Tag Archives: future

A Missed Opportunity for the Gaming Industry: Kids

 

The gaming industry is missing the boat. Kids are super engaged with video games, but their excitement and expertise hasn’t been leveraged to help acquire new audiences or influence parents to buy more games. Let’s consider these data from a … Continue reading →

 

Automotive Trends and Technology: Multi-function Multi-touch Displays

 

[tweetmeme]10 inch today, 17 inch tomorrow. The enthusiasm around the size of multi-function, multi-touch screen displays in an automobile is comparable to the hype around horsepower during the glory days of American muscle cars. The manufacturer with most horsepower won … Continue reading →

 

Future of Automotive – Intelligent Access

 

[tweetmeme]Gizmodo recently posted news about an android application that enables drivers to augment what they see from the car with turn-by-turn directions. Cool application, but in an era where we may already have too many driving distractions, it got me … Continue reading →

 

EOL Part 1: Working on the Encyclopedia of Life

 

We’ve just started working on a major new science initiative dedicated to revolutionizing how people access and experience biodiversity information. It’s about empowering people with a central source for information about the millions of known species on all of planet … Continue reading →

 

Microsoft Office Labs Envisions 2019 [Video]

 

<a href=”http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-GB&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:a517b260-bb6b-48b9-87ac-8e2743a28ec5&showPlaylist=true&from=shared” mce_href=”http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-GB&amp;playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:a517b260-bb6b-48b9-87ac-8e2743a28ec5&amp;showPlaylist=true&amp;from=shared” target=”_new” title=”Future Vision Montage”>Video: Future Vision Montage</a> Full 5 minute version of the video If you’ve ever been curious about what the future may hold, check out the video Microsoft Office Labs released titled “2019.” You’ll find … Continue reading →

 

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The Future Voter Experience, Part 3: Trends and the Future of the Voter Experience

 

“In the year 2004, the next presidential campaign after this one, you will find, in my opinion, the vast majority of states will already have Internet voting.” – John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc. (January 20, 2000) “The price … Continue reading →

 

The Future Voter Experience, Part 2: Voter Needs, Usability, and the Larger Voting Process

 

“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Voter Needs So, what exactly are a voter’s needs today? We would contend that … Continue reading →

 

The Future Voter Experience (preview): Bouncing Michigan

 

Like most people (presumably), we at Artefact have us some serious Election Fever! Nervous with anticipation and wishing for the most directly participatory part of the democratic process (i.e., citizens voting for their leaders and representatives) to play out with … Continue reading →

 

Kinetic Sculpture, The Golf Ball, and Projectile toast As Design Inspiration

 

Has everything really already been done? No. When presented with a design challenge, our goal at Artefact is to innovate. In looking forward, we’re constantly looking back to learn what’s been done before and questioning how to further simplify and … Continue reading →