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Singing Fingers – great use of a touch UI for making sound visible. http://bit.ly/cgCGVh (via @chadt) # http://slowhunch.com/ is a new open source web app and "innovation community" inspired by Steven Johnson's book Where Good Ideas Come From. # Roman Swiss Army Knife A.D. 201 – A.D. 300 http://ow.ly/36JpM (via @williamlidwell @MrAlanCooper) # Add buttons [...]

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.@egoodman will be speaking at BayCHI next Tue about her field research on ubicomp and IxD. We were some of her subjects! http://is.gd/gAfh7 # Rumored Near-Field Communication chip in iPhone 5 will enable some interesting new interactions http://is.gd/gAj1d # 8pen: New method of writing on small devices http://www.the8pen.com/ # RT @driftlab_scott Just saw the Sony [...]

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One for @daringfireball: Bloomberg reports Apple has enlisted Unisys to help selling to enterprise http://bit.ly/b2PUwv (via @sfwriter) # Puzzing #controls choice: Apple is turning the physical switch on the iPad into a mute button http://is.gd/giH4z # All of our @devicedesignday videos on one page! http://www.kickerstudio.com/d3/2010/ # New Nook is roughly 2x a Kindle and 1/2 [...]

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RT @GreatDismal: If you want to know whether something's well-designed, travel with it for a month. (via @benson) # If Super Mario Bros. Was Made Today http://is.gd/g8tZ9 # Appreciating the @gizmodo POV on the most popular phone in the world http://gizmo.do/cNotYU (via @gretared) #thirdworldproblems # Landlord’s Sensor Knows When Toilet’s Blocked http://nyti.ms/aB5FAn # An economist [...]

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Ten Theses on Tablets http://is.gd/fWlK3 # Powers of Ten Challenge by @core77 http://is.gd/fWHE5 # RT @WiredUK: IP addresses for your body's organs http://bit.ly/a5wAge (via @nicolasnova @samin) # Eyeglasses with an accelerometer to change the prescription on the fly http://is.gd/fYJ8k # Honored to be included in @fastcompany's Masters of Design gala! Our Kicker Tea Tumbler is [...]

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NEW YORK CITY TURNS CAPS LOCK OFF STREET SIGNS http://is.gd/fJe0W # On Feminism and Microcontrollers http://is.gd/fKo1K Men are from Arduino, Women are from LilyPad? # Terrifying Robot Mecha-Suit. For Kids. http://is.gd/fKqwQ # RT @MrAlanCooper @sgblank debunks "1st Mover Advantage:" "No market leaders in tech were 1st movers" http://is.gd/fKjoo # Why the new Apple remote has [...]

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I was wondering why I kept seeing all these impressively ugly weird dudes. Then I remembered: #folsomstreetfair # Video: A Robotic Mannequin Mimics Your Shape, So You Can See Online How Clothes Will Fit You http://is.gd/fwhib # So you need a typeface… http://j.mp/aMU9Xa (via @zeldman) # Winning a UX Debate by @Cennydd http://bit.ly/bnY22B # Future [...]

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Phone Numbers are Dead, They Just Don't Know It Yet http://is.gd/eK3zM # Possible new iPods coming this week. Check out rumored new Nano http://is.gd/eLIf1 # Robots in Trafalgar Square http://is.gd/eMiFo # Fart-operated Arduino-driven TV remote http://bit.ly/9vyq3x. Enabling creative innovation and 11-year-old humor all at once. (via @tigoe) #

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Nice design: Tapi Turns a Tap Water Faucet Into a Drinking Fountain http://is.gd/ex02F # The End of Moore's Law: A Love Story http://is.gd/ezavT # RT @thingm: Download the Sketching in Hardware 2010 presentations here: http://www.sketching10.com/presentations/ # The Significant Objects Project: "Narrative transforms the insignificant to the significant" http://is.gd/eDcXW # Why Innovation is Beginner's Luck http://is.gd/eDdTg [...]

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What is a Device? by Kicker principal @odannyboy http://is.gd/eiKYA Includes the 6000-year history of devices. # "With 1 hour’s training, RearType…was not statistically different to a touchscreen keyboard." http://is.gd/ekal9 Why bother then? # Hey, it's only 4 days from @devicedesignday! Have you registered yet? http://devicedesignday.com/register # UX Books for Beginners http://is.gd/elQkm # Only two (2) [...]

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