There is also a great article by Irene Pepperberg on the cognitive and communicative abilities of animals. The article makes reference to a MIT project called, Rover@Home which was a …
Language, music, syntax and the brain
A really interesting high-level article by Aniruddh D. Patel and published in Nature Neuroscience which looks at the comparative study and cognitive theory of music and language and its representation …
6-Webs that describe user interation on the Web
Bill Joy an executive, founder and chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, Inc. has written an interesting article titled, Why One Web Won’t Do, which looks his “6 Webs” that define …
EyeToy for Playstation2
The latest add-on for the Sony Playstation2, EyeToy – an interactive camera that captures your movements and reacts to them. The camera plugs into the USB port of your PS2 …
Yugop Nakamura’s – NEC Ecotonoha
Here is Flash and Art pioneer Yugop Nakamura’s latest project, “ecotonoha”. The project is based around the nurturing of virtual tree communities, whilst at the same time contributing to the …
What is Fitts law? and its relation to HCI
Here is a PDF document based on the research by Shumin Zhai, an IBM Research Staff Member, which extends the law developed by Fitts in 1954. Fitts Law is a …
Identified trends from the CHI 2003 conference
Here is a nice summary by SAP Design Guild of the new and old trends identified from CHI 2003 New Horizons Conference held in Florida, US in May. Some identified …
IBM’s Exploratory user interface design website
I came across the other day IBM’s Exploratory user interface design microsite, which shows examples of interface solutions that extend beyond the traditional graphical user interface (GUI) models and explores …
Cognitive & Heuristics books I would like to read
I’ve just completed a HCI post-graduate subject which taught me a lot about the process of Heuristical Analysis and Usability of interfaces and devices. I did a little search online …
The Best of CHI-Web & SigIA-l discussions
I thought I posted this in March, but whilst searching the archives I couldn’t find it, so here it is… UIWeb have collated a useful list containing the best of …
Apple’s patented Piles user interface
The Register comments in more detail of Apple’s patented Piles User Interface. Tagged as the next generation User Interface (UI) and designed to replace the windows/folders metaphor which apple designed …
Multiplayer Flash Game
I’m aware that a multiplayer Flash game with the intention to shoot your opponent’s members might not be something that fits in a time of war agression under the disguise …
HCI International 2003 Conference
10th International Conference on Human – Computer Interaction is to be held on June 22-27, 2003 in Crete Greece. The conference will cover, Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with …
Music lyrics can influence aggression
New Scientist comments that music with violent lyrics increase aggressive thoughts and emotions. The finding is interesting because previous popular belief showed that aggression and increased aggressive tendencies were thought …
How to use Google
Here is a useful article on how to use google by practice. The article also shows some of the keywords and arguments that can be used with the search engine.