May 28 2008

Monitoring plant conditions

Tag: Concept,Usabilityadmin @ 9:44 am

Designer Junyi Heo has designed a digital pot for plants. Why? The pot automatically monitors the condition in the pot to provide optimal conditions for the plant. [Continue reading...]

Digital pot for plants


May 21 2008

Usability of parkingmeters

Tag: Usabilityadmin @ 2:51 pm

This is an everyday phenomenon on our street; people fiddling around with the parking meter to buy a parking ticket. In this case there were six people together trying to figure out how that machine works. I could take some nice shots because they have been standing there for several minutes. In this article we are going to examine the usability of the parking meter people use every day. [Continue reading...]

Usability of parking meters


May 16 2008

Usability of Payment devices

Tag: Usabilityadmin @ 2:42 pm

Have you ever experienced that when you want to pay with your bank card you slide the card through the machine and it says you did something wrong. Quickly you try again after which the shop assistant tells you to turn around the card; the magnetic part was on the wrong side! [Continue reading...]

Usability of pin machines


May 14 2008

Microsoft surface at AT&T

Tag: Design,Interface,Usabilityadmin @ 9:50 pm

Some time ago we wrote about the coffee table of Microsoft; Microsoft surface. At that time it was clear several companies were interested, including casino’s, hotels and T-mobile. AT&T earned the scoop [Continue reading...]

microsoft surface at AT&T


May 12 2008

Interface design vs Interaction design

Tag: Interaction design,Interface,Usabilityadmin @ 6:07 pm

What is actually the difference between interface and interaction design?

The term ‘interface design’ suggests that in web design the coding, users and how a message is relayed (interface) can be regarded separately. [Continue reading...]

Interface vs Interaction design


Mar 11 2008

Previous experience vs. toothbrushes

Tag: Usabilityadmin @ 2:22 pm

Lets talk about electronic toothbrushes. Why? Because we can.

Most, if not all electronic toothbrushes neglect the group of people who have used the old fashioned toothbrush. This group is used to operate the toothbrush by moving the toothbrush in and out of the mouth. [Continue reading...]

Toothbrush experience


Mar 02 2008

Motion sensors Playstation3

Tag: Interaction design,Usabilityadmin @ 3:34 pm

The controller for the Playstation 3 has been out for quite a while. The controller uses Bluetooth technology that allows wireless operation of the controller, no more cords! But what makes this controller special are the motion sensors in the controller. [Continue reading...]

Playstation 3 controller


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