The digital transformation workshop is successfully completed. The participants were enthused and stimulated. The keynotes were excellent and inspiring. The small group presentations were equally inspiring and forward-looking. They identified a set of quite exciting ideas for the city of Philadelphia. The question is where do we go from here. The idea of digital city … Read more
We had a wonderful reception tonight. All the out-of-state participants safely arrived. Many local participants came to the workshop. Tomorrow is the big day. It is funny to stay at a hotel in your own town. I am staying at the Conwell Inn where most participants are staying. There will be a live blogging of … Read more
This is an outstanding interview about the design process of Boeing Dreamliner.
According to New York Times, Negroponte, who is leading the One Laptop Per Child project, came up with an idea that Americans will buy one OLPC XO for home and donate one for a developing country. “And he is reaching out to the public to try to give the laptop campaign a boost. The marketing … Read more
The first one shows how one can interact with an avatar through a mirror. http://play.tagstory.com/player/TS00@V000097111 The second one shows the digital coffee table with multi-touch interface. Toward the end, you will see a prototype by Nokia that renders 3D image on to the screen via 2D image on a paper. http://play.tagstory.com/player/TS00@V000097109
On November 1-3, I am organizing a design research workshop on the theme of Digital Transformation of Urban Experiences. (Note: A new web site is currently designed. What you will see is a temporary place holder). We will have about 50 scholars and practitioners from many different fields to explore how we might be able … Read more
What is does information technology mean to us? For some, it is nothing but convenience. Whenever I use my newly acquired Blackberry to read and write e-mail, I am marveled by its efficiency. E-mail messages just roll in to my Blackberry no matter where I am. To others, it is a display of their wealth … Read more
This is the famous urinal at the Shiphol airport in Amsterdam. They found that when men find something on the surface of a urinal, they tend to aim better and that way they can keep the cleaning cost in check. Whether it is true or not, this innovation has become popular among airports. You can … Read more
I just came across scratch, a programming environment developed by people at MIT media lab. It is wonderfully designed, fun, pleasant and powerful program environment, specifically designed for kids to learn how to program. I downloaded it and showed it to Daniel (11 years old), in few minutes he started making his own games and … Read more
Try it yourself. It is quite nice.
The second group in my class worked on a product for Philadelphia Tourists. They come up with a set of services that is designed to replace a tour guidebook. The mock-up user interface is shown below. The key idea here is that this device is designed to replace tour guidebooks. Its size, weight and appearance … Read more
Yesterday in my class, I showed the video on globalization and technology. One student wondered if people in 1900 might have similar optimism about the future and how they would use technology for the betterment of human race. This is a great point that made me think. The modernistic utopian view of technology that came … Read more