Posted in Link Bucket on Apr 11th, 2007 Write a comment »
See how to cut glass with a scissors! Neat – a really close up image showing the inside of the human eye. Internationally renowed virtuoso Joshua Bell goes busking in a Washington D.C. subway. To find out how passerbys reacted and how much he made you can read this Washington Post article. I heard him [...]
Posted in Adaptable, Materials, Physical on Apr 5th, 2007 Write a comment »
Imagine clothes that fit you perfectly. No need to get measured and fitted by a tailor. By plugging your new trousers into an electronic gadget you can change the size, shape and style of the clothes. There’s no need to cut and stitch. Shape-memory alloys (SMA) are woven into the fabric. The SMAs change shape [...]
Hi my name is Mike Bennett & I'm a HCI / Vision Science postdoc researcher, interaction designer + hacker in the Psychology Dept of Stanford University. In this blog I explore design, cognitive & vision science, art, psychology, physiology, nanotech, perception, materials, etc, that enable anyone to shape their own user experiences... more
