A relevant paper for my current research: Consolvo, S., Smith, I., Matthews, T., Lamarca, A., Tabert, J., and Powledge, P. (2005). Location disclosure to social relations: why, when and what people want to share. In Proceeding of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, pages 81...
Cell-phone-like radio wave to communicate with your prostate
Mauro pointed me on this nice device: Mauro translated the text: This is a nice example of Italian technology that can be useful, patented and sold abroad. I wonder why the medical field is one of the only context where international results are produced. The probing device emits radio waves simila...
Interface for animals part2: the rat interface
After the monkey playing video games, we have here the interface for rodent: It might have been used in experiement in which a rat pressed on a pedal for a portion of electric enjoyment. Poor rats :( ...
Sports cars in contrast to other categories of cars are strong social reinforcers
Read in wireheading: Cultural objects modulate reward circuitry by Erk S, Spitzer M, Wunderlich AP, Galley L, Walter H. Using event-related fMRI we investigated the rewarding properties of cultural objects (cars) signaling wealth and social dominance. It has been shown recently that reward mechanis...
The nukulele
Read in Principles for Designing Computer Music Controllers, the Nukulele is a nice modified ukulele! The Nukelele (thanks to Michael Brooke for the name) was constructed in Bob Adams’ Interval Research Expressions project. While collaborating on other Expressions projects such as “the Stick” and t...
2 cool mobile applications
Read in Information Week (in a paper about how AI is coming back in the technosphere): SmartPhlow that turns a smart phone's small screen and telephone keypad into a way to interpret traffic data. The software turns a large visual space--in this case, a map of the Seattle area's roadways--into more...
gametrack: a theremin.like game controller
This gametrak seems interesting. This game controller comes in the form of a pair of fingerless gloves you strap on your arms. It only tracks the movements of the player's arms and hands. Gametrak™ is a revolutionary new videogames control system and games, which captures your movements and put...
Here is the Meta Trumpet
The Meta Trumpet is developed by Johnatan Impett. A traditional trumpet was instrumented to record performance gestures, and converted these to MIDI. Described by CJ Bolland (.ppt) as: Traditional instruments can be adapted into MIDI controllers for multimedia by incorporating additional sensors wi...
NBIC = nano-bio-info-cogno
NBIC = nano-bio-info-cogno I was unaware of this acronym NBIC I read in the french newsfeed Internet Actu. MOre information in this huge NSF report about Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance. The phrase “convergent technologies” refers to the synergistic combination of four major...
Three hidden factors shaping the innovation environment are guns, games, and style
Read in Business Week: Where will innovation come from? That's always on the minds of those whose livelihood depends, directly or indirectly, on information technology. (...) In today's technology industry, the three hidden factors shaping the innovation environment are guns, games, and style. "Gun...