September 2007
56 posts
Xobni - About The Company →
“shaped prototype system. It is equipped with a Li ion rechargeable battery with...”
– [CEATEC Preview] Murata, Seiko Epson to Jointly Develop Non-contact Quick Charger — Tech-On!
Pulp-Based Computing
Pulp-Based Computing is a series of explorations that combine smart materials, papermaking and printing. By integrating electrically active inks and fibers during the papermaking process, it is possible create sensors and actuators that behave, look, and feel like paper. These composite materials, not only leverage the physical and tactile qualities of paper, but can also convey digital...
"The Negroponte Effect"
It is based on two by-products of the OLPC initiative: 1. OLPC is expanding the idea of the universal access to the ICTs as something possible and near in time. 2. OLPC promotes economic competition and the development of new models to support the developing world. One Laptop Per Child News
Goodbye To Gutenberg
The project focus is on developing Electrophoretic Writable Display Technology, capable of displaying colour digital information in realtime. Budget 2.2 M euros Participants Irex Technologies B.V. Philips Applied Technologies Satellite Newspapers Suisse (Sns) Tu Service Ab (Tidningsutgivarna) Access project description of Eureka web site
Roles of ethnography in design
“The product-oriented perspective places an emphasis on organizing the design of an end-product rather than on the nature of the production process itself (…) An alternate point of view - the process-oriented view – places emphasis on the role of learning and dialogue between the parties to design throughout the development process employed as a means of conducting a ‘sanity check’ on design, and...
Scenarios - Vers quatres futurs alternatifs
Scenario 1- “Collapse” or “Decline” Scenario 2- “Long war(s)” Scenario 3- “New enlightenment” Scenario 4- “Hundred Flowers” a lire sur le Wiki de CiNum, les entretiens des civilisations numeriques
The newspaper on the digital road
The DigiNews perspective - ITEA project DIGINEWS, March 2007 “The DigiNews project specified, designed and demonstrated a global publisher-to-reader solution for digital newspapers. After an introduction presenting the high business potential of the digital newspaper, this innovation report discusses briefly the project approach and main results, summarises some technical conclusions in the...
The six trends to follow in Japan according Global...
* Target groups - how to develop and adjust products for a specific target group * Target lifestyle - how to develop products for newly emerging lifestyles * Innovation - how to develop products that consumers have been waiting for * Marketing - how to create campaigns that cut through the clutter * CRM - how to make sure customers are truly satisfied * Technology - how to use technological...
“SUGGESTED LIST OF DRIVING FORCES 1. Ubiquitous computing and networking 2....”
– SUGGESTED LIST OF DRIVING FORCES - WikiCinum
Designing for everyware: An interview with Adam... →
TED | Speakers →
“The Future— It’s about “Your Internet” Chris Shipley, of...”
– ForbesOnTech: Demo Fall 2007
DEMO.comVideo →
DEMO.comDEMOfall07 list of demonstrators →
360desktop - your world is interactive →
Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia... →
OpenMoko →
Helio | Fin Cell Phone: Ultra Thin, 3MP Camera,... →
Goojet →
Goojet http://www.goojet.com
TechCrunch40 Conference 2007 →
Category Technology - Mahalo →
Latest start-ups: mEgo, Wixi, Xtr3D, Flowplay |... →
, yet another avatar virtual world – This site lets you build a 3D avatar, and do familiar things such as play games and win points so that you can build out your wardrobe. It renders in Flash. It wan
TechCrunch40 Conference 2007 →
VentureBeat » PlugandPlay40: More startups on... →
ForbesOnTech: Demo Fall 2007 →
“Peter Merholz presents in this presentation a selection of principles and...”
– Putting people first » Principles and practices for successful experience design
The Myths of Innovation, by Scott Berkun
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Concept Design
“Concept Design” (pdf, 18 mb) is a new publication just published by Fora, the R&D division of the Danish Authority for Enterprise and Construction, that is recommended reading for those working on the strategic side of design. The study focuses on how design can be utilised together with other disciplines to create new solutions to the global challenges faced by the private...
IEEE Spectrum: E-Newspapers: Digital Deliverance? →
Innovate Faster by Melding Design and Strategy →
“The house of the future will look more like the house of the past than the house...”
Josephine Green of Philips on the need for social...
Major corporations are often restricted by a too-limited view of the future. This view is based on the western belief that time is linear and that the future is merely an empty space that can be ‘colonized’ to the present and filled with ever more technology and consumer goods. However, this technology and consumer determinism now threatens to compromise our wellbeing and prosperity. This paper...
“ESD Visiting Professor Irving Wladawsky-Berger, recently retired vice president...”
– ESD News item
“Books are incredibly portable, especially smaller paperbacks. “Books do not...”
– ‘10 Reasons Why eBooks Suck’ | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
“If such a gap exists in business programs, the gap turns into a vast gulf when...”
– Irving Wladawsky-Berger: Reflections on Leadership and Innovation
“Although computers have become cheaper, more capable and more commonplace, they...”
– Putting people first » The trouble with computers [The Economist]
“Although computers have become cheaper, more capable and more commonplace, they...”
– Fastladder (614)
“Concept Design”, a new study from Denmark
Concept Design Fora, the Danish Authority for Enterprise and Construction’s division for R&D, has just published “Concept Design - How to solve the complex challenges of our time“, which presents a new type of company - the concept design company.
The study focuses on how design can be utilised together with other disciplines to create new solutions to the global challenges faced by the...
“that involves fieldwork, strategic planning, conceptualization, prototyping, and...”
– KEIO UNIVERSITY - GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDIA DESIGN -
“In 2008, Keio University will celebrate its 150th anniversary as the first...”
– KEIO Opencourseware | OCW
“Susumu Furukawa Susumu Furukawa Former Corporate Vice President of Microsoft...”
– The DMC Institute Symposium for International Collaboration
Some Recent Google Papers on Usability and User... →
Some Recent Google Papers on Usability and User Testing