interaction design
Ultimate Battlefield 3 Simulator built by The Gadget Show – A must see for any philosophy class
Universal Design – Chicken Point Cabin by Olson Kundig Architects
Migrations Map: Where are migrants coming from? Where have migrants left?
Great example of data visualisation in HTML5.
The Evolution of Video Game Controllers by Pop Chart Lab
note: Kinect should be seen as a turning point where it’s only about a remote control sensor – and the body becomes the controller. Still a great graphic!
More about the poster: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664994/infographic-of-the-day-a-family-tree-for-…
Learn to code at Codecademy / nice tutorial!
via @markhurst
Space Shuttle Discovery 360VR of flight deck / Now that’s a serious interface / RT @DougCoupland
The mother of all Demos – Doug Engelbart 1968
Being at TEDGlobal I was reminded about this historical introduction of the computer mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, email, hypertext, word processing, hypermedia, and a collaborative real-time editor (among other first timers).
If you’ve seen it already: it’s good to remember. If not: watch it.
ROME / interactive music video in a browser showcase
found by Burton Rast – thanks!
DIY robot is the brooding teenager you’ve always wanted to slap / Engadget
found via Joshua Davis
Kiss Controller is a game input device that controls a bowling ball while users are kissing. By Hye Yeon Nam
IBM Watson: The Face of Watson – see Joshua Davis in (inter)face heaven – like designing HAL today…
Real Hyper Threads in a Book (Traumgedanken) – by Maria Fischer
mta.me by Alexander Chen turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument
Yes, it’s HTML5…
The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (by Paul Ford) / Why wasn’t I consulted?
Arduino The Documentary (2010) by gnd
Augmented City 3D by Keiichi Matsuda / RT @superfab
Meet Sifteo. The alternative game system for truly hands-on play / to be shown at CES
Such a great concept (outcome of an MIT research project) – now about to hit the market: https://www.sifteo.com/
Watch the TED talk from David Merrill http://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html
watch also http://video.forbes.com/fvn/tech/ces-sifteo-cubes-gamings-new-console
Via Sally Madsen and Haiyan Zhang.
American Sign Language (ASL) Recognition using Kinect Skeleton features (video)
Done by researchers at the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool / RT @psaffo
New: Interaction Design at California College of the Arts / Kristian Simsarian (IDEO) is founding chair
They are still looking for students and faculty. So check out: http://www.cca.edu/academics/interaction-design and have fun!
Robyn.com / wedancetothebeat / RT @robertlenne
c60 Redux from I Miss My Pencil / making music tangible again
just one of the many beautiful experiments….
see Michael’s thoughts: http://michaelhendrix.blogspot.com/2010/12/music-industry-hack-yourself.html
Core 77 writes about it here: http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/core77_exclusive_ideos_i_miss_my_pe…
visit the site: http://www.imissmypencil.com/
or buy the book… it’s worth it.
Proverbial Wallets / Innovation in Financial Services for Behavior Change / Great Concepts by eco.media.mit.edu
This is a project by the Information Ecology group at the MIT Media Lab. Read more at eco.media.mit.edu/proverbialwallets/
via Joe Gerber
20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web / by the Google Chrome team / RT @geoffbrown
beautifully done.