Sony have unveiled a lens that is capable of capturing an image within 360 degrees. Details of the lens can be found in the Sony Global CX-News Vol 34.
Laughter causes same high as cocaine
A recent Nature article reports that laughter can have the same affects as being high on cocaine.
The end of Moore’s Law?
CNet comments on a recent paper titled, Limits to Binary Logic Switch Scaling–A Gedanken Model – by Intel scientists, which suggests that by 2018 it will become extremely difficult for …
Carl Franklin comments on User Interface Layers
Carl Franklin comments on using user interface layers. The post contains some great comments on the use of layers in interface design and interesting discussion on alternative and possible uses.
The Bluetooth Specification Documents
The Bluetooth.org website, is the official membership site and contains a collection of documents on the unlicensed 2.4 GHz radio spectrum and the 79 frequency signal hops used to reduce …
The SyncML open standard & Data Sync
SyncML is an open standard for the wireless mobile industry, that allows for mobility of information by establishing a common language and protocol for communications between devices, applications and networks. …
The Nokia Research Library
The Nokia Research Library contains some interesting journal and conference papers on Audio and Visual Communication Systems, Electronics, Mobile Networks, User Interfaces (Speech, Visual), Security and Usability and Ergonomics.
Irene Pepperberg on cognitive and communitive abilities of birds
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 …
Stuart Kaufman on Autonomous Agents
There is an really interesting article by Stuart Kaufman in Edge.org which looks at autonomous agents as being able to both reproduce itself and do at least one extra work …
Mark Pesce, co-inventor of VRML at Siggraph Sydney
Mark Pesce: visionary, programmer, poet and co-inventor of VRML will be making a special appearance at the next Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH December 2003 meeting. The meeting will be held at …
A relationship Map of SPAM
An interesting map which shows some of the relationships of Spam mailers. The map was created by a body called the Clueless Mailer Spamdemic Research Centre, who aims is to …
Screen captures using Apple Safari 1.1
Daniel Vine has set up a really neat tool that shows you a screen capture of any web URL as seen via the Apple Safari 1.1 browser. The Browser screenshots …
Icograda have a great resource of links
Icograda have a great resource section on Graphic Design Organizations, Collections, Libraries and Exhibitions, Design Magazines, Publishers, Schools, Tools, Techniques and Typography.
Superfuture City and Supertalk
Superfuture City is a growing collection of honest reviews of selected shops and establishments located around the world including Tokyo, New York and Sydney. The website has been designed to …
Card sorting tool by IBM – EZSort (beta)
IBM have a Beta Card-Sorting tool that helps interface designers organize information based on users’ expectations. The software comes with 2 packages – USort and EZCalc, and can be used …