Posted in books, innovation, whatever on Dec 13th, 2005
Can’t figure out what to have for dinner? Hugo Liu, a graduate student at M.I.T.’s Media Lab, has developed a “smart” cookbook that can recommend a dish on the basis of some of the tastes and emotions commonly associated with it.
Synesthetic Recipes, a searchable computer database of 60,000 recipes, can’t actually read your mind, [...]
Posted in design, innovation, whatever on Dec 12th, 2005
Thanks to Hendo for another fine link, what wonders these little devices are. Check out the top 10 weirdest USB devices ever here.
Posted in design, innovation on Dec 8th, 2005
“The secret, it turns out, reduces to one of those touchy-feely terms that make MBAs squirm: “empathy.” In the Ideo universe, great design doesn’t begin with a far-out concept or a way-cool drawing. It begins with a deep and empathic understanding of the human condition. The first step for any Ideo team on any project [...]
Posted in books, design, innovation, whatever on Dec 8th, 2005
Tom Kelley is the General Manager of design & innovation agency Ideo. His book The Ten Faces of Innovation looks interesting (i haven’t read it).
Over the years, Tom has observed a number of roles that people can play in an organization to foster innovation and new ideas while offering an effective counter to naysayers. [...]