffiti” is a surface made of thousands of LED illuminated by the contact of water. You can use a paintbrush, a water atomizer, your fingers or anything damp to sketch a brightness message or just to draw. Water Light Graffiti is a wall for ...
“Hard time on planet Earth” is an American science...
“Hard time on planet Earth” is an American science fiction series that aired on CBS in 1989 and caught my attention at the time because of the weird floating robot that constantly moved around the main character. According to the Wikipedia: After a huge interplanetary war ended, Elite Military ...
Despite its flawed title, reading My Life as a Telecommuting...
Despite its flawed title, reading My Life as a Telecommuting Robot was intriguing enough. Some excerpts: During my robot days, I interacted with co-workers I’d never met before, as well as others I hadn’t talked with in years; each of them was compelled to greet me as I cruised down the hall. I c...
Dephone, by Maria Beltran (Master Media Design,...
Dephone, by Maria Beltran (Master Media Design, HEAD-Genève): Smartphones have spread into our daily lives. Their multifunctionality monopolizes the attention and contributes to the addiction of users. Everyday behaviors have changed considerably and now people sharing the same space interact les...
Meanwhile in Switzerland: sheep to warn shepherds of wolf...
Meanwhile in Switzerland: sheep to warn shepherds of wolf attacks by SMS: During the experiment, the change in the flock’s heartbeat was found to be significant enough to imagine a system whereby the sheep could be fitted with a collar that releases a repellent to drive the wolf away, while also ...
"Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science: Those seven warning signs are: Discoverers make their claims..."
“Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science:Those seven warning signs are: Discoverers make their claims directly to the popular media, rather than to fellow scientists. Discoverers claim that a conspiracy has tried to suppress the discovery. The claimed effect appears so weak that observers can hardly d...