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Leap's gesture UI device in real life
This week a concept video of new gesture based control device for computers surfaced and made everybody go "ooooh". Engadget's geeks jumped on to their Vespas(?) and headed out to Leap's offices in San Francisco and made a not so stylished video that shows the technology really exists.
This device brings your boring old laptop to the future of Windows 8 and its Metro desktop which is a pain to use with just non-multitouch touchpad.
.h
Everything is a touch UI: Disney Research's Touché
I didn't know that Disney deals with this sort of basic UI hardware research at all, but apparently they do. And they seem to do it quite well.
I'm still not sure if we should use gestures for skipping music tracks instead of pushing a button, but I'm sure there are better examples we can think of. But the application example (2:53) that Disney guys are presenting is absolutely hilarious.
.harri
Idean is one of the 99 most promising companies in Finland
An article in Tekniikka & Talous listed the 99 most promising Finnish companies in their newest printed issue.
They took a closer look at the top 20 and listed the rest of them based on the revenues. So if I actually look this trough my Idean colored glasses we might actually be the 21st most interesting company in Finland (or we might be the 99th, but we all know that's not the case).
The interesting info in the list is that we do "Market and oppinion studies". If that is the new definition of user centered concept creation, interaction design, visual design and prototyping then that's who we are. If its not all about the fore mentioned stuff somebody could actually update the company profile in the Finnish company registry. Something tells me that its a bit harder than updating your company's Facebook profile.
Any way it's so wonderfull to see that so many of the companies on the list are still producing something that is physical and solves the global needs of our culture. But since even those solutions need automation and controls I think we could lend our helping hands to get all of these companies and products reach the next levels of promising.
.harri
A glimpse into Idean
This video is a summary of how Luovimo project helped us to reach the US markets. It good to see that the ground work has provided us with a solid footing here in the west coast and as said in the video the expectations are pretty high.
Luovimo is an international growth programme for creative industry companies with a focus on innovative service and content business. The programme is run by Finpro.
Think Big. Aim High!
.harri
Arrow shaped door handles - pure genius
I know that "affordance" has lost its mojo some time ago. But the door handle pictured above just brought it back.
.harri
fBIG - Well done IG!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook has agreed to buy photo sharing network Instagram for $1 billion in a combination of cash and stock, the company announced Monday.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/04/facebook-buys-instagram/
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-why-facebook-bought-insta...
As a IG fan I have to say that this is just awesome. Yeah, it might get corrupted but everything changes. I think this could be a boost that IG was somehow in need of. Plus excellent source of inspiration for every single startup here in the Valley.
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1974, Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet & PC - YouTube
Spot on prediction...
.h
Hat Trick: 3 x First Price in Grand One (+ 1 commendation)
Winning is sweet :) 3 x First Price in Grand One (+ 1 commendation) - Congrats fellows: we deserved it!
Wow, what a show. Our clients really shined in Grand One 2012 (The Finnish "Digital Oscars" see more http://www.rekaksois.com/grandone/)! An the big question is: What was common for the following category winners:
- Best b2b service
- Best Mobile Service
- The Grand Prix and
- Special nomination: Best UX Design?
The UX Design is done by Idean! Not a bad results for a company who didn’t announce any :).
Read more (in Finnish):
- Kiosked kimmahti Grand Onen voittoon http://www.marmai.fi/uutiset/kiosked+kimmahti+grand+onen+voittoon/a792918
- Grand One kohotti rimaa http://www.marmai.fi/uutiset/grand+one+kohotti+rimaa/a247756
Jesse
Sony's Floating Touch Technology. Cool, but how should we use it?
Up until now the mobile touch controls have been about direct manipulation. Now Sony is introducing this Floating Touch technology which allows us to manipulate objects without actually touching them.
My initial evaluation for this is "Useless... Now we lose the last remnants of the tactile feedback and our finger is blocking even more of the visible screen estate and objects on it." But at the same time there's a background project trying to find the use cases for this.
First idea from that process is the ability to introduce actually functional tooltips for the touch interfaces. Now lets find the second....
.harri
