Posts Tagged ‘Design’
Scanadu finalizes Scout tricorder design, wants user feedback to help it get FDA approval
Author: Brian McKinnell
We first saw a prototype of Scout, the tricorder and companion app built by Scanadu for the Tricorder X-prize competition late last year. Today, the company is unveiling Scout’s final version and launching an Indiegogo campaign to let folks order Scout and sign up to participate in a usability study — which will provide Scanadu the user feedback needed to help its tricorder get certified by the FDA. In the six months since Scout was first revealed, the design has changed somewhat, and we checked in with company CEO Walter De Brouwer to get the lowdown on the new version.
Like the prototype, the new model tracks your temperature, respiratory rate, systolic blood pressure and stress level. Scout now pulls your vitals in ten seconds using just optical sensors, which enables it to read the vital signs of others — as opposed to the prototype which utilized an EEG sensor and could only record the info of the person holding it. Plus, thanks to some newly developed algorithms, it can now take both systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings with 95 percent accuracy. Running the algorithms to translate the optical sensor info takes a good bit of computing power, however. So, Scout got upgraded from an 8-bit processor to a 32-bit unit based on Micrium, the operation system being used by NASA’s Curiosity Rover for sample analysis on Mars. If you’re into supporting real world space technology being used to make science fiction a reality, the crowdfunding project of your dreams has arrived.
Filed under: Misc
Source: Indiegogo
Related Posts:
Amazon.com Gift Card – $25 (Classic design)
Author: Christen Arquette
Amazon.com Gift Card – (Classic design)
Amazon.com Gift Cards are the perfect way to give them exactly what they’re hoping for–even if you don’t know what it is. Recipients can choose from millions of items across all categories. Amazon.com Gift Cards never expire, so they can buy something immediately or wait for that sale of a lifetime.
Gift cards arrive in a 5 x 7 inch sealed envelope with an additional envelope for gifting. The plastic gift card is attached to the inside of a folded greeting card. Add a personal message with a free gift note during Checkout.
All Amazon.com Gift Cards ship with FREE One-Day shipping. Select One-Day Shipping at Checkout. See details.
Key Features:
- No expiration, no fees.
- Fast and free shipping. One-Day Shipping–no charge See details.
- Redeemable towards millions of items storewide at Amazon.com or Endless.com.
- Multiple denominations. Choose amounts from to ,000.
- Gift-ready greeting card featuring a variety of designs for any occasion.
Other ways to buy
E-mail or Print for immediate delivery
E-mail a gift card for immediate delivery (or schedule up to a year in advance), or print a gift card on your home or office computer now. See E-mail and Print at Home gift card options.
E-mail Gift Cards
View larger image
Buy now
Print at Home Gift Cards
View larger image
Buy now
Buy at a store near you
  |
Need a gift card in a hurry? Amazon.com Gift Cards are sold at select supermarket, drug and convenience stores. See list of participating retailers.
Business Orders
Amazon.com Gift Cards are a great way to motivate, reward, and appreciate your employees or customers.
 |
Buy a box of 50
Amazon.com Gift Cards are available to purchase in boxes of 50. (, , and denominations only).
Corporate Sales
Order large quantities of gift cards or codes through the Amazon.com Corporate Gift Card Program (,000 order minimum). Advertising the use of Amazon.com Gift Cards as an incentive or reward requires a Corporate Gift Card agreement.
List Price: $ 25.00
Price: $ 25.00
Related Posts:
HTC G2 4G G-2 4-G Black with White Abstract Red Flame Fire Robot Design Texture Grap Snap-On Cover Hard Case Cell Phone Protector
Author: Laura Clark
HTC G2 4G G-2 4-G Black with White Abstract Red Flame Fire Robot Design Texture Grap Snap-On Cover Hard Case Cell Phone Protector
- SNAP-ON HARD COVER PROTECTOR CASE
- JUST SNAPS RIGHT OVER YOUR PHONE FOR A NEW LOOK AND PROTECTION
- PERFECT FIT; DESIGNED TO FIT YOUR PHONE PERFECTLY
- OPENINGS FOR PHONE FUNCITONALITY
- OPERATE YOUR PHONE LIKE NORMAL BUT WITH A NEW LOOK AND PROTECTED
Brand new high quality protective faceplate phone cover to protect your phone from scratches, dust or anything else that comes into contact. While allowing easy access to keypads, side button, camera, and port.
List Price: $ 24.95
Price: $ 2.99
Related Posts:
Pixelmator 2.2 goes after graphic design with new shape tools and vectors-first UI
Author: Tiffany Shoman
Popular OS X image editor Pixelmator is releasing a major update tomorrow, codenamed Blueberry, and if you like working with vector shapes, it might just make your day. New tools for working with text as vectors, a new Shapes palette, and the ability to reconfigure your workspace for vector-first input are the big additions this time around. On the other hand, if you tend to focus on photo editing, there’s a flexible new effect that imitates the light leak found in cheap film cameras, and a new tool called Paint Selection (a toned-down version of Photoshop’s Quick Selection) makes it easier to select certain parts of your images. Long story short, there’s a lot of new stuff packed in here, and the download is free if you already own…
Related Posts:
Valve experiments with players’ sweat response, eye-tracking controls for future game design
Author: Brittany Turner
Valve has a surprisingly varied staff roster. Mike Ambinder is the company’s very own experimental psychologist and he’s been outlining some of Valve’s work with biofeedback technology, including eye-motion controls for Portal 2 and perspiration-based gaming adjustments on Left 4 Dead. Mentioning these developments at the NeuroGaming Conference last week, Ambinder notes that both are still at an experimental stage, but that “there is potential on both sides of the equation, both for using physiological signals to quantify an emotion [and] what you can do when you incorporate physiological signals into the gameplay itself.”
