April 2010
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“As we venture into the uncharted waters of ubiquitous service design, we have a...”
– Peter Morville in his excellent article on Ubiquitous Service Design. The article sums up exactly where my head is at - and it absolutely describes what I want to be doing in the near future although I’ve been calling it Augmented Service Design.
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“The only way to speed up the process of acclimatization to one Shock Level is to...”
– Eliezer S. Yudkowsky on Shock Levels.
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Watch“In early 2009, IBM launched its smarter planet agenda – a broad campaign acknowledging the importance of intelligent systems in the world today. In the retail industry, for example, consumer data around something as simple as color can have massive implications around shipping, inventory and, ultimately, overall sales. This interactive billboard is a simple and engaging virtual...
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WatchI really like the way that this is piggybacking on data from existing infrastructure and adapting every day behaviour to turn something mundane into a game.
“Chromaroma by Mudlark is a game that shows you your movements and location as you swipe your Oyster Card in and out of the Tube.
It connects communities of people who cross paths and routes on a regular basis, and encourages people to...
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“Intermediate layers between the platform and the developer ultimately produces...”
– Steve Jobs responds (personally) to an unhappy developer.
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WatchComet is a moveable phone booth that allows you have private calls while completely immerged in the public space. The project was build using Arduino circuits hacked on an old hair dryer helmet and an office chair with wheels.
Project developed as part of the Physical Computing class with Massimo Banzi at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design.
Would you like to know more?
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WatchAndrew Hessel (Singularity University) reasons that Synthetic Biology will be the next big IT industry.
In his remarkable talk Andrew talks about the parallels between IT and biology.
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“At 140 words, in Chinese, you can really write a novel. You can discuss most...”
– Ai Weiwei on the reason Twitter is blocked in China. Maybe they should use Wordr.
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“When I was in high school Steve Wozniak and I, mostly Steve, made this little...”
– Steve Jobs on hardware hacking - the roots of Apple.
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Watch“A plant that can communicate its needs, ask for company, and party like only a good friend can!” A project by Michele Leidi, Edyta Augustynowicz and Sofia Georgakopoulou. ETHZ CAAD MAS, mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch , prof. dr. L. Hovestadt.
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“Fiction is evolutionarily valuable because it allows low-cost experimentation...”
– Dennis Dutton
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“You get the work you do. If you want to do something else start doing it.”
– Jack Schulze
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WatchDr. Herb Smokler teaches us how to husband and harvest Computational Wood. This mockumentary is the final installment of Matt Cottam’s Masters Thesis. The concept of Computational Wood evolved out of a workshop with Timo Arnall, Matt Jones, Jack Schulze, Adam Greenfield, Lennart Andersson, and Mikael Wiberg.
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WatchTechnological Dream Series No. 1, Robots by Dunne & Raby.
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Sculptress of Sound - The Lost Works of Delia...
The broadcaster and Doctor Who fan Matthew Sweet travels to The University of Manchester - home of Delia Derbyshire’s private collection of audio recordings - to learn more about the wider career and working methods of the woman who realised Ron Grainer’s original theme to Doctor Who.
Download (Mp3) | Mediafire
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Preparing Your Web Content for iPad →
Platform-specific considerations for web content in Safari on iPhone OS devices, with specific information for iPad.
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