the emotion of invention

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dean_kamen_the_emotion_behind_invention.html

Pranav Mistry, the invention sense

Pranav Mistry is one of that people that have the abitlity of play with the technology as if it was the most childish of the games. With a background in Computer Science and Design, Pranav Mistry gather together the understanding of the interaction between the people and the digital interfaces and the comprehension on how technology can improve our lives to give birth to some of the most radical devices and interfaces. This one of the guys who is shaping the future human-computer interaction... and it's going open source!!!

Mathieu Lehanneur, object-ivness and user comprehension

Mathieu Lehanneur -French designer- who claims for a Design informed by Science to understand our real needs -like silence- and develop products with wich we can relate, and even achieve symbiotic dependences (for good, fortunately). It's also a good example of new areas for design and the richness that multidisciplinary work brings to design.

http://www.mathieulehanneur.com/

The power of sound, how sound affect us

I was just killing some time in tedtalks.com when i found this incredible piece of practical human knowledge. Julian Treasure, sound researcher and ex drummer, explain how the sound affect us and how we can use it for different purposes (like playing bird singing give us the impression of safeness). Good for every one, a must for designers.