One of the biggest problems with touch interfaces is simulating physics well enough to fool the brain’s perception systems. When a physical action you make with your finger does not lead to the response your brain has learned to expect in the physical world, something feels very wrong. It doesn’t feel genuine. Thankfully, Windows Phone does a much better job at this than Android; Microsoft is clearly thinking about this stuff.
Internet of Things are uniquely identifiable objects (things) and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. And here is an awesome example from the fella’s over at Breakfast. It brings a physical interaction to the like or dislike of music from Last.fm or Pandora.
This beautiful board is offered by Buddy Carr. The 39 Longboard is a collaboration between California based skateboarder Buddy Carr and New York based graphic designer Antonio Carusone. Now that’s a beautiful cussing Longboard. Makes me want to go riding.
Magazines have articles you can curl up with and lose yourself in, and luscious photography that draws the eye. And they’re so easy and enjoyable to read. Can we marry what’s best about magazines with the always connected, portable tablet e-readers sure to arrive in 2010?
This conceptual video is a corporate collaborative research project initiated by Bonnier R&D into the experience of reading magazines on handheld digital devices. It illustrates one possible vision for digital magazines in the near future, presented by our design partners at BERG.
Some of the sweetest single speeds and fixies I’ve ever seen.
About Boutique Cycles Dot Com Boutique Cycles is a user submitted gallery dedicated to custom and boutique bikes. The site has been lovingly crafted by two bike enthusiasts from Sydney, Australia.
We hope Boutique Cycles will inspire you to take pride in your bike/s and ride them as often as you can. You can register to comment on the bikes in the gallery and also upload photos of your own bike.
Editors’ Choice awards are given to the best bikes submitted in their category. These awards are not granted lightly so pay attention to the details.
Most of all, we want you to enjoy this site and get on your bikes and ride safe.
Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper “laptop.” In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he’ll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all. Watch it on TED
