The Department of Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology has got a new promotion video. The scenes with the laser cutting tiles is based on our master module “The Golden Ration“.
Nao and Aibo Robot Photos
We had a little photo session with the Nao and Aibo robot. Enjoy!
Costs and Benefits of Research Communication: The Dutch Situation
A recent study on the costs and benefit of research communication revealed that an open access strategy would safe the Netherlands millions of Euros per year. It is one of the first studies that even calculate the costs of writing funding proposals and the costs of total costs of publishing an article. Have a look at it for yourself: Costs and Benefits of Research Communication: The Dutch Situation.
Human Interface
I always suspected that computers, in particular the new multi-touch tables, work like this:
Hi from Multitouch Barcelona on Vimeo.
Visions of the future
Design transforms our current world into a preferred state. Conclusions about what such preferred states are, requires in depth knowledge about ethics, economics and technology. But since these preferred states are situated in the future, they always include a certain amount of speculation.
Science Fiction books and films speculate about possible futures and technological developments. This genre has a rich history of ideas and stories. They often reflect the current trends in our society. The original Star Trek TV series, for example, reflected the cold war. The united earth symbolized America, whereas the Klingons represented the USSR.
Understanding the social and cultural dimensions of Science Fiction, enables the students to make better choices in their designs. Designers are at the pivot point of creating brave new worlds and they require knowledge about what visions of the future exist to be able to avoid a 1984. Continue reading “Visions of the future”