RP3 Creative Technology

The daily technology reads for the rp3 Creative Technology team. Focuses on innovation in application of technology, not just the processes and tools used by practitioners...which are fun too.

By Wyatt Queener

Michael Carpenter
This Brilliant Chair Solves The Inescapable Problem Of Being Too Hot Or Too Cold At Work
fastcoexist.com - Adele Peters
It seems like an intractable problem, because people inherently prefer different temperatures. A 2015 study found that women get cold much more …
Apr 12, 2016
Michael Carpenter
The Problem With Flat Design, According To A UX Expert
Fast Company - Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan
Just because people like flat design doesn’t mean they get how to use it. As a user experience expert at Nielsen Norman Group, Kate Meyer has watched a lot of people use a lot of websites. But her favorite
Mar 23, 2016
Michael Carpenter
Sports technology: Rights Holders and Venues as Start Ups
sportsbusiness.today
In recent years, technology has dramatically changed how people consume sport, be it watching, attending or participating. Advances in mobile, …
Oct 27, 2015
Michael Carpenter
Great Scott! Turns Out That Lexus Hoverboard Is Very Real And It Really Works
fastcocreate.com - Jeff Beer
The video, directed by Henry-Alex Rubin, features pro skateboarder Ross McGouran riding in a custom-built hoverpark which includes some jumps, ramps, …
Aug 4, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Why the Apple Watch is flopping
Engadget - Fast Company
By Mark Wilson The Apple Watch, despite years of hype before it was even announced, appears to be flopping after all. It wasn't a good sign when Apple announced shortly before the Watch release that they
Jul 12, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Ambitious Apps at Amazing Scale! A Hackathon for Apache Geode (incubating)
challengepost.com
Create an ambitious application running at amazing scale. Learn how to use in-memory data management of Apache Geode and win an Apple Watch! Learn how …
Jun 26, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Software
Microsoft Edge is already good enough for me to drop Chrome
TNW - Napier Lopez
From the tarnished ashes of Internet Explorer came Microsoft Edge, an all-new browser built from the ground up for Windows 10. When we first went hands-on with the browser – then still called Project –
Jul 3, 2015
Michael Carpenter
3 lessons for marketers from the most creative digital ads for 2015
cmo.com.au - Jen Jackson
There is so much inspiration to be taken from seeing the best creative ideas living in digital channels. The Cyber Lion award winners were announced …
Jul 2, 2015
Michael Carpenter
What Is Zero UI? (And Why Is It Crucial To The Future Of Design?)
Fast Company - John Brownlee
What does UI design look like after screens go away? Fjord’s Andy Goodman explains. For better or worse, a large amount of design work these days is visual. That makes sense, since the most essential we
Jul 2, 2015
Tracy Rotton
Design
Why you should learn to love your clients
creativebloq.com - Creative Bloq Staff
They ask for too much. They don't respect the value of our time, our knowledge and experience. They make ridiculous demands. They just don't listen. …
Jun 23, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Holus brings 3D holograms to the home and office
Android Authority - Edgar Cervantes
Can we truly say mobile technology puts the world in our hands, when all we can see is 2D images in a flat (or slightly curved) screen? Technology continues to improve and I say it’s time for the true
Jun 20, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Google Project Fi - The Future is Calling
www.youtube.com
Jun 21, 2015
Tracy Rotton
Dean Baquet
New York Times to Block Employees’ Desktop Access to Home Page Next Week
The Wall Street Journal - Steven Perlberg
Desk jockeys at the New York Times are about to get a lesson on the importance of mobile — whether they like it or not. Next week, the company will temporarily block access to the nytimes.com homepage
Jun 12, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Inspired By Bauhaus Design, ShapeKit Lets Kids Create Gorgeous Animations
TechCrunch - Catherine Shu
Being a child is awesome because every little thing is an adventure. Rolling over, sitting up, eating solids, making letters, telling time–life is one milestone after another. As a jaded adult, it’s hard
