What Kicker Was Doing the Week Ending 2009-10-18

• Sketching in Hardware is Changing Your Life: http://is.gd/4fHDR #
• Preparing to Participate in @core77's The Future of Reading Challenge this afternoon: http://is.gd/4fHNd #
• Nice open source multitouch kit from nortd labs: http://labs.nortd.com/touchkit/ (via @tigoe) #
• Wasn't our brightest idea to leave our window open the night before a massive rainstorm was blowing in. Whoops. #
• Hybrid resistive capacitive array detects finger positions: http://10gui.com/video/ (via @pjmiron) #
• A new video portraying Microsoft’s futuristic office concept: http://is.gd/4hWxr #
• James Dyson and Dean Kamen are the Edisons of our time. Check out Dyson's new bladeless fan. http://ff.im/-9KWkm (via @kfury) #
• .@daveixd critiques 10/GUI, a multitouch desktop http://bit.ly/10L0UA #
• Post-Industrial Design: "Immaterials are the new substrates for opportunity and risk in product design." http://is.gd/4iAdV #
• Kicker enters Core 77 Design Challenge!
  http://bit.ly/23lthe #
• Why Design Thinking Won't Save You by @peterme http://is.gd/4jWOs #
• Bye Bye Bluetooth! You'll soon no longer need a WiFi router for a peer to peer file transfer. http://is.gd/4jXxe #
• Tiny implants that connect to nerve cells could make it easier to control prosthetic limbs: http://is.gd/4jXOb #
• Cool new morphing robots (no, they're not Transformers): http://is.gd/4jYpD #
• We are Shepherds of the Design: http://bit.ly/1H7qYm @tivodesign's thoughts on the design process. #
• WANT: Paper-thin speakers with excellent sound quality http://is.gd/4lhUS #
• Our office TV is turned on for the first time to watch the search for Balloon Boy. #
• Industrial design of Barnes & Noble's new e-reader: http://is.gd/4lrJK #
• Delta touch-activated faucet: http://is.gd/4mJ78 #
• Pop-up windows are the Kanye West of interface. (via @Mike_FTW) #
• Panasonic robots: Hospital Assist Car http://is.gd/4mSD9 and Dishwasher http://is.gd/4mSGm #

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