If you know me, you know I love my Blackberry. Believe it or not, it's been a decade since Research in Motion first jumped on the scene, and Engadget has a comprehensive article on the smartphone makers who IMHO have gotten it right.
12.28.2009
Ten years of BlackBerry
If you know me, you know I love my Blackberry. Believe it or not, it's been a decade since Research in Motion first jumped on the scene, and Engadget has a comprehensive article on the smartphone makers who IMHO have gotten it right.
12.20.2009
Siftables
Developed by the MIT Media Lab, "Siftables are cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor detection, graphical display, and wireless communication. They act in concert to form a single interface: users physically manipulate them—piling, grouping, sorting—to interact with digital information and media. Siftables provide a new platform on which to implement tangible, visual and mobile applications."
Almost endless possibilities, all of which chip away at the wall between programs and users. Take a good look at the video to see what I mean. Learn more at Sifteo.com.
One of the first applications I've seen using this sort of physical/virtual control are Musiblocks. The physical placement and movement of the blocks affects the commands they send to the computer -> the higher the blocks are placed, the louder the volume gets. Click here to watch a You Tube video of the Musiblocks in action.
Almost endless possibilities, all of which chip away at the wall between programs and users. Take a good look at the video to see what I mean. Learn more at Sifteo.com.
One of the first applications I've seen using this sort of physical/virtual control are Musiblocks. The physical placement and movement of the blocks affects the commands they send to the computer -> the higher the blocks are placed, the louder the volume gets. Click here to watch a You Tube video of the Musiblocks in action.
12.18.2009
Breaking into the 3rd dimension
One of the ideas I continue to roll around in my head is exactly how to break into the 3rd dimension when designing a website. 2D tricks of perspective and shadow can only do so much, but this is taking it to the next level.
In reality the science/math of this is "not that difficult", as long as the computer knows the angle you're viewing from, the proper computations can be made to account for perspective. Since making a splash with this video almost 2 years ago, Johnny Chung Lee's been scooped up by Microsoft to work on their gesture computing project, Natal.
12.15.2009
FFFOUND this online.
FFFFOUND! is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user's tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!!" Pretty cool idea. I just stumbled across this animated gif, and felt like sharing. It's from the design site todayandtomorrow.net
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