As part of Nokia Showcase 2010 in Bangkok, Younghee Jung talked about the design process of Nokia, specifically with gestures. The phone maker maintains teams in London, China, and the US, who actually travel around to get input from people all over the world.
But interesting things also happen within the design offices. Users of...
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Some lucky reader is going to walk away with ten wonderful, life-enhancing gadgets. The only way you can get the SmartSwipe, Star Wars USB drives, the Pogo Sketch, and the other great swag is to enter the contest! All you need to do is take a picture of where you work, and email it...
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This "demonstration" by artist Chris O'Shea has an enormous hand alternately crushing, picking up, and tickling passersby. It certainly is reminiscent of the Kids in the Hall sketch with the head crusher (which I have embedded below for your convenience). It appears to work more or less automatically, effacing people it picks up or...
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This is utterly insane. A research team from several universities has put together a system whereby you can draw a terrible stick picture sketch, label your blobby objects what they're supposed to be, and it will essentially photoshop something together for you that meets your criteria. I kid you not. It's early, experimental, and...
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