Never has the gap between a flawless technology experience and a closed ecosystem loomed as large as the gap between the Amazon Echo and the Ubi personal computer. While Amazon’s Echo… Read more »
To give our phones better touch, we actually don’t need anything more than what’s on the device according to Chris Harrison, a professor at Carnegie Mellon. Read more »
Imagine going from having only one or two senses to experience the world to five or fifty. That’s what is happening in human-to-computer communications as we develop new user interfaces. Read more »
Facebook spending $2 billion to buy Oculus Rift may disappoint gamers, but I think it should give anyone who likes interacting with people in real life a bit of a pause. Read more »
Gesture control will be integral in controlling the smart home, but it’s still up in the air how it might be implemented. NinjaBlocks uses EMF instead of a camera. Read more »
I spent the last few days playing with the voice controlled Honeywell Thermostat (just the voice control, not the temperature control stuff) and learned a few things about how one might… Read more »
The smart home won’t be built using apps and connected devices. To truly embed computing into our home environment we need better computer vision, projectors and a new understanding of computing. Read more »
The $80 Leap motion controller is out on the market at last. With a UI that allows for 3D gestures, and an app store full of games, does it live up… Read more »
Deep inside the House of Mouse researchers are solving computer science and mechanical engineering problems — like how to build a robot that can hand you a drink without creeping you… Read more »
Kill your keyboard and chase your mice away. The next generation of user interfaces are coming, and they rely on gestures, better sensors and wireless radios to tell your computers what… Read more »