In Left 4 Dead, test subjects had their sweat monitored, with values assigned to how much they were responding to the action. This data was fed back into the game, where designers attempted to modify (and improve) the experience. In a test where players had four minutes to shoot 100 enemies, calmer participants would progress normally, but if they got nervous, the game would speed up and they would have less time to shoot. When it came to the eye-tracking iteration of Portal 2, the new controls apparently worked well, but also necessitated separating aiming and viewpoint to ensure it worked. With Valve already involving itself in wearable computing, it should make both notions easier to accomplish if it decides to bring either experiment to fans. Venture Beat managed to record Ambinder’s opening address at the conference — we’ve added it after the break.
Filed under: Gaming
Source: Venture Beat
Related Posts:
Tags: controls, Design, Experiments, eyetracking, future, Game, players, response, Sweat, valve | 
No Comments »Samsung says the Galaxy S4 design is ‘like nothing you’ve ever seen before’
Author:
If the Galaxy S III was gently mocked for its design, the S4 has been the unwitting focus of a full-on roast. In a video explaining its design choices, Samsung explains that while the Galaxy S III was inspired by nature, this time it decided to ask the question “how can we change people’s lives for the better?” It concluded that it should be more rational with the S4′s design, toning down the curves and eliminating some of its predecessor’s flourishes. This focus apparently helped the company make the phone thinner while including a larger display. The product designers say they still managed to introduce “emotional elements” through CMF (color, material, and finish) choices, though.
Related Posts:
Samsung tells the design story behind the Galaxy S 4 (video)
Author: Jade Kim
In case you missed it, Samsung released a new phone over the weekend and now the company’s put together a quick video describing the design notions behind its Galaxy S 4. Expect to hear the word intuitive a fair few times, mostly in regard to those new software features, a return of those nature-inspired design licks. Samsung adds that it’s has also cranked up the attention to detail on the hardware design, in search of the “perfect line” for its new flagship, though we’re not exactly sure if it can be both “unlike anything you’ve ever seen before” and “not a radical difference, but more an evolution,” as mentioned in the clip. Take in some sun-kissed vistas and the chilled-out soundtrack right after the break.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung
Source: Samsung Tomorrow (YouTube)
Related Posts:
Bing, Skype, and Xbox rebranding plans revealed in Microsoft design presentation
Author: Tiffany Shoman
At a recent design day event in Norway, Windows Phone design studio general manager Albert Shum and Todd Simmons, creative director at Wolff Olins, held a talk about “re-imagining” Microsoft. After switching its Windows, Office, and Microsoft brand logos last year, it appears the company has some additional plans for Bing, Skype, Yammer, and Xbox. Simmons revealed a concept video from two years ago of how Microsoft looked to rebrand its key products. Part of the video includes a new Bing logo that looks very similar to a paper airplane.
At first it seems the clip is simply an old concept, like similar ones Microsoft has experimented with previously, but later in the presentation Simmons reveals design work for the same Bing logo and…
Related Posts:
Tags: bing, Design, Microsoft, plans, presentation, rebranding, revealed, Skype, xbox |
No Comments »Jolla’s reportedly launching a handset with ‘Scandinavian design’ next month
Author: Rod Sutherland
This year’s Mobile World Congress was a rather meaningful one for Jolla, what with the launch of its Sailfish OS SDK. But what’s an operating system without a proper fixture, right? To wit, DigiToday is reporting that the team of ex-MeeGo engineers is getting ready to debut its first hardware early next month — a handset emblematic of a “modern Scandinavian design,” according to Jolla Chairman Antti Saarnio. Further, the Finnish news site says Jolla’s taking a cue from the recent crowd-funded craze: it’s prepping limited edition versions of the device for early adopters. Naturally, we’ll have to wait for something more concrete, but with May just around the corner, it shouldn’t be too long before we can finally see what Jolla has in store for us.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Software, Mobile
Via: My Nokia Blog
Source: DigiToday
Related Posts:
The design history behind the iconic ‘Pegman’ of Google Maps
Author: Brandon Zimmerman
The images utilized in Google Maps is so usual at this point that it’s easy to forget that it didn’t just jump into presence fully-formed; it really needed to be made. Buzzfeed takes an appearance at the process behind developing among the most familiar aspects of Google Maps: the humanoid “Pegman” character utilized in Road Take. Initially, Google’s designers dabbled the concept of using an icon of an eyeball in order to suggest the viewpoint, however rapidly understood it was neither aesthetically pleasing nor specifically effective. That caused a lot of design versions, consisting of female variations, robotics, and a Pegman in a fit and dress shoes. To get the full tale of how Pegman became– and to see some of the easter eggs that …
