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Rise of Electronic Medicine
From The Eponymous Pickle

Rise of Electronic Medicine

The rise of electronic medicine.   Medicine today is a sea of paper and fax machines, privacy barriers, and unconnected data. The public is ready for a better system...

Techniques for Telling Nonlinear Stories
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Techniques for Telling Nonlinear Stories

At the beginning of October, I'll be participating in a digital narrative workshop for the GRAND NCE called 'Experiencing Stories with/in Digital Games.' The following...

links for 2011-09-05
From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-09-05

Don

Interesting Links September 6 2011
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links September 6 2011

Labor Day in the US means a three-day weekend and I took advantage of it. That is why this post is a day late. Hope it didn’t ruin anyone’s day. I’d like to make...

Packaging that Glows
From The Eponymous Pickle

Packaging that Glows

For a potential project I re-examined packaging work that we had looked at for shelf improving engagement.  The use of electroluminescence. See a set of DuPont. ...

Eyeborg
From The Eponymous Pickle

Eyeborg

Document to eye, a documentary video.   The future of an eye prosthetic?

Package Goods Volume  Decreases
From The Eponymous Pickle

Package Goods Volume Decreases

In AdAge: Price hikes and decreasing volume. Further opening the door to more private label offerings.

Speeding up Material Design
From The Eponymous Pickle

Speeding up Material Design

We spent considerable time and effort in doing packaging and product design via computer.  How do you understand how a package effects all parts of the supplyIn...

links for 2011-09-04
From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-09-04

Board Elections: Nominations Open – The Document Foundation Mailing List Archives Nominations are now open for The Document Foundation board of directors. Anyone...

Braun Design
From The Eponymous Pickle

Braun Design

I got to visit the Braun company a few times after they were acquired indirectly by our enterprise and observe one of their design competitions.  Now here ten principles...

Kroger and the Advantage Checkout
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kroger and the Advantage Checkout

Tom Demeropolis Checks out the Advantage Tunnel Checkout system at Kroger.   Also here is a video of the Fujitsu  / Kroger Advantage system in action.   Moretechnical...

IBM Services Innovation Lab
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Services Innovation Lab

Services vs Hardware are increasingly important to IBM: IBM announced the creation of the Services Innovation Lab (SIL), a new global lab that will initially...

Measuring the Emotional Consumer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Measuring the Emotional Consumer

An insightful interview.  I believe there is much to be learned from the non-consious consumer.  I still do not believe we know as much as we think we do about...

Friday Squid Blogging: SQUIDS Game
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: SQUIDS Game

It's coming to the iPhone and iPad, then to other platforms: In SQUIDS, players will command a small army of stretchy, springy sea creatures to protect an idyllic...

The Efficacy of Post-9/11 Counterterrorism
From Schneier on Security

The Efficacy of Post-9/11 Counterterrorism

This is an interesting article. The authors argue that the whole war-on-terror nonsense is useless -- that's not new -- but that the security establishment knows...

Defined Hours of Work
From The Eponymous Pickle

Defined Hours of Work

Now that I consulting after retirement (contact me for more information, column on the left)  I am better understanding the issue of defined hours of work muchIn...

New Complexity Science Blog
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Complexity Science Blog

A new blog by Melanie Mitchell via the Santa Fe Institute that overs progress in the complexity sciences.  Looks good so far.  " ... The blog, whose full title...

Sony Personal 3D Headset
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sony Personal 3D Headset

Actively discussed at an innovation lunch today.  The personal headset, now being presented by Sony.   Many potential collaboration and interaction applications...

From Computational Complexity

The Anti-Privacy Generation

A physicist I knew refused to fly on small commuter planes. He knew what could go wrong and he was sure they weren't safe. In fact flying even on small planes is...

Cheaper Tablets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cheaper Tablets

Computer World Reports  that the market is opening for a number of cheaper tablets in the $200-300 range, in particular pointing to an upcoming Amazon tablet.  ...
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