What are the visual rules that stimulate attention? This is one question behind View Finder Heatmap, a project inspired by the last 25 years of research in artificial vision and neurological studies on perception and cognition. The tool was built by Feng-GUI Lab, a group of artificial vision scientists and ...  Continue Reading »

After fixing course time conflicts over the holiday break for next semester, I looked over my schedule a second time to ease the nerves. Previously, the class I was an associate instructor for conflicted with one class. I have two required classes, Human-Computer Interaction II - Studio and Experience Design, ...  Continue Reading »

I've always been fascinated with information visualization combined with audio. When I heard of the Yamaha's TENORI-ON two years ago Engadget I was anticipating its commercial release. Years later the product officially launched in UK last month and is available for sale. This new musical interface, created by Toshio Iwai, combines ...  Continue Reading »