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Mobile Collar

2008-05-18T14:58:00.006-04:00

Mobile Collar Jason Tseng Niplus777@gmail.com Abstract In this paper I will discuss the pervasive awkwardness and tensions brought by the omnipresent usage of mobile phone, and propose some simple solutions to these phenomena. As technology progresses, mobile phone developers tend to integrate increasingly more new features and functions such as cameras, touch

3D Lighting Note

2008-04-20T17:38:00.000-04:00

Lighting IWhat is light?Types of lights in MayaLight properties and controls3-point lightingFraming your shotLight linking1. What is light?This is an ancient question, something we encounter everyday from the moment we open our eyes, from the first moment weÕre born. The essence of light is that it is a form of energy. Being a form of energy means that it follows one of the major laws of

The requirement & the main purpose of my project

2008-03-31T16:20:00.006-04:00

What is the main purpose??01 to provide/bring back some analog choices that we don't have in current cellphone-communication process.02 to put an emphasis on emotional needs/actual needs, try to propose some potential solutions to these user's needs, see if the technology can provide any form of help instead of constrain.What is the requirement for my project to be successful?01 user study....I

Conferences & Events

2008-03-26T17:54:00.004-04:00

might be able to submit my paper tohttp://www.aec.at/en/prix/index.asphttp://isea2008.org/page/20/http://mobilehci2008.telin.nl/http://www.hcii2009.org/http://hft2008.org/some interesting linkshttp://future-of-mobile.com/http://wordpress.com/tag/mobile-conference-calling/http://www.hcii2009.org/http://www.rhizome.org/

Essay(Midterm Sketch)

2008-03-21T03:34:00.004-04:00

Mobile AwkwardnessJason TsengNiplus777@gmail.comAbstractIn this paper I will discuss the pervasive awkwardness and tensions brought by the omnipresent usage of mobile phone, and propose some simple solutions to these phenomena.As the technology progressing, mobile phone developers tend to integrate more and more new features and functions such as camera, touch screen, mp3 players or the

Major Studio 0306note

2008-03-06T09:34:00.003-05:00

conferencesCHI2008(?)DIS(design interaction system)?ACM SIGGRAPHISEA(?)NIME(new interfaces for musical expression)download final paper templatemain quetionCan we integrate more human touch in the digital-form interaction to alleviate the anxiety level brought by the limited options provided by current mobile phone ? Instead of providing more and more "purpose-oriented functions", can mobile

First stage ideas

2008-03-04T01:21:00.005-05:00

The tensions/awkwardnesses of the cell-phone communication are so ubiquitous but often being ignored or tolerated. People tend to bear with the anxious and awkward experiences underline the belief that the device is a can't-live-without gadget. By stimulating/hight-lighting the often seen experiences may help people's awareness of how our behavior been shaped and constrained by the form of

the directions

2008-03-03T15:21:00.017-05:00

While pervasive conveniences are taken for granted or even being considered necessary, how far should convenience goes? Are we considering/suggesting technology as part of human revolution?reference linkshttp://wearcam.org/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mannhttp://www.sics.se/humle/projects/persona/web/workshop/abstracts.htmlhttp://wearcam.org/tv04/hyper-textual_ontology.htmhttp://

data collection& idea development

2008-02-27T17:33:00.011-05:00

http://www.janchipchase.com/blog/archives/2008/02/monday_morning.html#commentshow do cell-phone shape our behavior?* being late is easier, text msg / call to inform the waiting one( or change plan at the last min)* breaking up with out meeting in person ( or do something else important)* no talking to "unknown" people anymore, like the brother/mother of the girl you are

idea development

2008-02-25T09:26:00.002-05:00

Virtual secretary>>virtual hierarchy>>relationship map>>emotional recordhttp://www.softhook.com/sanfran.htmhttp://www.softhook.com/coverage/Community%20Indicators.pdfhttp://sf.funcheap.com/2007/03/28/free-art-reception-talk-bio-mapping-creating-emotional-map-of-sf/http://www.motherhaus.com/blog/?p=120http://books.google.com/books?id=FJwLAAAACAAJ&dq=the+Wireless+world&ei=tjXCR9SGEYKWzASg3oyvCAhttp

0214noteOfMajorStudio

2008-02-14T10:19:00.011-05:00

Can't technology become "customized"and "tech-idiot friendly"?cant we have multiple choices, includes the freedom "not to use" technology without being discriminated?Is the "convenience" that technology bring to us really "always" good?http://kakirine.com/parsons/interface_fall07/video_scenarios/mybrowser.movhttp://web.media.mit.edu/~stefan/hc/projects/isophone/http://www.rhizome.org/The process

Prototype ideas & Precedents

2008-02-04T12:54:00.000-05:00

Although personal eye-sight is part of our privacy, sometimes people like to share. For example, people share their on-line album to show their unique perspective or life experience. By showing our visions we create our identity. I think it would be popular if people can create their own clothing or handbags, simply through taking video/snapshot and show it on/with you can be unique. I thought

08 MajorStudio: Interactive

2008-01-29T02:24:00.001-05:00

http://www.ampledesign.co.uk/va/driftnethttp://packetgarden.com/http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnikon/discovery/universcale/http://nexus.ludios.net/http://www.sport4minus.de/loopArena/mtc.htmlMind Mapping, again.It took me a looooooong while to figure out what my domain is. The first thing that came to my mind was data-visualization, however, in contrast to those projects that merely utilized

