How do users hold their mobile devices? This article over at UX matters has some really interesting findings but still leaves a lot of questions unanswered. By the time we completely understand how people hold mobile devices, we’ll probably have moved on to devices we don’t have to hold.
The data from this study is public so you can play with it in a Google Doc or Excel. Pretty neat.
(via nosoyunomas)
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Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems Dream Chaser flight vehicle arrived at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., Wednesday to begin tests of its flight and runway landing systems. (via NASA - SNC Dream Chaser Testing Begins at NASA’s Dryden, Langley)
Source: nasa.gov
CFM International, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial airline engines, is using some 3D-printed components to help improve the fuel efficiency of its new line of jet engines by 15 percent. (via 3D-printed jet engine parts help increase fuel efficiency by 15 percent | The Verge)
Source: theverge.com
53 years of nuclear tests as electronic music
I’ve seen this video described as a musical depiction of all the nuclear bombs ever detonated. But that sort of makes it sound like you’re about to get a particularly bombastic version of the 1812 Overture. Instead, “1945-1998” by Isao Hashimoto is more like an infographic with sound effects — or, possibly, a mash-up of the games Simon and Global Thermonuclear War.
A taxpayer-funded video game aimed at educating young New Zealanders interested in a career in music management has “fallen completely flat”, according to some in the industry. (via Taxpayer-funded video game ‘falls flat’ - Story - Entertainment - 3 News)
Probably the most embarrassing game I have ever seen, reminds me of a very poor cousin to the old living books grandma and me games from the 90’s.
Cannot believe NZ on Air wasted $280,000 of our $ on this!!
Source: 3news.co.nz
For around half a century we’ve been trying to boldly go where no man has gone before. How successful have we been? (via BBC - Future - Science & Environment - Spacial awareness: Ultimate guide to exploring space)
Source: bbc.com
With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.
Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.
‘All I Want’ by LCD Soundsystem
Perfect start to a beautifully sunny autumn day
While exuding an undeniable retro charm that was a fit for the early days of Instagram, the Billabong font it employed made for a rather chaotic and amateurish logotype — the wacky capital I, uneven letter spacing and inconsistent x-height just didn’t add up to best represent a service valued at a billion dollars. On the other hand, sucking all the life out of it and going with a boring sans serif face, as we’ve seen recently in such redesigns as that for Spotify, would have been to toss precious brand equity out the window. Designer Mackey Saturday came up with what seems to me to be a successful approach in designing a new logotype by hand that kept the spirit of the original one intact, while weeding out its arbitrary clunkiness. (via Instagram Refreshes its Logo | StockLogos.com)
Source: stocklogos.com
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