Make a robot as cute as Wall-E, and you find that it is very effective when it comes to getting robots to interact well with humans. Its designer, Alexander Reben at MIT Media Lab. Wanted to design a robot that could approach people and get them to answer interview questions on camera. For more on [...]
A great post from Fastcodesign by Robert Fabbricant on user interface design. I was especially struck by this great piece on ways to revolutionize the credit card swipe by Chris Woebken. Interested? For more go here.
Some of my old chums from my college years who set up Beyond the Valley, have just held an interactive exhibition at the V&A. In it they ask folk to dabble with graphical components of a textile and antique nature to make unique compositions. All using iPads from specially designed and upholstered ‘stations’. Its all part [...]