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Amazon's Bezos seeks patent on facial gesture-based 1-click purchase approval: http://bit.ly/d9ZEmB (via @danachis @jmspool) # From ID to UX: The heritage and evolving role of experience-driven design: @baskinger's new article for @uxmag http://uxm.ag/cp # "In general, “I” takes you to that creepy HAL 9000 place. It’s the uncanny pronoun. Avoid." http://is.gd/cIPpH # You'd think designing [...]

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Interesting look at Crossbow Sensors and eKo PRO, a wireless platform for outdoor sensors http://is.gd/cylDB # Your next coworker might be a robot http://is.gd/czO8c # Tracking the Oil Spill with Robots (podcast) http://is.gd/czOkN # Apple: Don't make your iPad app look like a desktop http://is.gd/czTjJ # Courier-esque hardware + iPad-esque software = http://www.kno.com/ # Shoes [...]

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Pandigital announces a 7" color ebook reader with Barnes & Noble. Touchscreen, wifi, Andoid, $199 http://is.gd/cnAkb # 2010: The Year Instant Messaging Finally Died? http://is.gd/cnRmE #unlikely # Congrats to our client SpringCM on their 2010 CODiE Award for Best Document Management Solution! http://is.gd/cpbpR # LittleDog Robot climbs over all sorts of rough terrain http://is.gd/cpqif (video) [...]

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“We traveled to SF’s South Park neighborhood to interview him in Kicker Studio’s echo-rich, dog-friendly loft offices. It was late on a Friday, he’d had a crazy week and casually nursed a glass of Bourbon as we talked about UX, robotics, magazines on tablets, and how good usability should help us forget that computers are everywhere.”

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Kicker’s Jennifer Bove is in this month’s HOW magazine‘s My Best Work column on the Kicker Conference Phone. Download the article (281k PDF).

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Thanks for taking our tea survey! Amazing variance in tea making from tea bag + microwave to setting water temperature + multiple infusions. # QB telepresence robot from @anybots http://is.gd/cf3of # Inspired by Iron Man, Zazu Makes Mobile App for More Intelligent Wake-Up Calls http://is.gd/cf3Eb # The Worst Infographic In a Decade? You decide http://is.gd/cg8Lr [...]

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Interview with Kicker Studio principal @odannyboy talking about UX, product personality, and robots http://is.gd/c2H5r # Beyond the iPad: Massive MultiTouch Displays Have Big Social Potential http://is.gd/c2J3A # Thanks to @janacarreyphoto we now have our own custom tea blend. Combination of earl grey and vanilla bean. Delicious. # IRobot Unveils Compliant "Jamming" End Effector (Robot Hand) [...]

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Rest in Peas: The Unrecognized Death of Speech Recognition http://is.gd/bSs0Y # 2011 Conf. on Tangible, Embedded, & Embodied Interaction next Jan in Madeira. Looks great! http://is.gd/bSNi5 (via @egoodman) # Apple: Can we stop with the "magical" already? http://is.gd/bSPAC # Nikola Tesla predicted mobile phones in 1909 http://is.gd/bTRii # Willow Garage Giving Away 11 PR2 Robots [...]

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Recent stats on networked consumer devices (e-readers, game consoles, and more): http://bit.ly/doxdn3 (via @lukewdesign) # OH: "Purple furniture does not make your company innovative." # Hey, now! A framework for generative design work on iPad, you say? http://is.gd/bLQiD (via @reas @neb) # Social Attributes of Robotic Products: Observations of Child-Robot Interactions in a School Environment [...]

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"Running a country? There's an app for that." Stranded Norwegian PM runs country by iPad: http://is.gd/bzmR1 # Using Laptop Accelerometers for Earthquake Detection http://is.gd/bzQNA in the Quake-Catcher Network http://is.gd/bzQST # Map of a Tweet http://is.gd/bzRfG Much more than 140 characters. # The future of windows (not Windows) http://is.gd/bAPXq # The Touch Gesture Reference Guide http://is.gd/bAQ7g [...]

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