I might read this book: Geosimulation: Automata-based modeling of urban phenomena by Itzhak Benenson and Paul Torrens. Don't know whether it is highly technical or readable for nontech person like me. Introduction to Urban GeosimulationFormalizing Geosimulation with Geographic Automata Systems (GAS...
Onomy interactive table/wall
A new interactive table + wall that Scott Minneman pointed me! Scott is the CTO of Onomy, an american company specialized in the design of interactive systems. Thanks to Onomy's Interactive Wall, users now have the opportunity to explore a scene or graphic in a very engaging new way. In the first i...
A table showcase
I've just hand-crafted a small webpage about our tables experiments... I am looking forward to hear what the students found thanks to the data analysis! ...
The table thing is still going on
I did not have to time to finish completing my notes after PLAN that we have to set up experiments for the students here (CSCW course). They all designed their table mock up. It's impressive, our corridor looks like a cray place! ...
A location-augmented cell phone for kids
mymo is a bright coloured plastic mobile phone designed for children and, with just 3 buttons controlling all the functions. The phone can only hold 5 pre-programmed numbers, so kids will be limited in who they can call. There is a location service that allows parents to locate the owner. Why do bl...
PLAN compiled notes/followup
I extracted from our PLAN running notes what can be useful to my research steve benford: interweaving physical and digital interaction (for instance mobile participants with online players) ; studying emerging tech in the wild (ethnographic methods) mathew chalmers (uni glasgow): geolocation tech...
PLAN random quotes and buzzwords
Here are few funny things I heard at consensus-based location (?) - "we don't believe in HMD's " (cliff randell) - "The word interaction not so applicable in a wireless environment - how can you interact if you don't know what you're interacting with? We should talk about resonance" (Rob Van Kranen...
CRAFT workshop about collaborative/interactive furnitures
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ! Our lab isis organising a workshop on artefacts and furniture that can support collaboration. Our goal is to have an informal meeting between researchers involved in designing, producing or experimenting with things such as tables for enhancing group interactions, walls or ...
SubethaEdit screenshot
We're using the really cool collaborative text editor SubethaEdit here at Plan. It's pretty constructive. ...
Pervasive and Locative Arts Network Notes
My running notes are here. The event is pretty cool and provide a SubEthaEdit + IRC backchannel support :) More later (pictures maybe) ...