Listen now: The Increasing Role of Design in Business
This week, special guest and user experience researcher, Melissa Hui, joins the show to talk about the ROI of design and how creativity and ideation play an increasing role in business.
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Accessible Wearable Technology
Listen now: Accessible Wearable Technology
With the release of the Raspberry Pi 2.0 this week, it has never been easier to get into wearable technology. In this episode, we discuss the vast options available to the modern hobbyist.
Measuring Fitness with Computer Vision
Listen now: Measuring Fitness with Computer Vision
Use computers and cameras to track your fitness progress. Machines will one day be able to tell you how effectively your weight loss plan is going, simply by looking at you with a stereo camera. Here, we entertain some of the possible ways this might work.
Tricorder Xprize
Listen now: Tricorder Xprize
Tracy Ingram joins the show to talk about wearable devices and personal medical data in the cloud. Tracy and his team have advanced to the second round of the Xprize challenge to build handheld medical scanning technology, much like Star Trek tricorders.
Designing Online Courses
Listen now: Designing Online Courses
If you’ve ever taught a class, you know how hard it is to engage students for more than a few minutes. Online courses have their own challenges. This week, we discuss some of the nuance of explaining to someone else things we know innately.
Invisible Apps
Listen now: Invisible Apps
As mobile technology dominates the digital landscape, we are now starting to see evidence that application design is taking second place to service design. Interactions are no longer bound to a single isolated experience. Instead, they span multiple platforms, from laptop to mobile to wearable device across time and space.
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