May 8, 2013

Tools to sketch with tablets

A nice idea of interaction devices for tablets to get a more graspable experience when sketching and so on. We already saw smartphones with pens but as far as I know it’s new for tablets especially with that ruler like device.

via de.engadget.com

April 20, 2013

CHI 2013 (04/27/2013 – 05/02/2013)

A preview video for the CHI 2013 (ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 04/27/2013 – 05/02/2013,  Palais des Congrès, Paris):

It seems the virtual world is more and more expanding. Is it good or bad? How will our world be in let’s say 30 years?

Yet, i don’t know. And that confuses me.

via Google+ Community ‘Human Computer Interaction’, see also  the  CHI 2013 website

March 17, 2013

Cyborgs become more realistic

On the way to transhumanism which can make life easier, funnier, but also more dangerous for sure.

via GIZMODO.de

March 1, 2013

Free hand gestures everywhere

Looks like a comfortabel armband which measures your hand gestures by muscle contraction and with which you can control nearly every other technology.

via Heise.de, see also  GetMYO.com

February 23, 2013

Billboards & water out of air

Peru, where there is almost no rain but nearly 100% atmospheric humidity the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) and the agency Mayo Publicidad build a billboard which captures the water from air and stores it. So people can go and catch some (drinking!) water.

via GIZMODO.de, see also: UTEC.edu.pe

February 18, 2013

Are we talking about the same color?

It turns out, many people questioned if their color perception is the same as the perception of others. Let’s say as a child you saw something and e.g. your mom told you this is a red strawberry or some other thing is a yellow banana. So you got the idea of red and yellow.

But that does not mean the interpretation of your visual informations in your brain and the interpretation of your mom is the same. And no one knows…

via GIZMODO.de

February 17, 2013

You just think you feel what you’re seeing

It is possible to get tactile feedback via visual stimulus.

via Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar at Google+

January 31, 2013

‘Roll-flying’ robot

A quadrocopter which also can roll on different undergrounds. So it can be more efficient and robust. But the setup doesn’t allow to roll in x and y easily.

via  Forschungs-Blog

November 4, 2012

HMIs for the highly automated (e.g. cars)?

Looking into future, which HMIs do we need for such a highly automated thing as the car in the video? Do we have to let ‘them’ do in order to concentrate on other informations or do we have to keep situation awareness and control all the time. If so, how?

October 9, 2012

Freehand 3D interaction

Exciting!

And for information visualization one can combine this for example with Google Glasses:

Microsoft Research via GIZMODO.de