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BTW WHY "PASTA and VINEGAR"?
Some people are wondering about the name of this blog, some others are going further, trying to think about which blog title might be the best (descriptive blog name, named after the author, something linked to the subject or off-the wall like here). Maybe it's time to tell you the story of this bl...
IEEE on interactive sonification
IEEE Multimedia's last issue is about interactive (with) sonification. The point is that sonification "presents information by using sound (particularly non speech), so thatthe user of an auditory display obtains a deeper understanding of the data or processes under investigation by listening". Int...
Raytheon, Minority Report and gesture-based technology
An interesting story in the Wall Street Journal: 'Minority Report' Inspires Technology Aimed at Military. In the futuristic movie "Minority Report," Tom Cruise gestures with his gloved hands to sift through crime-clue data that are displayed on giant screens. With the twist of a wrist he can move i...
Paper in Psychnology about socio-cognitive functions of space
My literature review about the socio-cognitive functions of space has been accepted for a special issue of Psychnology about Space, Place and Technology. The paper is entitled "A Review of How Space Affords Socio-Cognitive Processes during Collaboration". Here is the abstract: This paper reviews...
Poster for HCI 2005
I'll be at HCI 2005 In Las Vegas to present a poster abou my PhD thesis. The short paper might be downloaded here. It's mostly the rough description of my first experiments' results. A Mobile Game to Explore the Use of Location Awareness on Collaboration by Nicolas Nova, Fabien Girardin and Pierre ...
Weird patents like the underwater golf swing training device
People interested in crazy patents should have a glance at patently absurd! One of my favorite is the underwater golf swing training device: US Patent No. US6325727. An underwater golf swing training device. It has a hydrodynamically adjustable paddle 13 that can be altered manually. This provides ...
Mac-assisted tabletop role playing game
(via), nice programs for mac-assisted tabletop role playing game: Dice Utilities (DiceX 1.1.1, DiceBag X...) Character Apps: Character Sheet or character generator Misc. Tools: miniaturizer, mapmaker, spellbooks... This sort of thing is very interesting. I was wondering about the mix of FOAF an...
ipod to ipod connection
icopulate is a new tool for ipod fans: Now your iPod® can get some action and do direct data transfers at the same time! Here's how it works. Simply apply a dab of the included iLube© onto the dock connector of your iPod® and slip it into one end of the iCopulate's™ latex sleeve. Find another conse...
MMORPG addiction factors
Nick Yee has an interesting take on addiction factors used by game desginers in MMORPG. To put it shortly, there seems to be 3 main attraction factors of MMORPGs that encourage time investment and personal attachment: the elaborate rewards cycle inherent in MMORPGs that works like a carrot on a s...