Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Isn't it interesting how we are seeing more and more uses where there's a need for a stylus on these capacitive touch screens? Just when everyone thinks Steve Jobs has liberated them to the freedom of the finger, it seems we aren't so free after all and that maybe other ...
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
iPhone Hacks blog has the low down on the problems of styluses on capacitive touch screens in a post titled New Apple Patent Talks about Stylus for Capacitive Touch Screens.
The relevant bit:
According to the inventors, modern day capacitive touch sensors are not optimized to receive inputs from styluses. This is ...
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Thought: Feedback can be turned to alternative input if inverted.
Fabian Hemmert does research through and about design and creates projects like shape-changing-mobiles, weight-shifting-mobiles, breathing and pulsating ambient-life mobile device feedback.
The mobile concepts are designed to provide different feedback mechanisms that are physical.
I've often written about the importance of feedback when ...
Posted in Design, Input, Makers, Movement | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Touchco was a New York company that, according to it's now closed website title, was developing "IFSR* multi-touch resistive sensors". It has now reportedly ben bought by Amazon.
The impressive thing about this technology is this.
"Unlike the more common and more expensive capacitive touchscreens, Touchco-equipped screens can be used with a ...
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Meet Darrell
Earlier in the year I was contacted by Darrell. Darrell may not realise it, but he is a Lifekludger.
Darrell has a son. His son lives with a disability. His son's disability prevented him from using a mobile phone.
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="earpiece"][/caption]Unable to press a button to activate 'hands ...
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
An article in Technology Review reveals development of pressure sensitive touch pads that could be used on future generation devices.
Why is this Lifekludger newsworthy? Because the pads are reported to combine features of both kinds of existing touch pads. To me, this might mean some breaking down of the Touch ...
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Wow. Vanity search turned up this neat link that took one of the photos off my Lifekludger blog and generated a colour palette from it. I like it.
[Lifekludger Color Palettes]
http://www.colorhunter.com
Related posts:Lifekludger Interview
Colour-coded Keyboard & Mouse
Maker Faire – Lifekludger heaven
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Scientific American has an article about the Open Prosthetics Project.
The Open Prosthetics Project has applied the “open source” model to the design of inexpensive prosthetic hands and arms that a small demand can still support. The designs are free for anyone to use.
This is an exiting project to me as it's an ...
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
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When I heard about this Ergodex customisable keyboard on a podcast I immediately thought it would have uses in Assistive Technology circles and yes, they do already have information on such application of the device.
As it happens, this device has been around a ...
Posted in Design, Devices, Input, Suppliers, Typing | No Comments »
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
My ex-boss, when talking about the language of disability, always used to tell people that "wheelchair bound" should refer to those who do not use a wheelchair, as they're potentially headed there and we've already arrived!
Well, now take a look at this experimental vehicle from Segway. See, he was right!
The ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
A new way of thinking about alternative input and physical interaction.
Possibilities for alternative and augmented communication.
[David Merrill demos Siftables, the smart blocks | Video on TED.com]
Related posts:Alternative Input Possibilities – Acoustic skin
AAC in Your Pocket via iPhone
iMainGo iPod Speakers for AAC
Posted in Communication, Design, Lifekludger Links | No Comments »
Monday, October 20th, 2008
SENS concept phone.
by Japanese designer, Takumi Yoshida
I've written previously about the importance of the correct type of feedback for input, especially when one or more of your senses fail you.
This SENS phone uses a combination of tactile sensors and audio feedback to the user. When a person key is pressed ...
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