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I hope this online collection of notes would prove valuable not only to me but to all students and colleagues looking to develop innovating and interesting products. This site focuses on product design, conceptual design, interaction design, interface design, and failure analysis.

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Imagining the future of technology—Brain Power.

April 26, 2010

Article: BBC Staff. (2008). “Imagining the future of technology—Brain Power.” BBC News. Visited on 10 September 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7660928.stm The article asks the question: Can we ever expect computers to emulate the achievements of human intelligence? There are two obstacles to overcome in order to achieve this; first, advances in hardware must be made so that...
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A Disease That Allowed Torrents of Creativity.

April 25, 2010

Article: Blakeslee, S. (2008). “A Disease That Allowed Torrents of Creativity.” NY Times. Visited on 8 April 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/health/08brai.html This article gives an account of Anne Adams experience with the degenerative brain disease, frontotemporal dementia (FTP). The disease, whose cause is as of yet unknown, leads to the degeneration of the frontal temporal lobe. Three...
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Teaching Boys and Girls Separately

April 24, 2010

Article: Weil, E. (2008). “Teaching Boys and Girls Separately.” NY Times. Visited on 2 March 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/magazine/02sex3-t.html The article explores the potential impact that differences in emotional and/or cognitive development in boys and girls have on a child’s ability to learn.  In order to address these inherent difference and subsequently the ‘chronic achievement gap between...
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Pipsqueak Articles

Designing for the Blind

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Not much to add here — how many other cool video games are there for visually disabled? Using tactile clues instead of visual signals...
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Special Preview: Philosophy of Interaction and User Experience

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A person uses a piece of software, a Web site, or any other product — “virtual” or “real” — to achieve a goal. The...
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End-User Development (EUD) Educational Preview

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This is an interesting collection of videos and background materials on End-User Development — situations when end users design and develop software for their...
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Thinking about the Science of Communication and Interaction

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Alien Senses

In the Galaxy Far Far Away… What if sentient being evolved on a planet with permanent cloud cover? What if these being never saw...
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Using Positive Emotion to Change Behavior

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Games can be used to change our behavior — make something fun, and we are likely to do it again and again. Psychologists call...
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Special Preview: Social Media by Thomas Erickson

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Interfaces.com was given a free advanced preview of Thomas Erickson’s report and videos on social computing. The videos are very well produced and provide...
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Failure to Communicate

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Failure to Communicate

Sometimes failure to communicate happens at the end of the product distribution line. Below are some examples of what happens when sales people don’t...
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Design Variables