Work Blog : Press

Microsoft: Touchscreens Old and Busted; Force Sensitivity Is New Hotness

rb.work — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:21:52 GMT

Great bit of coverage on Gizmodo for some force-sensing work coming out of our team in Cambridge. Microsoft: Touchscreens Old and Busted; Force Sensitivity Is New Hotness“Researchers have come up with a prototype of their force-sensing tech that’ll...(read more)

HCI 2020 report on the radio

rb.work — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:18:19 GMT

A little bit of coverage of the HCI 2020 report launch on the World Service’s “Digital Planet” radio show. Here’s the points during the show where our coverage begins: 14:10 - Being Human segment begins 14:49 - Interview with Gary...(read more)

HCI 2020 report launched

rb.work — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:47:07 GMT

A year ago Abi and Richard helped organize a gathering of 40+ “luminaries” from the field of Human-Computer Interaction to debate how the relationship between people and technology might change in the next decade. That event has resulted in...(read more)

Design and the Elastic Mind

rb.work — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:25:28 GMT

I wish I could make it to New York to see the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition at MOMA. It sounds like it allows you to see or experience many of the objects and interfaces that I’ve blogged about over the last few years, and many that I haven’t...(read more)

Some SenseCam press

rb.work — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:10:37 GMT

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...(read more)