Interactive Musings

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Michelin star Gastro-Chemist-Engineer chefs are officially nervous...and they should be, this could change everything!

You can absolutely "over" design something just as easily (if not more easily) as "under" design it...may the "best" design win!

No big surprises here but still some cool things to look forward too: if you are lucky enough to go to CES this year; be sure to check these booths out!

You can play it or even hack it. Completely translated into HTML5 (for your inner nerd)

see the full article, via Mashable, here.

A few of these were new to me...enjoy!

What would you print if you could print anything you wanted?

08/7/13

http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/10/liquid-metal-3d-print-ncsu/

A handful of really bored creative people over at Droga5 came up with this fun play on responsive design. They created a puzzle game that you play by constantly resizing your browser window to move around the pieces. There are five picture levels that get progressively harder and a timer in the top left corner to keep score. I like the nerdy 8-bit illustrations juxtaposed against the techy responsive design. Overall its an interesting application of responsive design and pretty fun waste of time. 

A cool new feature added to Yelp called "Wolrdmap" now visually represents the frequency of keywords using a heat map. The more frequently a term is mentioned in Yelp reviews, the more vibrant the red area on the map. This is a really cool application of the vast amounts of user data found in Yelp. As of now you cannot search your own term, but must choose one of the available selections such as "bacon" "cheap" "patio" or "tourist" (and strangely enough it defaults to "hipster"). The tool is available for major cities and is fun to play around with; the El Segundo area has a slightly pink tinge for "bacon" and "hangover."

The rumored Apple iWatch has apparently made its way into Japan according to the Japanese Patent Office. This adds to the roster of major technology companies creating wearable tech devices. Google's Project Glass is already on the streets as part of the Glass Explorer program (available to the general public coming soon), and it is already rumored that Google is developing a smartwatch to compete with the not-yet-released Apple iWatch. The Pebble smartwatch is already available and compatible with iOS and Android devices. With all of these choices in wearable computing coming in the near future, which would you choose to wear?

With the first day of summer officially behind us, we mark the beginning of a season filled with beaches, pools, and all things outdoors. Of course, this also means we take our technology out there with us. How could we properly enjoy a sunset walk on the beach without posting the photos to Instagram? (or now, a 15-second video version of it). Not to mention the pool parties where someone inevitably falls/gets pushed in the water with their smartphone in their pocket. Technophiles, fear not; with a few precautions you can still enjoy the great-outdoors while live-tweeting your hikes. 

We're ready for our close-up, Mr. Systrom.

It will be interesting to see if keep it personal or try to takeover Paypal as the default for online purchases from Ebay and Etsy, among others.