Jun 3, 2015
Bryan Cox
aloncarmel/firecam
github.com - aloncarmel
Firecam.js lets you broadcast simple video using your html5 canvas camera using firebase to the internet. a very simple solution for broadcasting …
May 25, 2015
Bryan Cox
New Web trends: immersive interaction design
TNW - Jerry Cao
Aside from the visual appeal, animations more importantly transition users between states of content. Transitions are the glue holding together all animated effects. How does the user get from one state
May 20, 2015
Tracy Rotton
Apple’s Tim Cook Delivers Blistering Speech On Encryption, Privacy
TechCrunch - Matthew Panzarino
Yesterday evening, Apple CEO Tim Cook was honored for ‘corporate leadership’ during EPIC’s Champions of Freedom event in Washington. Cook spoke remotely to the assembled audience on guarding customer ensuring
Jun 2, 2015
Tracy Rotton
The Web is not Poor Man’s Native
cwilso.com - cwilso
I read PPK’s “Web vs. native: let’s concede defeat” article with great interest.I agree quite strongly that the web does not need to emulate native …
May 29, 2015
Tracy Rotton
Medium budget cuts and restructuring - Business Insider
Business Insider - Cale Guthrie Weissman
Two weeks ago, publishing platform Medium — which has become known for tech and culture blogs like Matter, Backchannel, The Nib, and The Message — announced a change in its direction. Medium now wants
Jun 1, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Self-healing robots. Enough said.
Robotics
Self-Healing Actuators Make Breaking Your Robot No Big Deal
ieee.org - Evan Ackerman
May 28, 2015
Wyatt Queener
This Sweet Retro-Futuristic Tech Is Gonna Set You Back
WIRED - WIRED Staff
If Jules Verne had an entertainment center, it would feature wall-to-wall components designed by Love Hultén. From his studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, …
May 31, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Google just showed us one area where it's miles ahead of Apple - Business Insider
Business Insider - Lisa Eadicicco
There weren't many shocks at Google's annual developer conference, but the company did remind us of one area where it's blowing the competition away: teaching machines how to think. Arguably the most announcement
May 30, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Court keeps cellphone network ‘kill switch’ a secret
Cult of Mac - Evan Killham
It only took one sentence for the United States Court of Appeals to keep the federal government’s emergency plan to disable cellular service a secret. It was a very long sentence, but it got the job done.
May 16, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Workflow Hints At The Future Of The Watch As A Computing Platform
TechCrunch - Kyle Russell
Both the Apple Watch and Android Wear provide plenty of value for certain wearers thanks to decent implementations of actionable notifications. But after a few weeks with the Apple Watch, it’s apparent
May 16, 2015
Wyatt Queener
How Stephen Wolfram’s image-recognition tool performs against 5 alternatives
VentureBeat - Jordan Novet
This week Stephen Wolfram, founder and chief executive of Wolfram Research, announced a new component of the Wolfram Language for programming called ImageIdentify. Wolfram also introduced a new website,
May 16, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Using content from your email to target ads? Surely not...
Yahoo must face email spying class action: U.S. judge
Reuters - Jonathan Stempel
May 27, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Google testing changes to its mobile search interface, Material Design tabs included
9to5Google - Stephen Hall
It appears that Google is testing a new design for the header of its mobile search website, featuring a much more spread-out interface including a larger text entry box, navigation tabs, and Google logo.
May 17, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Ad Tech Is Dead, Long Live Marketing Tech
TechCrunch - Bill Bourdon
Editor’s note: Bill Bourdon is a co-owner and partner at Bateman Group, a PR and content marketing agency serving technology brands. VCs and public market investors cringe when they hear the words “ad
May 14, 2015
Wyatt Queener
Lethal autonomy
pingdom.com - Anders Klereborg
The rise of autonomous robotic weaponsThe way humans resolve conflict shapes our social landscape. Now, advanced killer drones, automated weapons and …
May 5, 2015