Jun
29
Digital Blocks
June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I want these instead of those lame wooden letter blocks for my daughter. Toy blocks that think!
Jun
29
Chameleon Guitar
June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment
MIT has created a guitar that utilizes wood and electronic sensors to imitate nearly any guitar sound. These are the same amazing researchers that have created The Sixth Sense, & Siftables
Acoustic instruments with their wood-grain patterns produce unique sounds, but a prototype guitar built by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student combines the natural acoustics [...]
Jun
23
Touch Interface DJ
June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The SCS.3M is an amazing touch sensitive DJ controller that works with many music software programs.
You can check out their site for more information. Stanton
Richard Devine puts it through its paces here and describes why he likes it.
Jun
19
Qi Zhang Plays Electric Organ at TED
June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Organ virtuoso Qi Zhang plays her electric rendering of “Ridiculous Fellows” from Prokofiev’s “The Love for Three Oranges” orchestral suite. This exhilarating performance from TEDx USC features the Yamaha Electone Stagea, a rare, imported instrument specially programmed by Qi herself.
About Qi Zhang
Qi Zhang is a Master’s candidate at University of Southern California’s Thornton School of [...]
Jun
12
LCD Reflex Skin
June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
These new skins can be cut and placed on any device. Most people, I imagine, will put them on a phone. But couldn’t you see it being on your door and changing color when it is locked? Or how about on your iPod and change when you put on different songs? How about on your [...]
Jun
9
Data Visualization
June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As a researcher and professional working with accessibility, special needs, education, usability and interaction design, I am constantly searching for better ways to present information. Especially complex and dynamic information.
Web 2.0 has introduced cloud sourced information that defies traditional representations (graphs and pie charts). We as an industry of information technology specialists need to find [...]
Jun
8
Apple WWDC 2009 Highlights
June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
There were not too many surprises at for the announcements today at the opening of WWDC 2009. The release date continues to be the same for the iPhone 3.0 update and there newest iPhone. There are some Snow Leopard announcements and some hardware changes for the year. This is a list of the essentials.
iPhone 3.0 [...]
Jun
4
Flash Catalyst Video Tour
June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
All these new tools coming out of Adobe Labs! It is making it easier and easier for designers and developers to communicate easily with each other. My hope is that it will lead to better collaboration which brings better products for humans.
More information can be found on the Adobe Site (added since the video that [...]
Jun
4
Funny Tech Support Questions
June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment
So you think you’re computer-illiterate? Check out the following excerpts from a Wall Street Journal article by Jim Carlton –
1. Compaq is considering changing the command “Press Any Key” to “Press Return Key” because of the flood of calls asking where the “Any” key is.
2. AST technical support had a caller complaining that her mouse [...]
Jun
4
iTunes 8.2 and iPhone 3.0 Updates
June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As a technology consultant at Achieve Kids, I am often the GO-TO Guy for technology outside the scope of the workplace. Sometimes this can be annoying, but when its about mobile phones, touch and gestural interfaces like the exciting Microsoft Xbox Natal gaming idea,
and Apple products, I am happy to oblige and “geek out” for [...]
