Cardboard!

Super fun for folks with an old pizza box lying around and who want a cheaper version Oculus Rift! Cardboard is a project from

Leeds Creative Labs… collaborative projects

[UPDATED] This year I’ve been selected as part of the Leeds Creative Labs cohort, which brings together Academics and Cr

The Fashion of Jean Paul Gaultier

I went to visit the Jean Paul Gaultier show at The Barbican in London this month (June 2014) which has over 165 of his couture

CHI

[Photo from my demo table. Thank you so much if you were one of the people who came to talk with me, it was such an amazing ex

How Elderly People Deal With Forgetfulness in Everyday Life

This post is notes about a paper that I reference and find important in memory / forgetfulness information. These are just not

Charging an electronic handbag with a USB cable

Here is a video clip showing how to charge your LED bag. It also is a good way to see how it looks when the LEDs are blinking,

Black 1950s Electronic Vintage, 5 LED handbag

30 Second Brief of Message Bag

Message Bag – Project explained in 30 seconds from Christine on Vimeo. Brief of Message Bag. This is the project I will

Subjective forgetfulness is associated with lower quality of life in middle aged and young-old individuals

Post with notes from this paper and quotes that are relevant. Links and information to reference the paper are given at the en

CogSci Launch Event

The research group at QMUL, Cognitive Science, is having a launch that includes previewing some of the amazing work that this

Lilypad connection : Fixed

Sometimes when you are working on a project, it’s hard to think of all the possible solutions to an issue. This post is

Consolidated Summer 2013, What I am Studying: Smart Devices

Investigation into smart devices to combat perceived forgetfulness Our research investigates if a smart device can be used to

Some Hardware Solutions in the Field of forgetfulness

This post aims to be a continual build up of technologies as I find them, read about them, try them. I want to keep a record o

Yo! What’s in Your Bag / Backpack / Purse / Satchel… ?

I’m trying to figure out what exactly are we carrying with us, what items are important to us, and how do we feel if we

Augmented Human ’13 overview

“USE THEM OR DO SOMETHING ELSE” Details about the conference and presentations. Website with proceedings and infor

First iteration prototype Crumpler 1.0, how it’s made

First iteration prototype Crumpler 1.0  Write up of some of the details from the Crumpler Prototype I created for testing

Wearables : Initial Questionnaire : Specification

This write up follows an initial few months of research into wearables / an initial questionnaire to establish if people did i

Iterating a prototype. Making and breaking components.

This prototype (Message Bag 1.1) builds on the initial message bag, and has the basic features of it enhanced. It serves

Slow Technology: Programming the Interface

This post examines The interface described will be coded using Xcode, using the interface builder (fig. 20) section of Xcode a

Slow Technology: Last Planet

Last Planet is introduced as a retail solution designed to increase dwell time, reflection and interaction. The project set ou

Last Planet: The Iterations for the Design

Yo! Create (iOS App)

Yo! Create (iOS App), Oct. 2011 An app to help creativity, through the use of exercises and activities to try. Coded in Xcode.

Shandy Hall (iOS App)

Shandy Hall (iOS App), Sept. 2011 Created for the Shandy Hall Museum. iTunes Link I have been working on creating an app for t

Macgasmic

Amazing Macgasm, I totally loved doing a writing stint for the Macgasm site from May 2010 until May 2011, covering everything