the atmospheric conditions have been very unfavourable lately

Great magazine reader concept:

Mag+

Wired commissions IDEO to solve urban rage:

http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2009/12/features/reinventing-british-manners,-the-post-it-way.aspx?page=1

Collaboration between the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (remember those previous videos?) and Nokia:

1. Mobile Playfulness
http://vimeo.com/5591155
Great little video on playful ways to ‘doodle’ with your phone.

2. Staying Connected
http://vimeo.com/5591213
Love this one, and very relevant to Yagatta and presence. Put your phone on the grass and your partner’s phone gets a green background, think this is a great way to connect through phones and could inspire some good ideas for Yagatta.

3. Little World
http://vimeo.com/5592233
Make people the centre of your UI. What a great idea, hope they’ll develop this further!

Freaky!

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/09/miruko-wearable-eyeball-robot-interface/

Check out some of their video demos here:

http://layar.com/3d/

BaltTech

An IBM patent has been filed to let you tweet (or blog) directly from the TV remote.

From KDDI:

http://iida.jp/english/products/polaris/

With the addition of two bluetooth rings:

http://www.bck-id.com/BCK_web_english/portfolio_color_rings.html

Nice to have someone articulate this, all execs should be required to watch this TED talk on the science of motivation:

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

Are we suffering from digital jet leg?

Interesting reflection on the speed of communication and the negative effects this has on our lives in the Wall Street Journal:

Not So Fast