Let Your Fingers Do the Writing

A new typing technology developed by IBM researchers, ShapeWriter lets users type on a touch screen using a finger or a stylus. Rather than pressing individual keys, a user would move their finger around the screen's keyboard to point out words, lifting a finger to indicate when a word is complete. Software would then match the pattern traced from letter to letter with that in a dictionary database.

IBM is in talks with carriers and handset makers about using this technology.

Ref: Businessweek

Innovation Podcast - Design in China

In China, design is about Form. It has nothing to do with Content and Interaction. Where you sit on the table is really important, than what you really say.
But it is changing rapidly and Design is becoming like a national initiative in China.

Check out this 15 min Businessweek Podcast about Innovation and Design in China with Gordon Bruce.

As a young designer, Gordon Bruce worked in the office of the pioneering designer who built the first-ever corporate design programs at IBM and Mobil Oil. Now Bruce is doing the same for the equivalent companies in Asia. He is currently working with many Chinese companies like Lenevo and ChanHong (Chinese TV major).

The Power of Thought

What are u thinking about this guy wearing a helmet and sitting before a computer ??

This is a mental typewriter, so no need of using keyboard and mouse. We have to think what we want to do, by sitting before the computer, that will automatically be done by this mental typewriter.

It was exhibited at some German IT exhibition (Hanover) in March 2006.

'Mental typewriter' controlled by thought alone - New Scientist

Sometimes .. even websites need a break .. :-)

Apple iPhone finally arrives

Hope you would have already heard the news ...
NOOO !!! Gosshhh, check it now.. http://www.apple.com/iphone

Seems people have already started posting the reviews too.
- Top 10 things to love about the iPhone
- Top 10 things to hate about the iPhone

Steve Jobs Keynote at Macworld 2007 about iPhone is here.

Best Product Design 2006 - Slide Show

All the winning entries from this year's competition for Industrial Design Excellence Awards(IDEA). Check out the Slide Show.

Easy 7 Conference, Bangalore : www.chi-si.org

It was a nice conference and interaction with following speakers. Some of the talks were really interesting ones.
- Sarah Bloomer
- Jeremy Ashley (Oracle)
- Bill Scott (Yahoo)
- Surya Vanka (Microsoft)

See Pics here

Bike for Winter Season

I got this in some email. Not sure who innovated this but the idea seems surely nice and cosy for the winters .. :-)