Snip!t channels - Alan Dix

The first reaction of many people to uncertain math is t... techniques as for certain math. They would either imagin... an exact mean, or take ‘worst case’ and ‘best case...

This is why I’ve made Guesstimate, a spreadsheet that⠮..

The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that’... to a world without accidents, is achieving the exact opp... The vehicles have racked up a crash rate double that of ...
The glitch?
They obey the law all the time, as in, without exception ...

n the first documented attack of its kind, the Internet ... used as part of an attack that sent out over 750,000 spa...

These technologies, BCI and CBI, can be combined to real... non-invasive, computer-mediated brain-to-brain (B2B) com... subjects (hyperinteraction).

Thomas is 70 years old. He lives a quiet life alone. Out... health, his children send him gifts to track his habits ... smart fork that counts calories, a smart cane that count... bed that monitors his sleep. But Thomas soon finds he do... told what t

The first point I wish to make is that a lack of motor t... very worrying prospect for a scientific community. There... researchers should ask themselves whether CHI is or want... scientific conference. If not, then the reasonable quest...
My argument

In the first documented attack of its kind, the Internet... used as part of an attack that sent out over 750,000 spa...

Can an algorithm be racist? It’s a question that shoul... all data-driven organizations.

A while back (September 2014) I ran a very short 5-minut... at UX professionals to elicit thoughts on the links betw... that of academic HCI research.
The survey was framed in the following way: "This survey ...

“The glasses work by selectively removing certain wave... red and green cones that allow them to be in essence pus... said Don McPherson, EnChroma’s VP of products.

Samsung is warning customers about discussing personal i... of their smart television set.

Research shows that our intuition is wrong. We can focus... that we can’t may not be a phantom. Paying attention r... ability but desire. Technology may snuff out our desire ...

Kissenger Devices
These devices, known as "Kissengers," allow long-distanc ...
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... of the Kissenger device. [5 Ways Love Affects the Brain]

Sound design is often the unsung hero of video games. Bu... get it right, primal instincts are triggered, helping im... the action. Below, the brains behind the soundscapes of ... biggest releases discuss their art in exclusive intervie...

Wearable technologies currently exist in two spaces – ... pieces by artists and designers, and as engineering-driv... products that are taken to market. But, as Danielle Wild... future for wearable technologies lies in creating produc... aesthetic q

In the latest cautionary tale involving the so-called In... white-hat hackers have devised an attack against network... lightbulbs that exposes Wi-Fi passwords to anyone in pro... the LED devices.
The attack works against LIFX smart lightbulbs, which c

These heat maps reveal where we feel love, anger, shame ...
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... what we feel and the physical sensation of that feeling.

Microsoft researchers have designed a smart bra that can...
The prototype contains removable sensors that monitor he ...

Microsoft researchers have designed a smart bra that can...
The prototype contains removable sensors that monitor he ...

Virtual reality has made exciting progress over the past...

The result is Cardboard, a no-frills enclosure that tran ...

By making it easy and inexpensive to experiment with VR, ...

Sharp today announced its upcoming "Free-Form Display" t... allow the company to nearly eliminate the traditional be... LCD displays. As a result, Sharp will be able to build L... any shape to conform to the display area of the intended...
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XOX is a new emotional technology platform that enables ... to track users’ emotional states, collect data and tai... experiences for both individuals and large audiences.
The XOX platform comprises of a number of products and s ...

On Sept. 13, 1848, at around 4:30 p.m., the time of day ... start wandering, a railroad foreman named Phineas Gage f... with gunpowder and turned his head to check on his men. ... normal moment of his life.
Other victims in the annals of medicine are a

Based on the results, we argued that:
As it stands, the only tradition in HCI is that of h ...
The accumulated knowledge in HCI is almost exclusive ...
By nature, HCI research is like nomads chasing water ...
Therefore, current HCI researc