Got a bit excited about this today.

mothernaturenetwork:

Engineer plans to build real-life version of Starship Enterprise within 20 years
Capt. Kirk explored the universe in the USS Enterprise around the year 2250, but at least one engineer thinks it can be done this century.

(via discoverynews)

discoverynews:

fuckyeahspaceexploration:

Timeline #12

1967: The crew of Apollo 1 - Ed White, Chuck Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee - expressed their concerns with the safety of the Command Module (CM), in particular, the amount of flammable material on board. This crew portrait parody was a photograph they sent to the programme manager.

Five months later, all three were incinerated within seconds when a fire broke out during a launch rehearsal, inside the oxygen-rich atmosphere of the CM.

Very sad. Astronauts know best…always. RIP

FEZ - a new XBox game

I absolutely love the look of this - be sure to check out the gameplay preview too at http://vimeo.com/38466193.

‘Usability 101: Introduction to Usability’ by Jakob Nielsen (via neil-tan)

(Source: useit.com, via neil-tan)

curiositycounts:

Cube laser virtual keyboard for iPhone & iPad. User friendly? Not so sure. But for the love of lasers, probably worth it. 

(via)

curiositycounts:

International Women’s Day 2012: Women’s Representation in Politics

There are currently 17 countries with women as head of government, head of state or both, which according to Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women has more than doubled since 2005.

[However] The report marks slow advances in the political landscape - the number of lower houses hosting more than 30% women rose slightly from 25 to 30 in 2011 - and although the results show progress IPU Secretary General, Anders B. Johnsson says:

“Less than one-in-five parliamentarians in the world today are women. It is a worrying statistic at this point of human development and impossible to justify. The political will to change this is simply lacking in most cases.” 

 (via)

boxlab:

BOXlab • User Experience Practice 

People often refer to UX as a single discipline, but it’s actually a broad set of interrelated capabilities, each with its own distinct deliverables and processes. BOXlab has extensive experience in collaborating with clients across many industries and demographics.

Interaction Design

• Information Architecture
• User and task flows 
• Conceptual mockups
• High-fidelity wireframes
• Prototyping

User Research

• Persona development
• Task modeling
• Card sorting
• Usability testing

Content Strategy

• Content Analysis 
• Search engine optimization (SEO)
• Metadata
• Taxonomies and tags
• Cross-media strategies
• Social Media integration
• Technical writing

Visual Design

• Theming
• Styleguides
• Branding
• Layout
• Information graphics
• Sprites and optimization

(Source: jesseddy)

jtsternberg:

Are you a stylist or a designer?

processing-sketchbook:

Random patterns with symmetry and curves.