Kyle, an Aussie no less, has built a ripper coffee table come trunk that actually looks like and operates as a Nintendo controller. The build quality is great and the finishing touches and attention to detail fantastic. He details the build over on his blog “Ultra Awesome”. Aside from a great fun project this isContinueContinue reading “Awesome NES Controller Coffee Table”
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Social ‘co-presence’
Why visualize RL data in SL? “…a 3-D virtual environment allows us to more naturally experience and visualize this information in real-time with others and also appreciate their presence around us. Virtual worlds are such an appealing concept to users primarily because of the social ‘co-presence’ of others in these worlds in a very realisticContinueContinue reading “Social ‘co-presence’”
Voice still the final frontier for input.
When I caught the news about BT buying Ribbit I took notice. Why? Because. Because I know JP enough (podcast) to know it’s got significance for the future. Because I know the power of voice as the primary means of communication to build relationship. Because I believe culture creates the technology it needs to fulfillContinueContinue reading “Voice still the final frontier for input.”
Self-organised networks and collective productivity
Stowe Boyd has (as usual) more great expressions on network/collective productivity : … the underlying premises of our educational system, which is to produce good little individual economic cogs. Meanwhile, the kids are turning themselves into self-organized networks where collective productivity is the central aim. … … Meanwhile, the kids are reshaping their cognition toContinueContinue reading “Self-organised networks and collective productivity”
Tongue Control
clipped from gtresearchnews.gatech.edu For Immediate Release June 30, 2008 A new assistive technology developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology could help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives. The novel system allows individuals with disabilities to operate a computer, control a powered wheelchair and interact with their environments simply by movingContinueContinue reading “Tongue Control”
Hardware prims
Some various links to sites highlighting some of the thinking and experimenting being done around ‘adaptable’ hardware. Some of it ‘open-source-hardware’. Anything used as a basis to build something else I like to refer to as a “prim” – borrowing from the secondlife concept of “primitives” – small basic building blocks used to build allContinueContinue reading “Hardware prims”
Shirky says Lifekludger needs a clear, shared goal – what says you?
Listened/watched a couple videos of Shirky’s on group forming. Here’s my notes on them. More discussion via my podcast with Mike over here. Shirky on group forming Ted – http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.html Berkman centre – via youtube – http://www.youtube.com/v/A_0FgRKsqqU&hl=en&fs=1 Sharing Conversation Collaboration Collective action Sharing – old way before group forming was easy was gather->share; new share->gatherContinueContinue reading “Shirky says Lifekludger needs a clear, shared goal – what says you?”
Miscellaneous small thoughts loosley blogged
Photo: Kamyar Adl Some thoughts of recent, spurred on by many things. I had been thinking about returning to more ‘stream of conscious’ blogging but hadn’t got there – so it’s about time I did. But this might not be one of them. It used to be people blogged heaps….then something, or some things happened.ContinueContinue reading “Miscellaneous small thoughts loosley blogged”
Computer reads hand signals
This is kind of like using gestures without contact. Wave Power: The G55 picks out key hand signals from webcam video feeds. Photo by Toshiba Funny how, apart from the attempts with voice commands, input always seems to come back to hands. At least this one isn’t touch related. [via Popsci]
Dave the Lifekludger gets a mention by Mark Pesce on New Inventors
Over a month back on my Lifekludger blog I mentioned in a blog post titled “Mind control interface a near reality” the Epoc Headset, being developed by Emotiv. The other day on the New Inventors on the ABC here in Australia my friend Mark Pesce gives a shoutoput to me. Ref 1min in. See theContinueContinue reading “Dave the Lifekludger gets a mention by Mark Pesce on New Inventors”
Extraordinary Everyday Lives #051 is up.
Latest podcast is up : Extraordinary Everyday Lives #051 : Guest is Mike Poole from Hong Kong – his blogs Greetings Earthlings and A Death in Hong Kong. Get the show here. Dave Technorati Tags: social action
Dave the Lifekludger gets a mention by Mark Pesce on New Inventors
Over a month back I mentioned in a blog post titled “Mind control interface a near reality” the Epoc Headset, being developed by Emotiv. The other day on the New Inventors on the ABC here in Australia my friend Mark Pesce gives a shoutoput to me. Ref 1min in.
