The ethics of a vocal edit

The ethics of a vocal edit

At the recent Adobe Max conference, there was a piece of tech presented in the Sneak Peeks section called Project Voco – essentially, Photoshop for voice. Now, we’ve been able to edit images, replace people, remove people, add objects and…

Digital Patina - showing signs of wear / use on a digital interface

Digital Patina – showing signs of wear / use on a digital interface

Following on from my previous post on digital patina, I wondered if there’s another way to look at this. This isn’t something I’ve seen, I’m not sure if I want to see it and it could go against the very…

It's all about Context - Speaking to computers

It’s all about Context – Speaking to computers

Context. The first in a series of experiments into how we as humans can naturally and realistically interact with the digital world. Mike and I have talked through various aspects of human-computer interaction over the last few years, never with…

Tip o' the hat to the Modern UI

Tip o’ the hat to the Modern UI

The new Windows 8 interface commonly referenced to as the Windows Modern UI is inspired by various trends and design patterns from over the last century. Modern UI tips it’s own hat to the way finding graphics that you see…

A small demonstration

A small demonstration

Love the way this ends. Windows 8 has a completely re-designed user interface. Microsoft have taken everything that’s great about Windows 7 and improved on it for Windows 8 adding greater security, improved performance and cloud based services. The old…

Kinect and shopping carts. wi-GO and Whole Foods

Kinect and shopping carts. wi-GO and Whole Foods

Two similar projects here but with slightly different objectives. I saw the Whole Foods demo recently and it reminded me of the wi-GO project that surfaced about a year earlier… wi-GO is a project that seeks to unite the technological…

Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme

Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme

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I'm looking forward to Little Printer from those clever chaps over at BERG

I’m looking forward to Little Printer from those clever chaps over at BERG

Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from your friends. Use your smartphone to set up subscriptions and Little Printer will gather them together to create a timely, beautiful mini-newspaper. bergcloud.com/2011/11/29/announcing-little-printer-and-berg-cloud/ Posted via email from…

#UX advice - The Problem With QR Codes (via @rocket_panda)

#UX advice – The Problem With QR Codes (via @rocket_panda)

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The Internet in 1969 - it s a wonder it got off the ground if this was the vision

The Internet in 1969 – it s a wonder it got off the ground if this was the vision

“What the wife selects on her console, the husband will pay for on his counter part console.” I love the way he shakes his head disapprovingly. He should sell one of those computers, that would surely set things straight. Also……