I had the opportunity to borrow a Roomba – robotic vacuum cleaner – from one of my colleagues. For many years, I’ve believed that the touchstone test of robotics is if humans can make affordable machines that automatically can clean a house.So, what’s the outcome?In...
It's a strange year. I haven't had time or energy for months now to take a break, go to Guerin's and just live for a while. This St Patrick's Day several of us IDC:ers are busy writing research grant proposals, papers, budgets, etc. It's crazy!...
Jef Raskin, the author of "The humane interface - New directions for designing interactive systems", possible creator of the Mac, etc., passed away today. He was a good warrior, striving to remove clicks and key strokes, to enhance user experiences.We'll all miss him....
We need to update the IDC web site so that visitors don't go to the wrong (and dreadful) place.I took a couple of shots of the new building the other day:Especially the evening shot shows clearly where the activity is at night ;-)...
Finally, we're in. OK, there are many things still not working and we'll discover - day by day - that new circumstances will require new working procedures, but, overall I think it feels really good to finally have escaped teh CSIS building....
So, finally it's time to actually move to the new building. We should keep track of:1. How many boxes are lost.2. How many computers they drop.3. How long it'll take to get everything writed again.Still, I'm looking forward to the whole thing. It'll be great...
Today we discovered that they had removed the sink, water supply, etc., in our new premises. The whole worktop surface had been replaced, looking like there had never been a sink there! Last week when I checked, while it was still there, it worked fine!...
What's happened to our, normally, dynamic group? I've checked your personal blogs (no action) and this one has gone stale. We should be trashing out current issues here! - The move to new building. - New curricula - Will you get paid next month - Writing new exciting proposals -...
Long-term IDC member Tony Hall successfully defended his thesis today and was awarded the PhD! Tony's thesis is entitled "Disappearing technology, emerging interactivity: A study of the design of novel computing to enhance children's learning experience in museums", and deals with the application of a framework...
This is really a mystery of lack of design and usability. I’ve just encountered a newly installed Centon Generation M888EP Multipoint Step Control device. It has a built-in pump to provide enough pressure to make you believe that you’re not standing outdoors on a soft...
IDC Research Seminar Friday, November 12, at 2.00PM Venue to be confirmed. Programme 2.00-2.30 Ian O'Keeffe "A Video-Driven Soundtrack Composition System Utilizing Video Stream Event Detection And Automated Music Generation" Current soundtrack composition practice relies either on the use of a contracted composer to write from scratch or...
Want to try on augmented jewellery, experiment with interactive drama, experience time travel, explore wearable technology, visit an interactive art gallery, listen to electroacoustic music, and much more? Visit DAWN 2004: Interactive Media Exhibition: 23-25 September, 10AM-5PM in the C Block, opposite entrance to library Music Technology concert:...