Post Industrial Context Shifting and Network Productivity
Back in 2005 after thinking about “Attention, Recognition & Context” I wrote in 2006 that I was “hung up on the concept of context” and a bit later “On context and openness” Which lead to the thinking about how I do what I do at Lifekludger, documented in the “Contexts and Clues” section of theContinueContinue reading “Post Industrial Context Shifting and Network Productivity”
Lounge Footy – playing with iMovie
Openness is great – so says Summize
Openness thoughts grab from Supernova
Here’s some interesting grabs from Twitter during the following discussion at Supernova on Openness I caught this morning. Kick-Off Discussion: The Value of Openness JP Rangaswami (BT) Elliot Maxwell (Consultant) From: @wseltzer on Wednesday, June 18th at 00:17:54 [link] To: @rafik Supernova is http://www.supernova2008.com/ — good discussions of openness and innovation From: @sarahdopp on Tuesday,ContinueContinue reading “Openness thoughts grab from Supernova”
Clay Shirky on why Lifekludger hasn’t taken off
In the first 2 minutes of this interview from Supernova, Clay touches on the reason why Lifekludger as a collaborative eco system for good hasn’t yet got traction. So far most of the action on the net has been to organise group activity around STOP actions (eg: protests) not START actions (positive change building). [moreContinueContinue reading “Clay Shirky on why Lifekludger hasn’t taken off”
Wireless Accelerometer Based Mouse Pointer
Caught this via Hacked Gadgets. Accelerometer based input devices could be a great boon for alternative access. Dave Technorati Tags: adaptive
The touch barrier — responses
After my previous post about the “Touch Barrier” as referring to the inherent issues of the pervasive use of touch technologies I had some good responses. @lucychili pointed me to work Peter Hutterer is doing with MPXLaurel wrote a blog post “Disabilities social networks games” pointing to a article DISABLED GAMERS’ COMPRISE 20% OF CASUAL-VIDEOGAMEContinueContinue reading “The touch barrier — responses”
The Touch Barrier – Accessibility and usability issues around touch technologies
I’m Worried. Worried about recent technology developments – actually the application of one technology in particular – touch. In this instance, when I say ‘touch’ I’m referring to devices requiring skin – a finger as opposed to a stylus – ala the iPhone and nearly every laptop on the market. For the past 60% ofContinueContinue reading “The Touch Barrier – Accessibility and usability issues around touch technologies”
Milton the Monster DNA
I have no idea what Mike’s up to but caught odd fragments via twitter while sitting in a cafe eating my lunch that he was doing some kitchen experingmenting with DNA and fruit. And a reference to Milton the Monster which I couldn’t help but respond to as Milton is a fondly remembered cartoon fromContinueContinue reading “Milton the Monster DNA”
Bluetooth Wireless Input Pen
SMK Corp developed “Wireless Input Pen,” which can transmit characters written in the air and displays them on a monitor. According to SMK, it is the world’s first pen-type device that can transmit characters written in the air to a monitor … I caught this via a story on Engadget. Engadget mention the pen canContinueContinue reading “Bluetooth Wireless Input Pen”
Equipment becoming even harder and costlier to get
Interesting article on the state of getting medical equipment in the States over at New Mobility. It certainly is an indicator of how the available funds for equipment is becoming scarce — how much is artificial is another argument. My point is that when something becomes scarce we need to start looking at how somethingContinueContinue reading “Equipment becoming even harder and costlier to get”
Saturdays of Sheds, Junk and Cassette Tapes
So, I spent most all of today sorting, cleaning and tossing stuff out me shed. As part of the ruthless cull I packed away in a box over 100 cassette tapes that I hadn’t listened to for over 10 years…no over 15 probably. I’m giving them away. But of them there was some I justContinueContinue reading “Saturdays of Sheds, Junk and Cassette Tapes”
The Wall by Pink Floyd – last Second Life Performance
Last month I wrote about seeing the performance of The Wall in Second Life. This is advance notice I got about the last performance coming up. It’s awesome and worth getting up early if you need to to experience it. Saturday 31st May 2pm SL time http://slurl.com/secondlife/Havens%20Beach/224/25/701 Technorati Tags: pinkfloyd, secondlife
