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MentionMap

Infographic of the Day: What Conversations are Heating Up, in Your Twitter Network?

Mentionmap creates a real-time network chart, laying out who's talking to whom.READ»

RobotWalker

New iPhone Robot Remote-Control Lets Your Fingers Do the Walking

A brilliantly intuitive interface for robot control, designed by Japanese researchers (of course).READ»

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Lisa Strausfeld, Yves Behar, and Abbott Miller Form Supergroup, Design Litl Netbook

The Litl netbook rethinks interface design, and boasts pitch-perfect design details. Too bad about the price.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Nebul.us Graphs Your Lifestream

Can infographics finally deliver on the promises of social networking?READ»

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Multi-Touch Interface Concept Blows Away Touchscreens

An intriguing graphic user interface that has all of the benefits of multi-touch, but none of the annoyance of touchscreens.READ»

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Can Microsoft Grab Leadership Role With Mouse 2.0 and Other Interface Designs?

The software giant has produced five prototypes for multi-touch mice--and the stakes are high.READ»

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Bumptop's Touchscreen Organizes Clutter by Taking Cues From Your Messy Desk

If BumpTop's new multi-touch application for Windows 7 looks oddly familiar, that's because it tries so hard to mime the offline world of paper piles and junk drawers. And rightly so.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: The "Hype Cycle" of Computer-Interface Design

Gartner updates its classic "hype cycle" chart, detailing the expectations surrounding today's hottest technologies.READ»

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How Do You Design a Great iPhone App?

Check out TapTapTap's time-lapse video of the tiny changes that eventually produced their Convert app.READ»

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Holograms That You Can Touch and Feel

This week at SIGGRAPH, a Japanese professor unveils his newest invention, combining holograms and ultrasound technology.READ»

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FontPlore: A New Way for Designers to Skim Through Reams of Fonts

A simple, intuitive touch-screen interface rewrites a laborious process. Could it represent the first flickers of a new way for designers to collaborate?READ»

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Coca-Cola's 100-Flavor Interactive Freestyle Soda Fountain in Action [video]

Ever had one of those moments where all you wanted was a Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, but all the fountain could offer you was regular old diet? Coca-Cola is doing away with that problem by introducing a new beverage dispenser. ...READ»

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Ford's SmartGauge Improves Fuel Efficiency Through Better Instrument Design

In December, Ford announced its new Fusion hybrid, which was rated an impressive 41 mpg city and 36 mpg highway. But then something interesting happened. In one of the earliest reviews, Pulitzer Prize-winning auto ...READ»

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A Squishy Touchscreen for Data Play-doh Fun

impress - flexible display from Sillenet on Vimeo. We've written before about the nascent design philosophy of haptics. Here's a novel extension, along those lines: A squishy touchscreen display dubbed "Impress," that ...READ»

The Many "About Us" pages

Many times, we in the design world, are often selling and explaining the visual strategies behind a design, but the copy is just as critical to the success of a piece as the visual design.READ»

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