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Milan Metro Cuff
Internet has been seen by many people as an organism, I would make that vision mine but with a bit refinement: Internet and Human Beings are symbiotic organisms: each depends upon other, now and forever!
What lacks Internet is its capability of self-repairing: it requires a continuos maintainance by a kind of men usually unconsidered by the mass that with plenty of humility day in and day out work hard to make us play hard (because Internet is definitely our playground). At present time the only systems capable to reach a high degree of efficency in self-maintainance are biological ones.
What lacks humankind is an hypergeometric tool to spread his «natural need» of sociality.
That’s the secret of this symbiosis that, like many symbiosis, could end up with a new indistinguishable organism that probably was visionary foreseen by Star Trek’s scriptwriters: The Borg!
It’s now a couple of days I receive this laconic error… I have some doubts about this service…
“http://www.akkamsrazor.com/2010/…” — Logos: What are the worst logo designs? - Quora
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A History of Western Typefaces [INFOGRAPHIC]
Let’s be honest from scratch: I’m not a marketing expert nor a communication specialist (as recently heard somewhere in Milan) neverthless I’m so full of myself to think that my opinion in this field has something of interesting, a point of view that deserves to be shared.
Simply stated: I really dislike the last Apple Commercial that launches the new Apple app/service/biz called «iBooks Author» for three fundamental reasons:
Steve whould have approved that?…
That’s said about the commercial I’m also convinced that the iPad, and more in general the tablet era, will introduce a big advancement into the pedagogical discipline delivering new opportunities to involve the learner with a pervasive and interactive experience.
I can’t wait for my daughters when they’ll read Dante’s Inferno on a multimedia edition or they’ll study the electromagnetical fields with an interactive simulator. I’m so lucky to have two daughters separated by 8 years: enough to assist at another unthinkable (r)evolution.
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Mathematics Cluster ball
Today’s mobile computers provide omnipresent access to information, creation and communication facilities. It is undeniable that they have forever changed the way we work, play and interact. However, mobile interaction is far from solved. Diminutive screens and buttons mar the user experience, and otherwise prevent us from realizing their full potential. We explored and prototyped a powerful alternative approach to mobile interaction that uses a body-worn projection/sensing system to capitalize on the tremendous surface area the real world provides. For example, the surface area of one hand alone exceeds that of typical smart phone. Tables are often an order of magnitude larger than a tablet computer. If we could appropriate these ad hoc surfaces in an on-demand way, we could retain all of the benefits of mobility while simultaneously expanding the interactive capability. However, turning everyday surfaces into interactive platforms requires sophisticated hardware and sensing. Further, to be truly mobile, systems must either fit in the pocket or be wearable. We present OmniTouch, a novel wearable system that enables graphical, interactive, multitouch input on arbitrary, everyday surfaces. Our shoulder-worn implementation allows users to manipulate interfaces projected onto the environment (e.g., walls, tables), held objects (e.g., notepads, books), and their own bodies (e.g., hands, lap). A key contribution is our depth-driven template matching and clustering approach to multitouch finger tracking. This enables on-the-go interactive capabilities, with no calibration, training or instrumentation of the environment or the user, creating an always-available interface.OmniTouch: Wearable Multitouch Interaction Everywhere
For better or for worse, people like me, are having the sad privilege of witnessing the death of their idols and their consecration as the myths of the computer science, our beloved discipline. Dijkstra’s disappearance in 2002 was my first felt loss.
People like me, people like you, will experience an event even more sad: the mourning of a friend never met physically represented as an indefinitely offline status.
Have you ever thought about you at 80yo online? How like will be your contact list? A sort of little cemetery just a few clicks away from you. The deluded hope that sooner or later some bulb will switch on and start greening back again.
Can be an «inactive account» of a disappeared beloved discontinued by his/her provider? Would it sound like a desecration of a grave?
Did facebook faced this event? and Google+?
And you?
Paraphrasing Freddy: «Who wants lo be online for ever?»
For better or for worse, people like me, are having the sad privilege of witnessing the death of their idols and their consecration as the myths of the computer science, our beloved discipline. Dijkstra’s disappearance in 2002 was my first felt loss.
People like me, people like you, will experience an event even more sad: the mourning of a friend never met physically represented as an indefinitely offline status.
Have you ever thought about you at 80yo online? How like will be your contact list? A sort of little cemetery just a few clicks away from you. The deluded hope that sooner or later some bulb will switch on and start greening back again.
Can be an «inactive account» of a disappeared beloved discontinued by his/her provider? Would it sound like a desecration of a grave?
Did facebook faced this event? and Google+?
And you?
Paraphrasing Freddy: «Who wants lo be online for ever?»