Posted in Design, Link Bucket, Materials on Aug 18th, 2010 Write a comment »
Very neat video of a research prototype, which shows off programmable foldable self-reshaping “paper”. How long before we see it in children’s toys? Or your cup is made of it? Or your trousers? Or your display? Add in a dash of flight and we move in the direction of flying autonomous robots that can self [...]
Posted in General on Oct 13th, 2008 Write a comment »
Excellent, HCI and Interaction Design research focused on a malleable and readily adaptable world is really beginning to gain traction. How long before it has its own conference? There’s a bunch of very interesting workshops at CHI 2009, which will be on in Boston from April 4th to 9th. CFPs (Call for Participation) that caught [...]
Posted in General, Link Bucket on Jun 20th, 2008 Write a comment »
Neat video showing off a 360 degree 3D display created by researchers from the Graphics Lab at University of Southern California. More details can be found on their website and in their SIGGRAPH 2007 paper. Read about Buckminster Fuller – architect, inventor, innovator, designer, futurist. Evolution at work Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the [...]
Posted in General, Link Bucket on Apr 18th, 2008 Write a comment »
Sensisphere is a multitouch hemispherical display that lets you drag, move, push and pull digitial things with your hands. Pop over to YouTube and see it in action. Scientists have created an entire synthetic genome. Another important step towards making biological nanobot “machines”, which would be extremely useful as smart malleable materials. Very very blog [...]
Posted in General, Link Bucket on Mar 14th, 2008 Write a comment »
Visit WhiteVoid for a unique website navigation structure. Kind of a fusion between 3D and Zoomable User Interfaces. We can simulate you. Out Of The Blue is an engaging article about whether a supercomputer can be used to simulate a biologically accurate brain. Sounds like they’re getting real results. Nanoscale pretty. We can model you [...]
Posted in General, Link Bucket on Feb 29th, 2008 Write a comment »
Florian Kräutli has designed and created malleable magnetic curtains that retain their shape. Clunky elegance. Embodied Cognition “is a growing research program in cognitive science that emphasizes the formative role the environment plays in the development of cognitive processes.” Learn more about this increasingly important area from this website. (via MindHacks) Gimme gimme one of [...]
Posted in General, Link Bucket on Nov 27th, 2007 Write a comment »
Any ideas how you would use Living Glass? Reminds me of the Tanaka Auto Door. Pod-a-licious: Talking Robots: The Podcast on Robotics and A.I. has lots of very interesting audio interviews with researchers who are deeply into flying insect robots, robot brains & emotions, bionic design, robot & human teams, etc, etc. Some good introductory [...]
Posted in General, Link Bucket on Nov 15th, 2007 Write a comment »
Do you know when your right is wrong? How distorted is your experience of reality? Read about the 26 different kinds of Cognitive Bias. I wonder how the biases influence user experience? For when you’re in a dancing mood and craving some eye candy: lots and lots of music videos “that overlap the music video [...]
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
