http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:15:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/app-facilitates-one-on-one-activites-with-the-people-you-care-about.html Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:18:18 +0000 A new social platform allows you to pick things to do and share them with specific people of your choice to help users engage in more meaningful interactions.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/smell-your-tweets-web-device-creates-scent-based-notifications.html Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:44:02 +0000 Internet comes in, smell comes out. A new web-connected robot turns attention-demanding notifications into passive scents. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/temporary-storage-for-the-urban-traveller.html Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:13:37 +0000 Cubby is a new service that allows you to store your bags temporarily in a secure location while you tour the city.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/turning-to-artists-to-help-explore-and-power-connections.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:26:14 +0000 Media agency Mandala collaborates with artists and designers to bring people together and create communities through expression across different media.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/making-trash-social-dumpster-dive-explores-digital-recycling.html Thu, 26 May 2011 12:36:01 +0000 A new desktop application creates a collective dumpster for the digital trash of its users. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/diesel-brings-facebook-likes-to-real-world-products.html Fri, 20 May 2011 15:01:03 +0000 At clothing displays, mobile tags will be available for customers to scan and see similar items in the collections, as well as a Facebook button that lets the shopper to share the item on their wall.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/purina-makes-touchscreen-apps-for-cats.html Fri, 20 May 2011 09:08:16 +0000 Purina's Friskies has developed three apps built to be played on the iPad and on Android tablets, drawing upon research on how cats react to moving stimuli. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/a-digital-platform-for-exploring-physical-collections-within-library-stacks.html Wed, 18 May 2011 09:05:10 +0000 The New York Public Library has released a tool that allows people to digitally explore collections within its archive of physical historical paraphernalia. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/a-massive-multiplayer-online-map.html Mon, 16 May 2011 17:39:39 +0000 A playful feature of the Invisible Playground website shows how site visitors can be inspired to interact and explore with each other. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/more-than-just-books-ny-public-library-features-its-greatest-works.html Fri, 13 May 2011 16:43:01 +0000 A celebration of 100 years of the New York public library's main building explores the human condition as described through various non-book items maintained within its collection.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/policy-clashes-with-natural-behaviors-wifi-vs-mobile-hotspots-at-google-io.html Thu, 12 May 2011 09:15:49 +0000 A message from the Google I/O Twitter account points to an interesting clash developing between natural behavior and Internet access at conferences. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/panelists-announced-for-psfk-salon-new-york-future-of-design.html Wed, 11 May 2011 15:53:27 +0000 On May 13, PSFK will bring together the editors of top design industry websites to kick off Design Week and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/risk-your-virtual-life-in-russian-facebook-roulette.html Wed, 11 May 2011 09:10:46 +0000 A video posted by a team at Miami Ad School Europe in Berlin describes a campaign that offers real rewards to those brave enough to risk deleting their Facebook profile. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/secret-mission-me-ebooks-that-help-children-communicate-with-parents.html Mon, 09 May 2011 17:00:37 +0000 An new platform uses the unique features of mobile phones and tablets to make it easier for children and parents to have meaningful conversations about school life.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/poetry-written-by-bacteria.html Thu, 05 May 2011 17:30:02 +0000 A scientist-poet has produced a new work of poetry in collaboration with naturally replicating bacteria. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/capteur-soleil-using-the-sun-to-sterilize-medical-instruments.html Wed, 04 May 2011 16:31:30 +0000 An engineering team at Rice University have adapted a cooking device for areas in development into a tool that can sterilize medical instruments. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/transhumanism-meets-design-ethically-expanding-human-potential.html Tue, 03 May 2011 15:24:24 +0000 Media artist Natasha Vita-More talks to PSFK about the prolongation of personhood beyond biology and emerging technology from the Transhumanism field.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/senitiment-based-weather-service-powered-by-people.html Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:19:43 +0000 A people-powered weather service shows an interesting way that sentiment may be captured in future weather reports. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/playful-robot-inspires-charitable-donations.html Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:57:04 +0000 A friendly robot that helps collect donations is one of the latest development in human-machine interactions.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/legofied-code-helps-accelerate-the-development-of-innovative-platforms.html Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:53:32 +0000 A "Delicious for code snippets" is an important manifestation in the development of shared resources. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/an-exhibition-built-from-impossible-art.html Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:34:53 +0000 Artist Jason Lazurus invites co-collaborators to build an exhibition from art ideas that are impossible to realize. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/instant-editors-connected-mobile-videocams-for-instant-capture-of-multiple-angles.html Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:45:26 +0000 An app-based platform syncs multiple devices to capture multi-angle video. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/tinkercad-makes-3d-printing-easy-video.html Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:34:29 +0000 A new design environment allows for the quick development of simple printable objects. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/guitar-embedded-with-leds-to-assist-learning-video.html Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:22:02 +0000 A prototype demonstrates how programmable objects can provide soft visual cues to help new learners. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/twitter-based-game-creates-video-game-obstacles-from-real-world-experiences.html Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:50:43 +0000 A prototype game currently in development draws from experiences mentioned on Twitter to generate gameplay elements in a mobile app.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/passively-mapping-emotional-sentiment-to-better-understand-happiness.html Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:12:37 +0000 The Mood Meter is an installation helping a team at MIT better understand how environmental conditions impact happiness. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/projects-and-ideas-to-shape-the-future-of-cities.html Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:44:26 +0000 A gathering of innovative mayors, designers, and urban artists is looking to inspire new modes of thinking for the evolution of cities. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/game-collaboration-with-new-york-public-library-encourages-exploration-for-the-future.html Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:06:16 +0000 In collaboration with game designer Jane McGonical, the library is organizing a one-night event where 500 select participants will explore hidden areas of the main branch at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/mobile-impacting-the-use-and-delivery-of-letter-postage.html Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:17:00 +0000 In spite of the popular buzz that is inevitably generated from any statement to the effect of "print/blogs etc are dead," we've seen that communications technologies never truly die, they simply find relevance in other spheres of human activity. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/40-gigabyte-photo-is-the-worlds-largest.html Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:50:47 +0000 A massive panoramic image documents the Strahov Monastery Library in Prague, and claims the status of the world's currently largest indoor photograph. ]]>