Category UserResearch
“My New Leg”
Social scientists studying human interaction in online worlds
BMW reports on the secret life of cars
Young keep it simple in high-tech world
Rich ethnographic reports about the uses of ICT in low-income communities
The UK Department for Development has published a long study, written by a number of researchers from British and Australian Universities, about the social and economic benefits of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in low-income communities in Jamaica, India, South…
Research on smartphones and the work-life balance
Firms snub ‘mobile for elderly’
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design launches with pilot Masters programme
Revolutionising prosthetics through user-centred design
Nokia’s view of the future – trends research, ethnography and design
Timo Veikkola, senior future specialist at Nokia, has just written an article for usability magazine uiGarden to expand on his vision of our future – already alluded to during his presentation at the PSFK conference just a few weeks ago.…
Involving physicians in the design of medical devices
Microsoft cultures creativity in unique lab
UXmatters July 2007 issue
Five new articles in the July 2007 issue of UXmatters, the user experience web magazine: Your design is infringing on my patent: the case against user interface and interaction model patents and intellectual property By Paul J. Sherman “Despite what…
Unlocking Innovation – why citizens hold the key to public service reform
From climate change to social care, innovation will be critical to meeting the public service challenges of the future. But traditional approaches to generating new ideas will not be enough. Rather than focusing on processes and pipelines, policymakers and service…