A recent paper by Michael Schmitz, a student at Saarland University (a fascinating institution near the borders of Germany, France, Luxembourg and Belgium), surveys several different user interfaces from science fiction movies throughout film history. Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies cites several films, including Metropolis, Johnny Mnemonic, The Matrix, Logan’s Run, Forbidden Planet, [...]
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UIs in the Movies
04Apr07Infosthetics points out another great UI demo. Moritz Stefaner, a User Interface Design researcher at the University of Potsdam has created what he calls an ‘Elastic List’, which is a way of browsing data that has multiple facets or parts to it. In this example, you can quickly located winners of any Nobel Prize by [...]
At one of my favourite sites, Infosthetics (see my blogroll), they note that the UN has come up with a new Warning Sign for Radiation. Here it is: According to the report, this symbol is… the result of a 5-year project conducted in 11 countries around the world. the new symbol, developed by human factor [...]
