For my class, Designing Humanity Centered Robots, we were tasked with creating a prototype that dealt, in some way, with distance. I decided to deal with another issue I had moving into my new apartment — moving furniture.
In an 800 square foot apartment, moving large furniture truly proved to be a hassle. We had trouble maneuvering small spaces, such as hallways, as we could not see the space between the objects and the walls themselves.
To alleviate this issue, I attempted to create a device that would beep when a piece of furniture is close to a wall, or…
Twitter has become a one stop shop for any information — from tweets from the President of the United States to memes and Tik-Toks, multiple generations have used Twitter to taken in large masses of data. Twitter has taken advantage of this by showing recommended Twitter Ads.
However, with the influence of social media on the world today, how consistent and precise are these types of ads?
Researchers at Microsoft have created 18 guidelines to analyze Human-AI interaction in interfaces. …
After years of losing all my papers and notes throughout school, I decided that when I got to college, I was going to change things. I knew that I learned best by writing, so taking notes with a computer was not going to be substantial — however, a notebook would definitely lead to the continued routine of my many academic failures.
I thought all hope was lost — until I saw the iPad and the original Apple Pencil.
Apple prides itself on products with great learnability and memorability, and this product is no different. It is a bit longer than…
Recently, I, among many, have become a fan of smaller purses — particularly fanny packs.
After fanny packs have come back in style throughout the last year, many fashion companies have scrambled to create fanny packs of their own. The fanny packs’ size, along with the unlikelihood to be lost by the owner, allows it a long-lasting minimalist bag that is being demanded by a large, diverse audience. Therefore, it is clear to see why a luxury company like Michael Kors would design the classic, trendy fanny bag to stand taller than the rest. …
