BJFogg, founder of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University, with his Behavior Model explain what stops users from performing behaviors that designers seek. if users are not performing a target behavior, such as rating hotels on a travel web site, the FBM helps designers see what psychological element is lacking. … … The FBM [...]
Excited by the next rumored iPhone 4G’s feature, a RFID tag reader embedded, I’ve googled for “iphone hardware”. . The touchscreen interface seems better suited to sweeping gestures than tapping ones, although programs like Bebot have implemented clever workarounds. But with Apple opening up the iPhone’s dock connector to third parties, I wonder: Couldn’t a [...]
As reported by ReadWriteWeb, there’s rumor about the RFID reader feature of the next iPhone, the 4G’s. So, it’s seems that the iPhone will be a platform for an huge different field: as a mobile self-payment system, or as chemical detector and as a RFID tag reader. According to a number of believable blog reports, [...]
Smart Meter may help CO2 reduction while puts you in control of your energy cost. By 2015 something like 250 million smart meters will be installed worlwide. According to a new report from Pike Research, more than 250 million smart meters will be installed worldwide by 2015, representing a penetration rate of 18% of all [...]
An interesting view of the growth and the trends of iPhone Apps on U.S. App Store, by Ben Lorica – O’Reilly Radar. One crude measure for the relative complexity of developing apps across categories is to compare the number of apps per seller. The Top 5 categories in Nov/2009, were Books (17 apps per seller), [...]
As business developer of WideTag Inc. I’m proud of the WideNoise inclusion on the Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009. The iPhone is a fertile ground for Internet of Things, as a product called WideNoise shows. WideNoise is an iPhone application that samples decibel noise levels, displaying them on an interactive map.With the [...]
SquareUp presents a new gorgeous mobile self-payment system. Something like a mobile wallet, with you everywhere! 0 to $60 in under 10 seconds. Start accepting payment cards immediately with Square. No contracts, monthly fees, or hidden costs. Effortlessly manage all the money you take with an easy and intuitive interface. Create a Square payer account [...]
A 150$ Cisco Router, together their Flip video camera, will be a threat for Apple TV? Cisco Systems, which acquired the Flip products in March, has come out with the FlipShare TV –- a set of products that helps people transfer their videos from a Flip camera to a PC and then to a television. [...]
A Dream or a Nightmare? Just an iPhone and a small Chemical Sensor to read your Health status… it’s so interesting and awesome! Jing Li, a physical scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., along with other researchers working under the Cell-All program in the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, [...]
Do you have an Android Phone? Well, with Google Sky Map for Android you can discover the Sky!
Tutto ha inizio un anno fa, 10 aprile 2008, dieci giorni dopo l’assegnazione dell’Expo2015 alla città di Milano. Giovedì, bisogna spostare la macchina, l’indomani c’è il mercato di zona. Mi accingo a spostare la macchina e trovo l’ennesimo ostacolo alla vita cittadina, delle barriere bloccano l’accesso al marciapiede, rifugio per disperati che fuggono al mercato [...]
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