The video is good too.
The RTA hopes this small gesture will have a bigger impact on young men than images of bloody car crash victims. I think it probably will.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Small Penis Gesture
In the news today: the Australian Roads and Traffic Agency (RTA) has launched a campaign to demotivate drivers from speeding:
The video is good too.
The RTA hopes this small gesture will have a bigger impact on young men than images of bloody car crash victims. I think it probably will.
The video is good too.
The RTA hopes this small gesture will have a bigger impact on young men than images of bloody car crash victims. I think it probably will.
Monday, June 18, 2007
A Band called Obscene Gesture
I just found out that there is a trashcore (?) band called Obscene Gesture.
Don't they look all tough and mean? (source)
And then that menacing gesture that is just 'disgusting to the senses', and/or 'repulsive by reason of crass disregard of moral or ethical principles'.
These men-boys will have to watch out for the US laws on obscenity.
A final note: should their music be considered one giant musical gesture?
Don't they look all tough and mean? (source)
And then that menacing gesture that is just 'disgusting to the senses', and/or 'repulsive by reason of crass disregard of moral or ethical principles'.
These men-boys will have to watch out for the US laws on obscenity.
A final note: should their music be considered one giant musical gesture?
Pallete, the Studiolab Surface
It seems a student in my own backyard has been working on a multi-touch surface computer. His name is Arjen Klinkenberg and he is graduating on this design and the tests he did on it.
Participants in a usability test playing 'Airhockey' (source)
Here is the invitation he sent around for his presentation, in case you happen to be in the neighbourhood of Delft University of Technology :-)
Participants in a usability test playing 'Airhockey' (source)
Here is the invitation he sent around for his presentation, in case you happen to be in the neighbourhood of Delft University of Technology :-)
Dear All, Next week on wednesday I'm graduating on the design of a rich media tool for supporting conceptual design sessions. The result of this project is a gesture-based multi touch interactive table-top called Palette. With Palette multiple people can collect and generate design relevant content during conceptual design sessions by having direct control over the touchable media. I would like to invite you to my presentation which is on wednesday the 27th of june starting at 13:45h in room 4B-65/66 in the faculty [map]. Kind regards, Arjen Klinkenberg
Monday, October 30, 2006
Canned Signs or Gebarenblik
An Dutch company called RDG Kompagne sells software package Gebarenblik (Canned Signs) developed by Handicom, see their English product description. It is also sold by inTAAL.
Their logo (left) seems rather elaborate to indicate a simplified sign system?
It is an application to help the teaching and learning of Weerklankgebaren. This is a set of about 1000 signs (with images, pictograms and the like) which are quite similar to this Simplified Sign System from the US. You could buy a book (50-60 euro), but this software (135 euro) lets you create on-demand practice material, practice on the computer, and play a memory-game.
Their logo (left) seems rather elaborate to indicate a simplified sign system?
It is an application to help the teaching and learning of Weerklankgebaren. This is a set of about 1000 signs (with images, pictograms and the like) which are quite similar to this Simplified Sign System from the US. You could buy a book (50-60 euro), but this software (135 euro) lets you create on-demand practice material, practice on the computer, and play a memory-game.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
[Mail] Translating the Form of a Gesture
Hamburg/Rotterdam - July/October 2006 (image source)
Dear Jeroen,
I assume that gestures have a content and a form. Do you think it is possible to translate only the structure (form) of a gesture, ignoring the meaning (content) of it? Is there a way to translate body language into body language, avoiding it´s message and being consequent with its space-time elements? Would be nice to know your answer.
I love your site!
Greetings, Monica Antezana
Dear Jeroen,
I assume that gestures have a content and a form. Do you think it is possible to translate only the structure (form) of a gesture, ignoring the meaning (content) of it? Is there a way to translate body language into body language, avoiding it´s message and being consequent with its space-time elements? Would be nice to know your answer.
I love your site!
Greetings, Monica Antezana
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
Cabinet and Blue Eyes
A colleague of mine called Ianus Keller, developed The Cabinet during his PhD work here at the TU Delft. It is a device to scan and digitally collect images for further usage in collages and the like. It has gesture recognition in the sense that you can use a stylus on the touchsensitive tabletop display to manipulate images and perform certain functions.