MajorStudio: Final

2007-12-21T15:58:00.000-05:00

I found that there is a huge gap between psychologists and ordinary dreamers. If a dreamer was looking for a simple response/answer, mostly for the comfort, he will find it really frustrated that the information is either too complex to contemplate, for example, those books of dream interpretation in the library, or too simple/inconvincible to apply to his dream, like the funny tutorial video

OutLine

2007-12-11T12:31:00.001-05:00

Nightmare Installation project Jason Intention/Motivation Last year I had experienced a long period of time that having dreams and nightmares almost every night. I started to wonder that how do people who suffer from their dreams cope with their feelings, and what kind of information is useful for them. I did a little research on the internet and found out that dreaming is such a

Prototype Ideas

2007-11-27T12:55:00.000-05:00

01 Dream MatcherA machine that can help people not only sharing their dream experience to others but also translating their words into graphic elements and matching with other people's dream. The machine has two sides of input device which locate in the opposite direction and allow two users sit facing each other and sharing one double-side screen. If a group of user, which means a set of two

12References

2007-11-20T14:24:00.000-05:00

Actually I don't really know what should I do, so I found some references essay, books and researches that might validate my upcoming project.01 The meaning of dream .....By Jonathan Winsonthe article is about they found that dreams are actually meaningful by studying the structure of brain.02 The quest to find consciousness.....By Gerhard RothBy studying the brain's physical processes,

Ideas

2007-11-15T15:00:00.001-05:00

My question:How do people deal with their subconsciouses, emotional feelings and dreams when not seeing their shrinks?Can people cure/comfort themselves by simply interact with other devices or people? If can, what kind of roles can technology play in the interactions?What kind of information can make people feel more comfortable about the mysterious power within their own brains?How to share

Social Networking: Observation&Research

2007-11-13T10:12:00.000-05:00

Summarized from: Time Facebook: More Popular Than Porn By Bill Tancer According to Bill, he claimed that Facebook actually changed the on-line behavior of young generation. For web users whose age are between 18-24, social network is on the top of the most clicked-on ranking category. By comparing the increasing visit rate of social network and the dropping visit rate of porn sites, he

The Instruction Set for Strangers: Final Presentation

2007-11-09T21:33:00.001-05:00

Hooray~ we had our final presentation done~for those who might be interested, please download pdf file from this linkPlease notice that some pages contained movie files in the original version, but we had to take it off under the constrain of pdf format. Enjoy~

Q&A:POSTMORTEM

2007-10-30T15:02:00.001-04:00

POSTMORTEM Question #1 Strengths (what did the solution do very well?) To begin with we had more ideas than we needed. We needed about 4-9 ideas and we actually had 10. We were then able to categorize them into groups like necessities, games, creating curiosity and Action. To our advantage we were able to integrate many of these ideas even though they fell into different categories, like

MotionGraphic-Midterm storyBoard

2007-10-15T13:34:00.000-04:00

ThreeTriangularations(?)

2007-10-13T19:02:00.000-04:00

First and second one Tokyo Roppongi HillsBigSpiderimage cited fromwww.panoramio.com/photo/231109http://preethshyam.blogs.com/photos/roppongi_hills/p1010015.htmlNumberWallimage cited from www.parasol9pt.net/content/en/Third one Wall street bullimage cited fromhttp://www.american.com/archive/2007/february-0207/a-non-random-walk-down-wall-street

Observation:Smokers

2007-10-04T14:57:00.001-04:00

ValueFiction4-1: Have you i-Roll yet?

2007-09-25T14:33:00.000-04:00

The next generation revolution, this is the future!proudly present---i-Roll

ValueFiction4: Sad Memory Eraser

2007-09-25T00:16:00.001-04:00

The Sad Memory Eraser, one of the best selling products in the TP Best-Buy serious. Still suffering from your annoying, sad, depressing, frustrated memories? STOP sobbing and act NOW!Sad Memory Eraser can wipe out all of it, just like never happened~! Call 646-SM-Eraser!!!if the line is busy, please call again!!! They are selling like HOT CAKE~~646-SM-Eraser!!!Notice:side effect might include

ValueFiction3: In Another World

2007-09-22T03:54:00.000-04:00

TP BEST BUYyou can find and shop whatever kind of too paper you wantTP Planetwhere Tp aliens liveShow me the TPTP is published only by goverment as cash~TP improvementsSome products I designed on human-centered baseMajor League FireRollThe most intensive and popular sport in another world!

Addition: more physical factors of TP

2007-09-21T18:41:00.001-04:00

01 how long does it take to dessolve the tp?step01 ready to gostep02 totally get wet took 2min8secstep03 wet and start to wrinkle after 4minsstep04 after 2hours not desolving02 the diameter of the roll:3cm03 The edge of the roll is 0.1cm thick04 Its hard to tear it in an 90degree angle, but easy if you follow the way it assembled05 how many pieces can block the light?one? in your dream...the

+ or - , 25 different perspectives

2007-09-09T16:16:00.001-04:00

01. For drying purpose, like many Muslims do.02. a pen pot03 see a roll of too paper as a very-long painting canvas.04 create a mummy by wrapping someone with it.05 Use to cob as your glass protector.06 As temporary note paper.07 stop nose bleeding.08 As commercial give-away promotion item, like Japanese do09 As substitute of charcoal or a fire-starter.10 Race with your friend by bowling a roll

The thing you can't live without--Toliet Paper

2007-09-09T16:16:00.000-04:00

How do people deal with their personal hygiene before toilet paper was available?Since paper was not invented until much later in history, it depended on where you lived and what kind of the material was reachable. River water, leaves, hay, rag, stone,sand and hand were on the tool list of cleansing your bottom.