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Bygone Nostalgic Design VS. the Emerging World.  Part 2

Posted by: Jesse Diephuis, at 8:03 pm on May 20, 2010

To address better ways of integrating Transportation in Urban environments requires a very wide-angle perspective lens in order to view the whole scenario of life in an urban environment as well as those in and around the  emerging world. It requires that we put ourselves on the same streets of the...

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Bygone Nostalgic Design VS. the Emerging World.  Part 1

Posted by: Jesse Diephuis, at 10:01 am on May 18, 2010

Traditionally, the notion of Beauty and Elegance is what makes classic examples of automotive design, which is designed to encourage observers to dream about an irreverent future.  In the early days of the 1920’s and 1930’s these notions of dramatic proportions were predicated on people who lived...

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Classifying Crowdsourcing Platforms

Posted by: Patrick Glinski, at 9:15 am on April 27, 2010

Modeling the role of crowdsourcing in an organization’s innovation process.

Innovation used to be referred to be a virtuous and closed cycle. Spend money on research, develop a new big idea, create a new product, reap the benefits, and do it all over again. These days, the model of closed innovation has cracked. A workforce with less organizational loyalty, faster time to market,...

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Meet these Eco-friendly Innovators on Earth Day

Posted by: ltse, at 12:00 am on April 22, 2010

Recently there have been a few great and green projects that have caught my eye and feel the need to share these innovations with all of you… The Clever Little Bag by Puma Recently Puma announced the Clever Little Bag that will reduce their environmental footprint. As a shoelover, a shoebox is...

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Magazine you can wear and play

Posted by: ltse, at 8:31 am on March 29, 2010

I stumbled upon this very innovative magazine that you can actually wear it.  Like the regular subscribed magazine, each “issue”, designed by T-Post will focus on one news issue. In this past issue, you can play rock, paper, scissors with the t-shirt through a webcam. Not only it take publishing...

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Space Flight and Public Engagement

Posted by: Maryam Nabavi, at 10:15 am on March 3, 2010

When the Spaceship One took off the runway to begin its 24 minutes of free flight duration into Earth’s orbit, many people didn’t believe the commercial flight would become a reality. The success of the Virgin Galactic in pushing the boundaries forward, promises a bright future for commercial space...

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elbulli – part 3

Posted by: Scott Friedmann, at 7:23 pm on February 28, 2010

PART 3 of 4 Months after eating at El Bulli my thoughts and perspectives on the meal are still changing: Certain taste memories are extremely vivid and seem to get stronger, others are bizarrely still changing. It has also been fascinating to compare and contrast my experience there with other innovative...

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Search. Chat. Email. Facebook?

Posted by: Adam Rubin, at 9:00 am on February 9, 2010

So, Facebook is evolving. With emphasis on at least 3 core web services – search, chat and the upcoming email – Facebook is getting more serious about functions that Google, among others, are doing well at providing. It makes sense. So here are some quick thoughts on what 400 million users...

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HCI IS PLAYING CATCHUP WITH FAST CHANGING COMPUTING PARADIGMS

Posted by: Idris Mootee, at 12:03 pm on January 13, 2010

Industry (aerospace, telecom, defense, automotive, consumer electronics, etc.) has developed a growing interest in Human-Computer Interaction. They see it as being powerful with numerous features but that does not ensure a product will be successful at all without having a clear usage understanding by...

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Airlines aren’t the only ones to blame

Posted by: Patrick Glinski, at 9:17 pm on December 2, 2009

Designing a decent airport experience is not rocket science. Good airport experiences could go a long way towards helping an industry notorious for experience breakdowns.

A lot of emphasis gets put on how terrible airlines treat their customers. But lets be honest, the experience delivered by the airports we visit has a large role in our travel experience. And anyone who has ever fought the escalators during rush hour in o’Hare, had their plane take off five hours...

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