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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Untangling the web with Aleks Krotoski
How has the most revolutionary innovation of our time – the internet – transformed our world? What does it mean for the modern family? How has it changed our concepts...
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Happiness doesn
A survey of developed and developing countries suggests citizens’ sense of wellbeing does not rise with increasing wealth. “Getting richer does not make a country...
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Internet users say, Don
Most Americans don’t want to be tracked on the Internet and are unwilling to trade their privacy for web ads that are tailored to their interests. So suggest the...
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Out of our brains
Andy Clark, professor of logic and metaphysics in the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences at Edinburgh University, Scotland, wonders whether...
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The internet and the
As part of a new CNN series on internet and the end of privacy, John D. Sutter reflects on the world of public living — where most everything about a person’s habits...
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Designing for collaborative consumption
Michelle Thorne, international project manager at Creative Commons, spoke at TEDxKreuzberg on Designing for Collaborative Consumption. She posted her slides and...
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Book: This is Service Design Thinking
This is Service Design Thinking: Basics – Tools – Cases by Jakob Schneider and Marc Stickdorn Book Industry Services (BIS) 16 Dec 2010 Hardcover, 376 pages Publisher’s...
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Experientia collaborates with top Korean university on supporting human-centred design
Experientia, the international user experience design consultancy, has signed a five-year research and education collaboration agreement with the Design and Human...
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Social innovation is our motivation
Sarah Drummond, one half of Scotland based dynamic duo Snook, presents a case study about the implications and challenges of using Service Design for Social Innovation...
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Ken Banks on technology, anthropology, conservation and development
In Mobile Message, a new series of blog posts for Nat Geo News Watch starting today, innovator, anthropologist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Ken Banks...
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Interview with Mike Kuniavsky, author of
David Bevans of Morgan Kaufmann Publishers interviewed Mike Kuniavsky, writer, designer, researcher and entrepreneur and co-founder of both ThingM, an electronic...
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Cisco
The UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph profiles Cordell Ratzlaff, director of user-centred design at Cisco Systems, and fomer head of Apple
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Emotional intelligence and product design
In a long blog post, digital product designer Daniel McKenzie makes a case for emotional and human empathy. “The ability to put oneself in another
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Automation suppliers strive to boost product usability
Automation World reports at length on how human-centered design techniques are gaining attention in the world of industrial controls and automation, as more users...
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The world in 2036
To mark the 25th edition of “The World in”, The Economist’s annual collection of predictions for the year ahead, the newspaper asked some people to peer 25 years...
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UX efforts in a context of retail and marketing
Two new articles in UX Magazine: Crafting the UX of REI’s retail experience by Samantha Starmer Video interview (with text transcript) on the strategy, techniques...
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Report calls for radical redesign of cities to cope with population growth
The Megacities on the Move report says authorities must start planning their transport infrastructure now for a future when two thirds of the world’s population...
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Creating informal learning environments
In the field of exhibition design, the quality of User Experience makes the difference between success and failure. When designing exhibits for museums or science...
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Announcing the IxDA Interaction Awards
Today, the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) announced the launch of the IxDA Interaction Awards, a first-of-its-kind awards program dedicated to celebrating...
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