Researcher Yuichiro Katsumoto, whom I met at Mobility 2006 in Bangkok, has created two new tools for looking and acting like a superhero, even if the only thing you're battling is the weather or a humdrum commute. The first, Amagatana, is ...Read More
Yup. Bring the real back to your life by making it hyperactive. Need a reason to use pencils? How about writing with incredibly long-lasting smells? Read More
Yahoo's new celebrity site, OMG! just launched (in beta). Giving all that celebrity material a sparkling new home. Notice how the interactions reflect the brand? Well, hopefully they do, anyway. I was part of the team that worked on this. ...Read More
Here's a keynote speech I made October 27th at the Mobility 2006 conference at Rangsit University in Bangkok, Thailand. - - - - - - - I want to thank the organizers and Rangsit University for hosting us in such a nice ...Read More
“We’re trying to start a death cult, and for that you really need a lot volunteers.†So explained the fresh-faced etoy spokesman Zai as he led a tour of new recruits through a container built to house the remains—both physical and ...Read More
At CommunicAsia, Masaaki Fukumoto, director of the biological signal-processing laboratory at NTT DoCoMo's multimedia laboratories shows off a prototype phone interface that works by sticking one's finger in the ear. Worn on the finger, the Bluetooth-enabled terminal converts voice to vibration ...Read More
The BBC reports that two University of Nebraska professors have developed a sensor that matches the sensitivity of human touch. This is key to many interesting applications where touch is very helpful (as it is so hard-wired into human views ...Read More
For the thousands of supereverywhere readers in London (you know who you are) comes a chance to experience Music for Bodies. Terrestrial and virtual research into new ways of making and listening to music. Ever felt music through your back? Or ...Read More
For anyone interested, I've posted a version of the Exploding TV poster/article that Erik, Sarah, and I made. Enjoy. (poster pdf) (article pdf with Japanese and English text) Read More
At the IA Summit in Vancouver last weekend, I attended a talk about Pace Layering and Resilience Theory. It was an interesting talk and I liked the speakers, D. Grant Campbell and Karl V. Fast. It got me thinking, but ...Read More