Ever dreamed of being the world's premier digital collage building designer? (source)
Inspired by his work a group at the TU Eindhoven recently made news headlines with Blue Eyes (pdf - video), their version of a Cabinet-like scanning and collecting device. They also use gestures to manipulate the images. You can even use both hands in certain gestures. The hands are tracked by the overhead camera, there is no touch-sensitive display involved it appears. I would think that a multi-touch solution would fit the design nicely as well.
They use it to make mood boards. Do you know the difference between a collage and a mood board? (source)
Ever dreamed of being the world's premier digital collage building designer? (source)
Inspired by his work a group at the TU Eindhoven recently made news headlines with Blue Eyes (pdf - video), their version of a Cabinet-like scanning and collecting device. They also use gestures to manipulate the images. You can even use both hands in certain gestures. The hands are tracked by the overhead camera, there is no touch-sensitive display involved it appears. I would think that a multi-touch solution would fit the design nicely as well.
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
ISGS 3rd International Conference: Integrating Gestures
The International Society for Gesture Studies is organizing their third International Conference. It is called Integrating Gestures. It will be held June 18-21, 2007, at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (just north of Chicago).
Deadline for submissions of abstracts is NOVEMBER 25, 2006
The International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) was founded in 2002. They organize conferences (Austin 2002, Lyon 2005, Illinois2007) and supports the international journal Gesture. The Nijmegen Gesture Center is one of the supporting pillars, as are the labs of Janet Bavelas, Susan Goldin-Meadow, David McNeill, and the Berlin Gesture Center (see their links).
Deadline for submissions of abstracts is NOVEMBER 25, 2006
The International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) was founded in 2002. They organize conferences (Austin 2002, Lyon 2005, Illinois2007) and supports the international journal Gesture. The Nijmegen Gesture Center is one of the supporting pillars, as are the labs of Janet Bavelas, Susan Goldin-Meadow, David McNeill, and the Berlin Gesture Center (see their links).
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
A Poem called Gestures
Monday, October 16, 2006
Rock Paper Scissors for Fanatics
Somewhere out there is a man called David C. Lovelace. And he seems to be very busy filling the internet with graphics, flash, cartoons. The thing that caught my eye was his slightly over-the-top expansion of a simple game of gestures called Rock-Paper-Scissors (RPS).
Wanna play RPS with more than 3 gestures? (source OneMoreLevel)
You would think a man was content with seeing an obsession come to life in such a nice way. But mister Lovelace went on to make an even bigger RPS game with 101 gestures!
And a more personal note: Bernie DeKoven listed RPS-25 on his FunLog site at November 24, 2005. He added a dedication to his son Elyon DeKoven, who was a PhD-student just before me at my department, and his grandson, Zev, one-year-old at the time. So, Elyon, if you happen to read this: congratulations with becoming a daddy! It's a funny small world.
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Friday, October 13, 2006
Ikea's Anna Smiles in the Face of Abuse or Stupidity
Need support or help from Ikea? They will gladly tell you to go Ask Anna!.
Anna, a cheap but decent embodied conversational agent?
She may not solve your problems, but she will sell you a lovely couch whenever she can. Well, I find particular fault with the annoying way she keeps smiling, charmingly lets her head drop to one side, and blinks her eyes at me.
I asked her "Did you know the Ikea concern is a financial myriad of foundations sleucing away the money to the Dutch Antilles without paying decent taxes anywhere?" Anna merely blinked her cold blue eyes without moving a muscle and replied: Read here to learn more about IKEA in the world.
Well I guess Ikea are as good as most companies and not as bad as some. Or at least I tell myself this every time I need cheap, but decent furniture.
Anna, a cheap but decent embodied conversational agent?
She may not solve your problems, but she will sell you a lovely couch whenever she can. Well, I find particular fault with the annoying way she keeps smiling, charmingly lets her head drop to one side, and blinks her eyes at me.
I asked her "Did you know the Ikea concern is a financial myriad of foundations sleucing away the money to the Dutch Antilles without paying decent taxes anywhere?" Anna merely blinked her cold blue eyes without moving a muscle and replied: Read here to learn more about IKEA in the world.
Well I guess Ikea are as good as most companies and not as bad as some. Or at least I tell myself this every time I need cheap, but decent furniture.
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