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8 Intriguing User Interface Designs from the MIT Media Lab

December 2, 2011
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To see what lies ahead in the coming years for user interfaces, some of my colleagues at PwC recently visited the MIT Media Lab. The researchers behind the “Fluid Interfaces” project are toiling away on dozens of intriguing prototypes that leverage breakthrough technologies such as gestures, haptics, wearable computing, 3D, projection, and data visualization, to name a few. While some of the user interface designs are useful but not necessarily transformative, such as the digital ...

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CIO Guide to Technology Innovation

March 13, 2010
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Your role in innovation is unclear, but you know the power of information technology in making a real business impact, both operationally and strategically.  To paraphrase William Gibson, the ground-breaking science fiction writer: The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed To address the challenge of increasing awareness of technology innovation resources for the CIO and IT leaders, here is the CIO Guide for Technology Innovation.  Please send me any ideas to improve ...

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Can Haptics Touch the Enterprise?

January 7, 2010

I had the chance to drive the 2010 Lexus HS 250 hybrid while my car was in the shop. While it’s good to see more hybrids hitting the road, the more interesting thing to me was the new navigation system and the controller that drives it. Aside from several mediocre dial-oriented efforts from BMW, Audi and others, most nav systems these days seem to be touchscreens, both factory installed and add-ons. The new Lexus controller ...

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