Technology Information: 07/01/10

Kids and and Tangible Tabletop Interaction: The NIKVision Project

Kids and and Tangible Tabletop Interaction: The NIKVision Project


Kids and and Tangible Tabletop Interaction: The NIKVision Project

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 03:52 PM PDT

NIKVision is an interactive tangible tabletop designed for young children, but suitable for "kids" of all ages. Javier Marco Rubio shared his team's work on the NIKVision system on the TechSpark website, and I thought I'd share some of the videos on this post. What I like about NIKVision is that the team encouraged the participation of children as design partners, which is a very special approach.

The NIKVision team is part of the GIGA Group, at the Computing Department of the Zaragoza University (Spain). The team collaborates with the ChiCI Group in the University of Central Lancashire, Preston (UK)

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NIKVision Tangible Tabletop Demo

NIKVision Tangible Tabletop Demo from Javier Marco on Vimeo.


"NIKVision is a Tangible tabletop in which toys control the games. NIKVision has been created by Javier MMarco, from GIG Group in University of Zaragoza, Spain." http://webdiis.unizar.es/~jmarco
Researchers for this project included Javier Marco, Eva Cerezo, and Sandra Baldassarri.

NIKVision Toys & Games

NIKVision Toys & Games from Javier Marco on Vimeo.

NIKVision, highlighted in the news in Spain (in Spanish)

Cisco's Cius, An Ultra-Portable, Android-based Mobile Collaboration Business Tablet: Supports Real-time, HD Videoconferencing, and the "Cloud"

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 01:48 PM PDT

Here is a link to the post on The World Is My Interactive Interface blog - the post includes video clips and links to additional information from Cisco:

Cisco's Cius and Ultra-portable, Android-based Mobile Collaboration Business Tablet:  Supports Real-time HD Videoconferencing and the "Cloud"



The following pictures were taking from Jason Hiner's blog at Tech Republic:

Apparently the Cius has a docking station.


A nice, Facebook-like interface is OK with me.

I wonder if it comes with a make-up kit so everyone looks presentable in HD TV.

Stereoscopic 3D - TV, Gaming, Displays---more coming soon!

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:39 AM PDT



I'm wrapping up an interesting post about stereoscopic 3D, including wisdom from the "3D Guy", my impressions of the 3D displays and 3D glasses I tried out during a recent trip to Best Buy, and information about NVIDIA's recent developments in the area of stereoscopic 3D gaming.  The post will be on the Interactive Interactivity blog soon.  (I'll share the post, along with additional "behind the scenes" info later this week, on this blog.)

This is a fast-moving topic!

If you are new to this blog, here are links to my previous posts about stereoscopic 3D:

Interactive Video Stories for the iPad, via Interactive TV Today

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:34 AM PDT

Add more locations in Send To Menu - Expand more Folders

Add more locations in Send To Menu - Expand more Folders


Add more locations in Send To Menu - Expand more Folders

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:50 AM PDT

In Windows 7 you can expand the Send To menu with more locations. Normally if you right click on a file and select Send To menu , you will find following options:

1. Compressed (Zipped ) Folder

2. Desktop

3. Documents

4. Fax recipient

5. Mail recipient

6. Removable Drive

Explore more options in Windows 7 Send To Menu


How to add more options to Send To Menu in Windows 7

It is very simple to add more options to Send To Menu in Windows 7. While right click on the file you should press [Shift] button. Now you can see more folder names in Send To Menu.

See the new Send To menu:

Add more folders in send to menu Windows 7 Tips

Other Windows 7 Tips

1. Protect USB (Flash) drive using password in Windows 7

2. Create Windows 7 bootable Emergency Repair Disc

3. Get Power Efficiency Report in Windows 7

4. Prevent Copy files from USB memory

5. Set Default User logon Image to all users in Windows 7

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Raymond.CC Blog - Helpful Add-ons for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome

Raymond.CC Blog - Helpful Add-ons for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome


Helpful Add-ons for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:30 PM PDT


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