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?
The Evolution of Video Game Controllers by Pop Chart Lab
via popchartlab.com
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!
Space Shuttle Discovery 360VR of flight deck / Now that’s a serious interface / RT @DougCoupland
The mother of all Demos – Doug Engelbart 1968
http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/jw_flv_player/mediaplayer.swf
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
DIY robot is the brooding teenager you’ve always wanted to slap / Engadget
via engadget.com
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…
via youtube.com
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
The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (by Paul Ford) / Why wasn’t I consulted?
Arduino The Documentary (2010) by gnd
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Augmented City 3D by Keiichi Matsuda / RT @superfab
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Meet Sifteo. The alternative game system for truly hands-on play / to be shown at CES
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3165011&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
