March 2012
35 posts
ideas, instincts, and intuitions: Creepy genetic engineering technology makes species auto destruct. →
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These soldiers are the first of a new kind of creature - “autocidal” maniacs genetically modified to wipe out their own kind without harming other creatures. The first animals being targeted with these “living pesticides” are disease-carrying mosquitoes and crop-munching caterpillars, but the…
How will we design products for the Internet of things? —GigaOM →
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As revolutionary as the mobile ecosystem is, it’s the interactions of more intelligent connected devices with people outside of the context of phones or computers that will drive more innovation, says Mark Rolston, chief creative officer at Frog Design. Rolston, speaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference Monday in Seattle described a future where devices become more contextually aware thanks to embedded and connected sensors.
Instead of thinking about the buttons on a phone or a laptop, manufacturers and designers need to think about what will happen when computers are embedded in everything and connected all the time. Instead of computing confined in a box on a desk or in the hand, computers will be everywhere pulling data from a variety of places. Understanding how those computers will pull information about their environment, relay that data to users and then interpret what users want them to do creates a web of interaction that will require new ways of thinking and design.
