March 2010
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“I think it is legitimate to take a broader view, and include externally...”
– Stephen Hawking on humans “entering a stage of self designed evolution”.
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Design Fiction panel at SXSW led by Julian...
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Incontinent of Things?
“The SIMsystem™ is a revolutionary new method of remotely monitoring and assessing continence events, approved for use in various healthcare settings or during the compulsory or recommended assessment conducted in aged care facilities. The programme is designed to make assessment easier, simpler and more accurate for carers - as well as more effective and less embarrassing for...
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WatchAt Lift France 09, Mike Kuniavsky spoke about Changing Things: Fab Labs, towards decentralized design and production of material products.
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“‘Applianceness’ [is] the set of properties that guide the design...”
– Bill Sharpe
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“Cognitive activity is sometimes situated in the material world in such a way...”
– Edwin Hutchins
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“In network theory, a node’s relationship to other networks is more important...”
– Eurozine - The meaning of network culture - Kazys Varnelis “The network is urging us to embrace a new kind of awareness, like that of the Navajo and other Native Americans, who “instead of trying to emphasize their individuality and independence, … find identity and fulfillment in their vast system...
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“A device ecology refers to a collection of devices with relationships among each...”
– Loke, Seng W. (2003). “Service-Oriented Device Ecology Workflows”. Proceedings of the International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing. Trento, Italy. pp. 559–574.
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WatchJames Frost, director of the popular music video clip “House of Cards” by Radiohead was approached by Ogilvy & Mather NY to direct the new spot for the IBM Smarter Planet campaign. The result is is a stunning journey through an invironment of raw data.
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“The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves...”
– Mark Weiser
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“One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we...”
– William Gibson
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Mujicomp
(photo by fgirardin on Flickr)
During a recent talk in Switzerland (video) Matt Jones introduced the term “Mujicomp”. He said that ubiquitous computing components need to be “tasteful, simple, clear, clean, contemporary and affordable in order to be invited into the home” and that Mujicomp is a key factor in developing a bottom up strategy to building the sentient city.
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“The adult public’s taste is not necessarily ready to accept the logical...”
– Raymond Loewy on his famous MAYA (Most Advanced Yet Acceptable) principle.
“Put simply, blocking access as envisaged by this clause would both widely...”
– Digital Economy Bill | Tom Watson MP (via adactio)
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Watch“Digital interactions are moving beyond keypad and screens and into sensing, networked products that inhabit our everyday lives. This session will explore how designers can create engaging experiences between physical products and digital services.”
More great IxDA10 stuff from Timo Arnall (Elasticspace).
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AR in Zardoz
Yes, there’s projected augmented reality in Zardoz (1974).
It appears to be in LOLspeak too.
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SXSW Fieldnotes
James Bridle has made a book for the post digital panel at SXSW.
It’s designed to last you the week you’re at SXSW and features maps, a diary, schedule, info pulled from the Lonely Planet guide to Texas and space for you to write notes.
According to James it was:
“Pulled together in a few hours at the last minute despite planning it for ages. HTML -> XML -> InDesign...
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Watch“Muti-sensory interaction design now merges with architecture, planning and an urbanism informed by a gentle ambient drizzle of everyday data - and so a new soft city is being created, alive once again to the touch of its citizens.”
Inspiring IxDA10 keynote by Dan Hill (Cityofsound).
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Watch“Amphibious Architecture is a fish sensing, water quality displaying, textable interface to the aquatic ecosystem of New York City.”
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Pepsi QR Promo
They’ve been around for a while so I thought I’d try the huge QR code on the side of a bottle of Diet Pepsi. Clearly they really want people to use it.
I scanned the code with the camera using Neo Reader on my iPhone and found it contained the URL below.
WAP? Am I being transported back to the year 1999? Surely the fact I have a phone with the ability to scan QR codes means...
“Polite software is interested in me.
Polite software is deferential to me....”
– Alan Cooper
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My Talking House
I’ve been playing with Arduino and I have burns from my soldering iron to prove it. The end result is that I now have a talking house.
I built a light sensor “sentry”. He has an LCD display that he uses to communicate with the people around him and a network connection that effectively extends his ability to talk to anyone or anything that can connect to the Internet.
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