Human Computer Interaction
Mobile Lorm Glove
Quoted from http://www.design-research-lab.org/?projects=mobile-lorm-glove: The Mobile Lorm Glove is a mobile communication and translation device for deafblind persons. The glove translates the hand-touch alphabet “Lorm”, a common form of communication used by people with both hearing and sight impairment, into text and
Smart E-Book Interface Prototype Demo
It is about time that someone thought about a more intuitive interaction with an eBook on a tablet. People of the KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence have build a prototype based on the Apple Private API and already patented their
What Google and Facebook are hiding
The Internet is a good thing, right? Well Eli Parser don´t quite agrees with that… In his talk he calls out Facebook, Google and other corporations who are apparently transforming the Internet to suit their corporate interests. He shows that information
Predicting the Future of Computing
Have you ever tried to predict the future? Well, as you may know this is a tough one and famous people already tried… and most of them failed. Especially when it comes to computing. Technology is evolving so fast –
Holo Desk
“HoloDesk is a novel interactive system combining an optical see through display and Kinect camera to create the illusion that users are directly interacting with 3D graphics.” Star Wars had 3D Holograms. That was like 1977. Since then people tried to figure
GPII
“Building a Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure to make accessible technologies easier, less expensive, and more effective.” (Quelle: http://gpii.net/)
Brainport Vision
There are people in this world who actually can´t see. This is easy to forget since most of us aren´t visually impaired and therefore use eyes with such obviousness. To get a better feeling for how it feels like to
GraIL (Graphical Input Language)
Alan Kay demos GraIL (Graphical Input Language) and with it, he marks the first step in graphical programming. It features type-recognition and a pen as input device. While watching this video remember that the year was 1968 and computers didn´t have
Marble Answering Machine
The Marble Answering Machine is a physical visualization of a system. It simplifies the interaction with a telephone and its answering machine. The concept is just brilliant and i wonder why this product never hit the market…
Ivan Sutherland: Sketchpad
This video is a TV show made about the software Ivan Sutherland developed in his 1963 thesis at MIT’s Lincoln Labs. The software is called “Sketchpad, A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System”. It is described as one of the most influential