New technologies have made it possible to "lifelog" our existence, collecting and storing digital pictures, videos, text, copies of Web sites, and so on... But will this be as meaningful as...
Be they US dollars, Euros or Yens, paper bills are becoming anachronistic, as we use more and more credit cards, smart cards or even completely virtual currencies such as Linden Dollars in Second Life....
We are going to soon carry out sports activities with our friends even when they are not in the same physical place as we are. More generally, computers will be increasingly used to persuade us to physically...
Will computers ever help us to get better when we are depressed or could they more generally be employed to help treating the numerous existing mental illnesses? At CHI 2008, Gavin Doherty (Trinity College...
How often do you feel that computers and mobile devices are not helping you as they should (and could) in managing your personal information? What can research and new applications do to improve this...
How should we approach interaction design when the applications are meant for foreign countries? And what if those countries belong to the developing world? John Thomas (see picture on the left) is very...
Can you imagine a sensing glove monitoring a person's physiological reactions to adapt desktop applications, mobile devices, or 'intelligent' environments to the person's current needs? That’s exactly...
Is digital photography improving our ability of keeping and enjoying memories of our past, or are we losing something with respect to the old printed pictures? How should technology change to make digital...
Operating machines or playing videogames just with our thoughts is not science fiction anymore. And Anton Nijholt (see photo on the left), full professor of computer science at the University of Twente,...
News, interviews with internationally-known researchers, the latest trends and discoveries in human-computer interaction,... I will soon be reporting live from the CHI 2008 Conference, which...
Have you ever wondered how our homes will be in the future? And how this future is being designed today?In the following, I discuss at length about these issues with an expert: Boris de Ruyter (see photo...