By Timo | 17 February 2009
In Designing with RFID we explore the potential for RFID objects in everyday contexts. Because RFID is a wireless, radio-based technology it is inherently invisible once embedded, and this raises issues around visibility and interaction. How does the addition of hidden interactive qualities influence the design of physical RFID objects? There is a need to [...]
Posted in Interaction design, Product design, Projects, Research | Tagged design, form, form and function, industrial design, Interaction design, objects, Product design, thing, things |
By Timo | 16 February 2009
Interaction Design students at the Oslo School of Architecture & Design participated in a three-day Touch workshop where the brief was to design a playful, exploratory or characterful RFID interface. The emphasis of this workshop was on exploring the relationship between material, tactile properties of physical objects and digital interaction through RFID and required material [...]
Posted in Design briefs, Interaction design, Product design, Student projects, Workshops | Tagged design, industrial design, nfc, Product design, rfid, tikitag, touchatag |
By Timo | 13 February 2009
The dominant metaphor for RFID interaction is touch where the gesture of touching or the contact between two objects is seen as a suitable model for near field interactions. However touch may be a limiting metaphor for RFID interfaces, in that it doesn’t suggest the possible range of interactions that RFID affords. Three recent Touch [...]
By Timo | 13 February 2009
This is a design brief, one of many themes that the Touch project is investigating. It extends an older brief Playful RFID with an emphasis on exploring material and experience prototyping. Last week Interaction Design students at the Oslo School of Architecture & Design participated in a Touch workshop where the brief was to design [...]
Posted in Interaction design, Product design, Student projects, Workshops | Tagged aho, design, industrial design, nfc, oslo, products, rfid, tikitag |
By Timo | 7 November 2008
This spot advertises the new contactless barclaycard that uses RFID technology to make contactless payments. The ad was made by BBH London with creative director Pete Bradly (more info and making of videos). Interesting to see a one minute commercial explain touch/contactless technology.
By Timo | 30 September 2008
Poken is offering a physical networking platform, with physical, RFID-based objects that plug into a PC via USB (where have we heard that before?) A Poken is a connected business card, when you meet people you want to connect to, you touch their ‘poken’ and get added to their Open Social network. Just tap your [...]
Posted in Interaction design, News, Product design | Tagged industrial design, nfc, physical computing, Product design, products, rfid, situated software, social media, social networking, social networks, social software, tangible interactions |
By Timo | 30 September 2008
A Dutch company, Swinxs is developing a physical RFID-based console with RFID wristbands for children. They claim to be encouraging physical activities and ‘stimulating imagination’. The console includes versions of Tag, multiple Quiz games, Hide and Seek and Charades. The base-station connects to the internet for uploading scores and downloading content. The movie on their [...]
Posted in Interaction design, News, Product design, Research | Tagged games, gaming, industrial design, nfc, play, Product design, rfid, ubicomp |
By Timo | 29 September 2008
Rob van Kranenburg is creating what looks like an interesting critique of ambient technology and the all-seeing network of RFID: “The Internet of Things is the second issue in the series of Network Notebooks. Rob van Kranenburg examines what impact RFID, and other systems, will have on our cities and our wider society.” Edit The [...]