Rahul Sen: Future-Sense » Experience prototype http://www.future-sense.net Thoughts, ramblings and experiments in making sense of a complex Future Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:11:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Arduino: The Documentary http://www.future-sense.net/2011/01/14/arduino-the-documentary-2/ http://www.future-sense.net/2011/01/14/arduino-the-documentary-2/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:39:05 +0000 rahulsen79 http://www.future-sense.net/?p=624

Arduino The Documentary (2010) English HD from gnd on Vimeo.

Arduino The Documentary 2010

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Get Microsoft Silverlight

]]> http://www.future-sense.net/2011/01/07/bill-buxton-nui-whats-in-a-name/feed/ 0 SCA Multitouch Prototype by Interactive Institute http://www.future-sense.net/2010/12/15/sca-multitouch-prototype-by-interactive-institute/ http://www.future-sense.net/2010/12/15/sca-multitouch-prototype-by-interactive-institute/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:14:38 +0000 rahulsen79 http://www.future-sense.net/?p=610

An awesome prototype done by my friend Ru Zarin at the Interactive Institute and other colleagues and partners. Awesome stuff!

]]> http://www.future-sense.net/2010/12/15/sca-multitouch-prototype-by-interactive-institute/feed/ 0 Douglas Rushkoff on Program or Be Programmed. http://www.future-sense.net/2010/11/21/douglas-rushkoff-on-program-or-be-programmed/ http://www.future-sense.net/2010/11/21/douglas-rushkoff-on-program-or-be-programmed/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:27:20 +0000 rahulsen79 http://www.future-sense.net/?p=554

Awesome book! I’m reading it now…

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Link here

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Man: “What do you mean? We (robots) cant dream!”

Woman: “Of course you can, you just make it up!”

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Man: “…This dream was easily the best dream in the history of all dreams”.

A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to a the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When this new life and love begin to fall apart, he discovers he has a lot to give. This short film proves that ordinary is no place to be. (via IMDB)

View the trailer here…

I was reading some essays on Design Fiction by Julian Bleecker recently and was especially struck by this film after reading it. ‘I’m Here’ is such a perfectly imagined and made work of design-fiction in the sense that it makes you completely believe in the World which is created here. Not only are the ‘props’ and costumes entirely authentic, the fact that its set in the Almost Present makes the impact breathtakingly moving and simple. It focuses on human/robotic emotion while keeping the work of design very secondary.

This scene in the movie was such a brilliant piece of architectural fiction. It almost made me believe that such hospitals exist.

My moral from this story – A truly moving piece of design fiction is infinitesimally more valuable than a billion half-resolved design truths.

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In the footsteps of Gary Hustwitt… this one should be interesting.

]]> http://www.future-sense.net/2010/08/24/arduino-the-documentary/feed/ 0 The Interactive Holographics in Iron Man 2 http://www.future-sense.net/2010/08/22/the-interactive-holographics-in-iron-man-2/ http://www.future-sense.net/2010/08/22/the-interactive-holographics-in-iron-man-2/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:20:22 +0000 rahulsen79 http://www.future-sense.net/?p=443 Credit: Prologue VFX

via Infothestics

]]> http://www.future-sense.net/2010/08/22/the-interactive-holographics-in-iron-man-2/feed/ 0 Windows Phone 7 golf app (design tips) http://www.future-sense.net/2010/08/18/windows-phone-7-golf-app-design-tips/ http://www.future-sense.net/2010/08/18/windows-phone-7-golf-app-design-tips/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:56:11 +0000 rahulsen79 http://www.future-sense.net/?p=419 Lets hope we get to use these guidelines and rules soon to build some kickass apps!

via Engadget.

]]> http://www.future-sense.net/2010/08/18/windows-phone-7-golf-app-design-tips/feed/ 0 Gems on Futurecasting by Nicholas Nova and Julian Bleecker http://www.future-sense.net/2010/08/17/gems-on-futurecasting-by-nicholas-nova-and-julian-bleecker/ http://www.future-sense.net/2010/08/17/gems-on-futurecasting-by-nicholas-nova-and-julian-bleecker/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:01:01 +0000 rahulsen79 http://www.future-sense.net/?p=417 inflated deflated futures
View more presentations from nicolas nova.
Props to Prototypes: Design Fiction Part 2 Design Connexity 2009

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