Archive for the ‘Usability’ Category

Eye Wink Interfaces

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Thanks to “eye wink” interfaces, users can bat their eyelids to play their favorite song or even play video games. Users need not use their hands to perform tasks , the system can serve as “a third hand” for caregivers, rock-climbers, car/motorbike drivers and astronauts, as well as people with ...

Car stuff

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Parking : The other day, a friend of mine and me took about 25 mins to commute from Point A to Point B , we used his GPS gadget to find the location, the shortest route et all. We also spent additional 15 minutes looking for an empty parking lot. ...

Cool usable products

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Scalable Screens : I’ve always wanted some sorta a scalable/expandable screen on my mobile phone. Here’s a conceptual design solution. Over sized remote : This remote glows in the dark and is over-sized making it easily findable. More cool & usable product concepts. Also see Design at Sun blog

CLI > GUI > CLI on GUI!?!

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Update : Read Enso’s take on Why Quasi Modes are more user friendly than Modes And now CLI gets contextually integrated with GUI! Atleast, that’s what Jono DiCarlo from Humanized has demonstrated through Enzo. All you need to do is press “Caps Lock” key to invoke/trigger the Command Line Interface and start ...

World Usability Day 07, Bangalore

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

World Usability Day 2007, Bangalore November 5th and over 100 designers, technologists, usability professionals and public attendees gathered at the NIAS Auditorium at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The event: World Usability Day, which was founded to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access ...