An article on a new product, that uses a single channel EEG, to capture data when you think. It describes an input device that may have concerning impications in many sectors. One of the most worrisome is how such devices are already on the radar of large instituional trading firms like Goldman Sachs.
Microsoft’s engineers and designers have now created one of the most engaging operating systems ever produced. But can they create a myth around it to make everyone feel like it is the first time they experienced the warmth of a bon fire with friends? Can they make everyone feel it’s beauty?
Apps (applications on the iPhone and iPad), are about to change the way we access information on the internet. During a presentation on the new iPhone OS4, Steve Jobs discussed this transition, during his introduction to iAd, their new mobile computing advertising platform.
With the iPad, Apple has created a new platform for viewing the world. It is like an old Xray film which the technician pulls out of a sheath allowing us to peer into our bodies and what lies beneath our skin. But in this case, we hold the film outward to envision and construct the world around us. The form of it is simple, visual and gestural, like a stroke in calligraphy.
A simple video on the use of gesture as input device through transducers on walls, tables, clothing. Here’s the link or:
This video produced by WIRED magazine. It shows the use of Surface with mapping software used by industry and the military.