Science

Dec 26 2007

Interesting new method for text entry by David Goligorsky
Associative Thought, Code, Computers, Data Presentation, Design, Engineering, Experience Design, GUI, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Language, Pragmatism, Remix, Science, Software, Typography, Visualization
Dasher changes the paradigm of text entry from pushing buttons to navigating through words. Here's a YouTube demonstration of the technology and here's the Dasher website, which offers a test drive of the program. (via GUUUI) I recently watched The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. It's a film based on the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, who was the editor-in-chief of Elle. He had suffered a massive stroke in 1995 that left his mind in tact, but his body was completely paralyzed except for one eye and eyelid. Needless to say, he could not speak. Speech ...
Nov 20 2007

It’s snowing in Boston! by David Goligorsky
Misplaced Thoughts, Science
Low-Temperature Scanning Electron Microscope images of a snowflakes.
Sep 28 2007

Creating life by Christian Eager
Art, Science
Theo Jansen, a Dutch artist, is building Strandbeests—some the size of a small house and hundred-legged—that will survive only on the wet, packed sand between the ocean and dry land. They haven't yet evolved completely for life unassisted, but they're getting there, using simple brains and survival techniques. Theo Jansen's talk at TED 2007