Interfaces
Clearing the decks
August 2, 2011
A new planning tool helps direct traffic on aircraft carriers.
You can take it with you
June 16, 2011
A new system lets you transfer open applications between a computer and a cellphone simply by pointing the phone’s camera at the computer’s screen.
When the playroom is the computer
November 22, 2010
A block-shaped robot that seems to roll onto a computer screen is part of an educational-media system that gets kids out of their chairs.
Also labeled: Imaginative play, Media Lab, Personal robotics, Transfictional characters, Video games
Sketch-interpreting software
February 19, 2010
A new system that lets people enter data into a tablet computer simply by drawing diagrams on the screen could lead to interactive whiteboards.



