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Ive is renowned for having an ‘alchemical’ sense for engineering, and the limits of what one can do with metal. As design expert Stephen Bayley puts it: ‘He thinks and thinks about what a product should be and then worries it into existence.’ (via Apple’s Jonathan Ive: How did a British polytechnic graduate become its…
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archiemcphee: Dragonfly Insectothopter Developed by CIA’s Office of Research and Development in the 1970s, this micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was the first flight of an insect-sized aerial vehicle (Insectothopter). It was an initiative to explore the concept of intelligence collection by miniaturized platforms. [via the CIA Flickr page]
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While organizing information graphically for these more complex control panels, I also discovered a life-long fascination with psychology after we encountered the consumers’ resistance to touching the screens. Many research subjects recalled maternal admonishment about sitting too close to or touching their home TVs. That was a lesson that has lasted throughout my career–understanding and…
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While organizing information graphically for these more complex control panels, I also discovered a life-long fascination with psychology after we encountered the consumers’ resistance to touching the screens. Many research subjects recalled maternal admonishment about sitting too close to or touching their home TVs. That was a lesson that has lasted throughout my career–understanding and…
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bmdesign: Game-play education techniques (via MIT Creates The One Video Game You’ll Be Thrilled To See Your Kid Get Hooked On | Fast Company)
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(via swissmiss | Balancing Blocks)
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With its open-ended nature and robust creation tools, Minecraft has been used to create some amazing things. And as one teacher learned, those very same elements that make the game so compelling also make it a great educational tool. Around two months ago, Joel Levin, a computer teacher at Manhattan’s Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School,…
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Jan Van Toorn Q&A: Advice for a student designer (by D&AD) (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
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Jan Van Toorn Q&A: Advice for a student designer (by D&AD) (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)