December 2007 - Posts

• Humans love a good interface

  I really like the idea of this machine. It’s just full of buttons, knobs, dials, levers, gauges, wires and things that people love to push, turn and mess with.   “To create an interaction/ device that explores peoples’ natural instinct... Posted Dec 14 2007, 06:11 AM by rb.work Filed under: Design

• Visualizing stories

  Jonathan Harris spent 9 days with the Inupiat Eskimos in Alaska, documenting their way of life, and their Spring tradition of whale hunting. He methodically took a photo every 5 minutes, even going as far as to use a chronometer to keep his camera going... Posted Dec 14 2007, 06:00 AM by rb.work Filed under: Design

• Some SenseCam press

  Great article in MIT’s Technology Review on the SenseCam, particularly focusing on the potential benefits for dementia sufferers… “When Mrs. B was admitted to the hospital in March 2002, her doctors diagnosed limbic encephalitis, a brain... Posted Dec 12 2007, 12:10 PM by rb.work Filed under: Projects, Microsoft, Press

• Light technology

  Really enjoyed this series of 3 videos on designers that work with light. In some ways what they are each doing is creating new forms of displays, each with a pixel that in some cases may be formed by an equivalent piece of technology (e.g. and L.E.D... Posted Dec 04 2007, 08:29 AM by rb.work Filed under: Design