Just in case you thought: “the developer is not the user“, so get to know them!
Touch-emitted heat enables interactions
Metaio is trying to make all physical objects touchable by recognizing (in future via HMDs) emitted heat of the human finger(s). So we can link every object with digital information or services. Unfortunately yet the idea needs a lot of work to be done.
Would be interesting to see if the concept operates as aspected with warm/hot objects when I, let’s say, want to play chess on a sun-exposed table in front of a coffee shop.
via TechCrunch, see also Metaio.com – Press Release
Overview of car UIs
Geoff Teehan has summarized car UIs of the past, present and maybe future.
I think we can get much better in designing pleasurable car UIs.
Keyboard with motion sensing
Five microsoft researchers recently published a paper in which they presented a new technology combining a normal keyboard with motion sensing. I like this idea because I like the gestures I’m able to use fluently with the Macbook touchpad so that I don’t need a mouse anymore. So when the keyboard can recognise my gestures we don’t need touchpads any more which can have an effect on laptop designs and more, I guess.
via windowsdeveloper.de, see also microsoft.com
Designers, developers, users: different views
Anthony Langsworth is talking about different theoretical layers of (game vs. enterprise) software, thereby referencing an interesting paper.
Multitouch UI for cars
At a first glance this human-machine interface for our car looks really nice. But one has to remember all the different options (number of fingers to use, how to pinch and so on) at any time. For me, this seems to be complex, distracting the driver and therefore less safety in different situations.
via iatelevision.blogspot.de, see also matthauskrenn.com
UXD, IA, UI, IXD
Lauri Laineste defines UXD, IA, UI, and IXD in short as can be seen at userflow.tumblr.com and to which I agree.
Motorbike helmet full of technology
Hm, a lot of information on top of the visual and tactile ones when riding a bike, e.g. navigation information, extra rearview information, calling information, and so on, as can be seen in the video. But in different situations such an helmet can be very helpful I know.
see skullyhelmets.com, via GIZMODO.de
Try Windows 1.01 (1985)
Try by yourself: Windows 1.01 emulated in Browser.
Interesting to see some HCI designs which didn’t become extinct until now, e.g. menus and the cursor. OK, right now we live in a changing HCI world but do not forget the origins.