No, I'm not going to talk about "seeing dead people" or any references to M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 movie with Bruce Willis. I'm talking about the creation of a new digital "sixth sense" for humans by the MIT Media Lab - Fluid Interface Group. The Six Sense ubiquitous technology means that ...

It's unfortunate that our submission did not get accepted to the student design competition. I was hesitant to post this news because any form of rejection is a hard pill to swallow. After receiving this discouraging news, I recall a phrase a senior designer told me: "We learn wisdom from failure ...

This morning, I saw my car in the following condition. Later, I found this message in my inbox: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University’s Bloomington campus will be closed all day Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, due to heavy snow which has created unsafe travel conditions. It is expected that normal operations ...

Just the other day I came downstairs and saw my roommate with a sewing machine, scissors, and a stack of old t-shirts. After a few minutes of observation, I realized he was converting his old t-shirts into house rags and dish cloths. The idea of ingenuity popped in my head, ...

Today I received a packet in the mail that contained my Arduino and my breadboard for my Physical Games and Interactive Media class. As I was closely observing the Arduino board, I was thinking what to create and what items (sensors or phidgets) I want to use. I'm fairly new ...