Somehow, I seem to be in the middle of organising 4 different events. Thought I’d share. 1. Lirec Secret Robot House evening which gives me an opportunity to invite my good friend Nicolas Nova (very excited to turn the tables on him for once). I’m not afraid to admit his blog is the reason why… Continue reading Eventful
Tiny Useful Things: KeyMaps
I’ve been thinking about embodied contexts for maps lately, beyond flat paper maps. I have 3 sets of keys that I carry around and I thought that a simple way of differentiating them would be to design location-relevant key rings. There’s such a familiarity with specific locations like the office, home, your partner’s home, that… Continue reading Tiny Useful Things: KeyMaps
Robots at home: the role of a more personal internet of things
I’ve been thinking about the role of product design in the upcoming flurry of domestic robot solutions that will soon be thrown at us as consumers. Some quick thoughts. 1. Roomba & AR Drone are only the beginning, the latter entering the doors of our homes through the iPhone’s compatibility. There was a lot of… Continue reading Robots at home: the role of a more personal internet of things
On CBC
CBC’s Spark program and the lovely Nora Young interviewed me about robots and internet of things. Listen here.
Principles of robot design
I’m trying to think, through Lirec about what the difference is between designing a robot and designing a teapot. I will probably go back to Don Norman’s book (even if I hated it the first time around) shortly but in the meantime, here’s 3 little things I’m thinking about that would possibly justify developing a… Continue reading Principles of robot design
Dreams of the techno-home
Homesense is ticking along nicely with Russell finishing up 2 projects this week while I was visiting this. There’s stuff there I hadn’t seen in the past 10 years of Milan Furniture Fairs. Projects and depth of thought people don’t put into their work anymore. A slowness about it I liked. I will make something… Continue reading Dreams of the techno-home
The French
Chasing the Future: a talk on emotional robots
Chasing the Future: challenges and opportunites in the design of emotional robots View more presentations from Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino Look for the speakers notes for details. I’ll write a separate event report on RoboLIFT tomorrow.
On roundabout vs valley
2 things I jotted down during an event I spoke at 2 weeks ago. 1. Startups and VCs need to be near their customers. 2. VCs in the UK are like football season ticket holders, they always think they know best but have never actually tried playing professionally. Most VCs in the US in tech… Continue reading On roundabout vs valley
Tiles: Twitter as visual dictionary
(Warning: Firmly in the “things I don’t know how to build and can’t be bothered to learn how to” category.) I grew up flicking through the Dictionnaire Visuel on my mother’s bookshelf right next to that year’s Larousse Universel. It shaped my knowledge of words and the world beyond my bedroom in the 13ème. I… Continue reading Tiles: Twitter as visual dictionary