Really nice idea to teach using a smartphone especially for non-tech-savvy people:
from vitaminsdesign.com via fastcodesign.com
September 22, 2012
August 7, 2012
Botanicus interacticus
Funny idea to interact via plants.
But I’m not a fan of the playful interaction character. What can be more useful / meaningful use cases that don’t discrimate against plants? Maybe we can register the last period of cleaning plants and therefore remind the user of that?!
via GIZMODO.de
July 8, 2012
Batteries everywhere, someday
Even battery technology is getting to become thinner and more flexible which allows more usable products in our everyday life (e.g. in combination with flexible displays).
via GIZMODO.de, see also news.RICE.edu
July 4, 2012
Bubble display
This new technology seems to be too wet for me.
via GIZMODO.de
June 25, 2012
Augmented vision
Seems as TV is going to be extended to stimulate our peripheral vision.
via GIZMODO.de
June 12, 2012
Double-sided touch
That looks interesting. It can optimize usability e.g. in case of reading and therefore scrolling a lot on smartphones.
May 29, 2012
Haptic experience in 3D
For an room size interaction we may need very big magnets. That seems to be counterproductive.
May 24, 2012
New touch input options
First some advancement in touch input devices:
February 12, 2012
Emotions and our brain
The following video can be a bit disgusting. It shows real human brains and how they are anatomized to analyze their structure even at genomic level.
For me it’s interesting if we can analyze genes and their cooperation in view of producing a mood or emotions. What are the preconditions for an emotion like happiness? Would that be possible? Or does people have to much differences in their genomic preconditions? Or are there any other influencing factors we couldn’t measure (yet)?
December 7, 2011
Future mobile interaction
Samsung is showing his version of future mobile interaction with life (video) chat, augmented reality, holograms and life translations for better international communication.
So, how long does it take until it isn’t future any more? Can’t wait.
But in some point it seems not really useful, there are some improvements possible. Because the display is transparent other people can see your content. And do you really want other to see e.g. your chat partners? And where comes the sound from? How to charge it or won’t it need a extern power source ever? And where is all the intern (hardware) technology which enables this user experience? How do i get my photos and so on to my private computer at home?
In my opinion this is only a vision which shows the way from today with tablets and smartphones to a further technology step. I think some years ahead all of us will weare a little thing like a wrist watch. This will contain all the hardware to connect us with the real and virtual world. It mainly uses holograms for our visual sense, there can be a camera and beamer included to enable augmented reality experiences. This little thing can observe our vital functions permanently and maybe even get its power from our own body (temperature?). To ensure data privacy we have to build it near the eyes. Maybe that’s why we will look like a cyborg in future (but with all hands free).