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LAS VEGAS – Don't trash your keyboard and mouse just yet. But three companies at the International Consumer Electronics Show demonstrated depth-sensing cameras that let you to control your computer by moving your hands or body.
Control a PC with body motions – USATODAY.com
The Google team has been busy with a host of new design changes, including the implementation of a large, clickable Google button—called the Google bar —that now appears in the top left corner of any Google page. When you click the button, you’re presented with a drop-down menu that gives you a variety of quick links to various Google sites: Google+, search, images, maps, YouTube, docs and more. You may have already noticed that the Google bar replaces the previous navigation menu, which included links to Google sites and apps on the left-hand side and Google+-related links on the right.
Google Unveils New Bar, Drop-down Menu; Enhances User Experience | V3 Kansas City Integrated Marketing and Social Media Agency
Did Google just admit Apple's Siri is the future of search?
I don't know if you saw The evolution of Google search video, which they've published a few days ago . You should, it's a cool movie, portraying the history of search and Google's vision of its future. But something went wrong. One of the punchlines of the video was a story from one of the engineers, who said that next-generation search engines will be able to answer complex questions such as the following:
Come on, smartphone! Let's do the twist! At the Nokia World Conference in London, where the Finnish company unveiled its newest line of handsets running the Windows Phone OS, there is a booth called "Nokia Future Technology."
Nokia Concept "Kinetic Device" Is A Phone Of The Future That Can Bend, Twist
Touchscreen Braille Writer Lets the Blind Type on a Tablet | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
One group of people has traditionally been left out of our modern tablet revolution: the visually impaired. Our slick, button-less touchscreens are essentially useless to those who rely on touch to navigate around a computer interface, unless voice-control features are built in to the device and its OS. But a Stanford team of three has helped change that. Tasked to create a character-recognition program that would turn pages of Braille into readable text on an Android tablet, student Adam Duran, with the help of two mentor-professors, ended up creating something even more useful than his original assignment: a touchscreen-based Braille writer.
The BBC launches a new beta homepage - TNW UK
The BBC is launching a new homepage which it hopes will help users find a broader selection of its content. As of 10am today, UK visitors to BBC Online can access the ‘work-in-progress’ beta BBC Homepage from a link on the current homepage, and it hopes users will provide feedback over the coming weeks and months before permanently replacing the existing homepage later this year. Back in January, the BBC announced plans to reshape its online offering, centering around ten products – including the BBC Homepage. This was part of its ‘Delivering Quality First’ programme of change, which at its core it says is about doing less things, but doing those things better.
The Web Design Usability Series is supported by join.me , an easy way to instantly share your screen with anyone. join.me lets you collaborate on-the-fly, put your heads together super-fast and even just show off. Over the last few weeks, we’ve gathered together some great resources and information on constructing amazing user interfaces . Here, we’ll take a closer look at 10 beautiful interfaces — five for the web and five for mobile — that you can use as reference points in your own design. We’ll start things off by taking a look at five inspiring websites and applications — what works and what could use a little improvement. Then, we’ll have a look at five great mobile applications for iOS whose interfaces are impressive and inspiring.
10 Excellent User Interface Designs to Learn From
When you’re talking about the future it’s hard not to get carried away. The future of almost everything seems exciting. Futuristic cars, houses, and of course, websites, will seemingly be able to perform almost any function, thanks to creativity and advances in technology. So our imagination runs wild.
The Future of Websites | Social Media Explorer
Speech Recognition
One Per Cent: Turn anything (even your clothes) into a touchscreen
(Image: Chris Harrison) Want the convenience of a touchscreen without the hassle of removing your phone from your pocket? Researchers at Microsoft have you covered, with two new touch interfaces that let you turn any surface into a touchscreen or control your phone through a trouser pocket. OmniTouch combines a pico projector and a Kinect-like depth-sensing camera to create a shoulder-mounted device that can project a multitouch interface on to a wall, desk or even your own hand.
During a lunch break at this week’s emTech conference, Director of MIT’s Media Lab Joi Ito was kind enough to give me a tour of the famed facilities. Explained Ito, “We like to think of ourselves as anti-disciplinary in our approach to learning. Everyone here is deeply devoted to their field, but very respectful of each other and it shows.”
MIT Media Lab tour: Android and Kinect are the platforms of the future - The Next Web
Touchscreens have taken off – they have went from a rarity, to pressure based touchscreens such as on the Palm Centro, to mostly capacitive, multi-point touchscreens such as iOS products, or most Android devices. As a plus, they are fairly intuitive to use, so you may be wondering why I would ever even think to consider them a disaster in the UX area of design . In fact, you may think that touchscreens will soon take over the whole arena, and you will never get to use a button again. But, I would like to interject right there and say that there are some flaws in touchscreens . Remember the embarrassing Smartphone autocorrect fails ?