The EU is conducting a new online consultancy on privacy, data protection and information security principles in RFID applications. I am happy to see that in Article 5 they begin to address the invisible nature of RFID readers in public space: “RFID applications can technically operate without any visible or otherwise perceivable action [...]” They [...]
Also posted in News | Tagged consultation, data protection, EU, European Union, graphic design, iconography, icons, nfc, privacy, rfid, security, visibility |
By Timo | 21 February 2008
Lisa Smith is a Masters of Design student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Designed objects. I first encountered her work through pictures of her project ‘Cuteness generator’ on Flickr. This looks like a lovely project dealing with many issues through visual, physical and interactional material. One of the key aspects [...]
By Timo | 5 December 2007
In spring 2007 interaction design students at AHO participated in a research-driven course called Tangible interactions that investigated themes around RFID, NFC and the Touch project. This is one of the projects that emerged from the course. In this project called “the bubbles of radio” Ingeborg Marie Dehs Thomas used critical, visual design as a [...]
Also posted in Interaction design, Projects, Student projects | Tagged Bluetooth, DAB, Drawing, Electromagnetic Waves, EMF, GSM, Illustration, nfc, Pervasive computing, Radio, rfid, Spectrum, ubicomp, Ubiquitous computing, Visualisation, Waves, Wireless, Zigbee |
By Timo | 30 October 2007
RFID: Mapping Future Histories was a workshop that took place at the recent Recalling RFID conference in Amsterdam. The workshop attempted to visually map some of the issues around RFID by using various methods to extract language, location, time and ranking from various web services. The workshop was initiated by the Digital Methods Initiative that [...]
Also posted in Events, Workshops |
Noticed this headline today on the Innovision Research & Technology website: Interesting that they are comparing RFID/NFC to a Button.
This is a design brief, one of many themes that the Touch project is investigating. RFID is being used for an increasing number of interactions with everyday infrastructures. From travelcards, keyless entry, passports and micropayments to content downloads, smart posters and digital wallets on mobile phones. Attempts have been made to represent these interactions graphically [...]
Seen last year on France’s TGV trains, two icons that indicate areas where mobile phone use is allowed: Awake Asleep Some evidence that characters work well beyond the archetypical Suica Penguin…
Also posted in Mobile, Research |
By Timo | 28 September 2006
In previous work I have advocated for the use of dashed lines, my paper for Mobile HCI 2006 [pdf] represents Touch-based interactions with dashed lines, and work on ubicomp iconography uses the dashed line to represent borders, or seams. I’ve had trouble justifying my excitement about this intricate visual detail, so I thought it would [...]
Also posted in Interaction design, Research | Tagged graphic design, graphic language, graphics, hidden lines, information design, infoviz, instructional design, invisibility, touch, visibility, Visualisation, visualization |