Interface concepts
How to sell Computers to Orthodox Monks
A video about how technology may affect certain cultures, and what could be changed in the computer as it is today, so we will not need to change the cultures themselves. How to sell computers for monks is a proposition that designers should start thinking about the laggards, the last people to adopt technologies, as benchmarks. Because if we can fit their requirements of a non-intrusive and fail-proof equipment, then we will build a better machines for all of us. If you like this you can see a first video draft (with a different script) here: about: Made in 2006/07 as a final diploma project
Le button
Le button is one single button that can transform any surface in a radio tuner. It allows to use any printed page as an link to an internet audio file which you can stream to your headphones. And because it’s able to save any pattern in it’s internal memory, you can re-save those links in any surface you can look at. how much can you do with a single button? about: Made in 2006/07 for Kenwood corporation and École Nationale de Création Industrielle along with Clément Tissandier, using Adobe After Effects* for the movie and Max/MSP/jitter* to program the working prototype. *(both which I had learned the week before)
iPod Video
probably anytime before we start writing down our christmas lists apple is going to release it's new ipod, an all bets on the net are that is going to have video support. There is not much inovation on that single piece, and in a market where windows media mobile failed to get off, where sony's PSP have a comfortable large screen for playing games and watching videos and most important cell phones are already able to stream any video to their screen apple is going to have to justify it's next step. But there is still another bigger challenge on portable video players: what are they for? Videos, unlike music, requires your full attention and are unapropriate for jogging, walking, working and…
iPhone
Since Motorola and Apple announced a partnership the tech world started to speculate Apple releasing an iPod cell phone (which one can easily bet would be called iPhone iTalk or iAnything similar). Some initial images pop’d showing disappointing ordinary cell phones with built-in iTunes, without the iconic iPod click wheel. Later some pictured something a lot more applesque, but still a with a shy click wheel. The above is my contribution to apple: what better way to join wheel with a telephone than a beautiful dial-wheel phone? The only things that are certain are less hype, but equally tasty. Apple licensed iTunes software for Motorola, long with it’s own digital rights manager, the Fair…
Mind the pad
Mind the pad is a mind-tracker application-concept for cell phones and PDAs that is at the same time a scribble & write sketch pad, an address book, agenda and file organizer. The main principle behind the application is that information is not saved on a fixed location, but is stored as separate pieces that are auto organized as the user reach for it. Each piece of information, or meme, is a small text file along with a drawing (superimposed over the text), which can be linked to images or any file. Upon reading the user may underline some words and they will be transformed on special index words. When the user clicks an index word all information is re-organized and every data containing…
Muvuca
muvuca is about connecting distant friends through some kind of non verbal sharing. throught their avatar on the movie screen they can sense that their friends have a common focus of attention. It’s a virtual movie theather, where all friends watch the same movie at the same time. The avatar, controlled by a puppet-like remote, allows the users to hav movements without sounds to allow silent comunications. Also, it can act as a passive microfone transforming the audio in semi controlled movements from the avatar. Also see this Bill gate’s comment on the project about: Made for the Microsoft Research Design Expo 2003 contest, along with Rodrigo Rego and Ricardo Bacellar