Interfaces and Research

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Cute Cardboard Robot Produces Documentary

Is cuteness enough for people to sympathize with robot and help him to make a movie? MIT shows us that is possibile www.newscientist.com

Spotify Box

The Spotify Box has been selected finalist for the IxDA Awards 2012. It represents unique and cool approach to online music streaming service. vimeo.com

Tobii Gaze Interface

According to Tobii, Gaze will bring about the next big change in the way that we interact with computers. It will make possible pointing at something by looking at. www.youtube.com

UX / HCI / Digital Trends

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Samsung’s Smart Window

At CES 2012 Samsung presented Transparent Smart Window. It is full touch display and can be used as TV or computer. youtube.com

GM Advanced Tech Window

University project envisions smart interactive windows for rear passengers. Another example of the transparent screen. youtube.com

12 Tech Trends By Frog’s Design Minds

Rise of gestural UIs, shopping powered by social networks, commerce migration to mobile –and that is just a few examples o f trends pointed out by Frog’s experts. www.fastcodesign.com

Case Studies

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Google Maps: Designing the Modern Atlas

An article on the design process for Google Maps – direct insight from Google Maps Team. core77.com/blog

Clear: A To-Do List App

Clear has triggered a discussion of apps design because it breaks a few of our current rules for interfaces. www.fastcodesign.com

Usability Light

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Touchscreens: How they work

A little drawing summary of the touch screen technology. www.washingtonpost.com

Puppet Parade – Interactive Kinect Puppets

Puppet Parade is an interactive installation (based on Kinect) that allows children to use their arms to puppeteer larger than life creatures projected on the wall in front of them. vimeo.com

Behavior Grid

BJ Fogg, director of Persuasive Tech Lab at Stanford, has shared interactive behavior grid, which describes 15 ways behavior can change. Grid can be helpful in the context of persuasive design. www.behaviorwizard.org/wp/behavior-grid