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Drones: product or service?
It was news to me, certainly, that a drone maker like DJI would be responsible for geofencing its products to limit their use in military situations, as this article from The Register explains. It went on to be widely reported, including in the Fi…
Design Talk 35. Wearable health; Christian Lindholm, CEO, Koru
Christian Lindholm, a pioneer of mobile experience design, has his sights set on enabling a new generation of wearables for health and fashion. He talks to MEX founder Marek Pawlowski about his journey from Nokia in the 1990s, where he shipped the…
UX risks in Google’s new multi-touchpoint visual responses
Google Home, the speaker embedded with the company’s voice assistant, will soon be able to display results on nearby TVs and phones. It provides a significant new mainstream example of how multi-touchpoint experience design enables digital interac…
User story: the drone pilot and the missing boat
He walked with that mixture of determination and anxiety which suggests someone late for an appointment. In one hand he carried a big, square metal flight case and in the other he grasped his phone, alternately holding it to his ear and then out i…
Video: David Mingay & Sam Livingstone’s #mexsession re-imagining automotive UI
David Mingay & Sam Livingstone share lessons from a collaboration which tapped Car Design Research’s automotive industry insight and Ustwo’s digital interface design capabilities. Looking at the needs of drivers accustomed to smartphone UIs, the p…
Gita, the faithful fast forward follow drone
Gita is a cylindrical cargo robot capable of carrying a 40 lb load for its human companion. Developed by Piaggio Fast Forward, a product studio within the 130 year old Italian manufacturer, Gita challenges common assumptions about the role of robo…
Smartphones moved by machines
Now that Sharp is controlled by Foxconn – the company which quietly makes many of the world’s smartphones – it has taken a logical next step: combining Foxconn’s economies of scale with Sharp’s brand recognition to re-enter the high-end smartphone…
Experience design projected free of the frame
Display size governs the physical form factor of mobile devices and, by extension, determines the user experience. If the display could be freed from the confines of the physical frame – typically a rectangular canvas like a smartphone or tablet -…