Computing

Kitchen Computing Goes Star Trek

Some people install monitors in their walls for kitchen-computing but usually stop at Windows or OS X for the OS. Not Dutchman Pascal, though – who created a Windows XP skin inspired by Star Trek‘s LCARS interface.


November 13, 2010
Software

Minority Report, Courtesy Of Kinect

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Hackers have wasted no time bending Kinect to their will, and this proof of concept video for a Minority Report-esque multitouch UI is probably the most exciting mod yet. Stretch to zoom, here we come!


September 30, 2010
Software

The New Xbox Software Is Here, And It’s Better

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The latest Xbox 360 dashboard update brings some sports, some Zune integration and a fairly sizable UI change. Here’s how it works.


September 27, 2010
Software

Change Your iPhone’s App Icons Without Jailbreaking

Jailbreakers have been theming their iPhones for a long time, but if you like to refrain from jailbreaking, you can still change that app’s ugly icon using previously mentioned iPhone Explorer.


September 23, 2010
Computing

Glasses-Less 3D UI For Android Heading To Tegra Devices

It’s difficult to gauge the full power of the autostereoscopic 3D from a video, but as with Sharp’s parallax barrier technology, you can see how Scaleform’s glasses-less 3D works. The video presenter’s “ooh! ahh!”-ing just endorses it even more.


September 22, 2010
Mobile

Watch HTC’s Official Video On The Desire HD Phone, Sense UI Here

Heading to the States later this year (and Europe next month), the Desire HD and updated Sense UI has been shown off in an official video by HTC. How great do the new cached maps looks?


September 17, 2010
Mobile

HTC’s Windows Phone 7 Treatment Looks Absolutely Gorgeous

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If this video of HTC’s Windows Phone 7 interface is real, we’re in for a treat visually, at least. For actual use? Maybe less so.


September 11, 2010
Software

Apple’s iTunes Spiral Interface Would Put Your Music In Hypnovision

Apparently Apple is just one hypno-machine away from total world domination. At least that’s my first impression of their patented iTunes Spiral makeover. It is, as they say, trippy.


September 2, 2010

The Future Of Screens, Circa 2014

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The ever-impressive Swedish interface gurus The Astonishing Tribe just posted a new video envisioning what kinds of screens we’ll be using in the year 2014. They stretch fluidly and share seamlessly, and I want to use them right now.


Touchscreens! They’re Like A Trend Now

Touchscreens. They’re everywhere. And so easy to use! That’s the gist of this 900-word New York Times article. I merely want to point out that just because it’s a touch interface, doesn’t mean it’s a good, or easy, interface. [New York Times]