Fly your helicopter from your mobile phone.

James Bond is so last decade.
With the AR Parrot Drone (discovered via Mike Kruzeniski), I believe we’ll take the baton from Mr.007 when it comes to controlling our helicopters (!) with iPhones.

Read about how it works here.

Spy away! Take no prisoners.

BERG (London) and Bonnier’s conceptual take on the Digital Magazine experience.

I am always rendered speechless by the sheer beauty of BERG (London) work combined with the visual brilliance of Timo Arnall. I dont really know the intricacies of who were involved in the project, but it seems like they had several different teams collaborating on this project. What struck me most about their video was [...]

IxD + Agile = A great iterative approach to Design Making.

I’ve recently been working a lot using the Agile method – a method used alot in the software development World, but something that has immense value for us to use as Interaction Designers.

I’m sure alot of my colleagues/alumni are now experiencing this method wherever you are in the World. Please feel free [...]

The Ripple Effect

via IDEO

The Ripple Effect in India, by IDEO and Acumen Fund from IDEO on Vimeo.

Some 1.2 billion people worldwide are drinking unsafe water. Although many organizations purify water at a community scale, people spend significant time and effort to transport it—and it often becomes contaminated during the trip. From retrieval to consumption, water’s journey is [...]

What is Cloud Computing?

by Salesforce.

Why do I blog this? Because so many people have been asking me what this ‘Cloud’ thing is all about and I thought this video did a good job explaining it.

Rob Nero and the TRKBRD

The TRKBRD 'Nerdo' (sorry Rob! )

TRKBRD-1

TRKBRD-2

Sometime ago (2009-11-16) I had the honor to meet and see Rob Nero present his prototype – the TRKBRD.

More about it here.

The meeting was (I hope) the first of many, and I was amazed to see the potential in what he has done.

All the best [...]

Summarizing the Fall Summit at Umeå

Andre Knörig – Fritzing

German Leon (Vodafone)

David Rose (Vitality, USA)

Prof. Reto Wettach (Fritzing)

Jan-Christoph Zoels (Experientia)

Karsten 'Toxi' Schmidt (Postspectacular, UK)

Clive van Heerden (Philips, Eindhoven)

Matt Cottam (Tellart)

Panel discussion

(ALL pictures courtesy Matt Cottam. Thanks alot Matt, for the pictures and for the Event!)

Link to Matt Cottam’s Flickrstream for the Event.

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A Hand in Medical Futures…

Work in progress at Ergonomidesign.

For the past 3 months, I’ve been learning the craft of the Interaction Design trade at the amazing office of Ergonomidesign in Stockholm. Being amidst the unsung heroes of Scandinavian design has given me an enormous education (already!) and I’ve been privileged to be collaborating with some brilliant people.

‘The Future of Intergrated [...]

Bits ‘N Pieces

(via Core77)

Bits ‘N Pieces is an interactive traveling exhibition exploring the rapidly advancing technologies and materials transforming the world of both digital and analog design.