Perceptive Pixel medical imaging
As part of the National Design Week, the National Mall hosted a series of design talks this week and so I decided to go and checkout the Future of Interaction Design lecture hosted at the Hirshhorn Museum.
The talk was hosted by Aneesh Chopra, the new U.S. chief technology officer with Jeff Han of Perceptive Pixel Inc. and Andrew Blauvelt of Walker Art Center presenting their achievements and thoughts on the future of interaction design.
Some things I learned:
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- The Walker produces about 300 design projects each year and leads in innovative interactive design exhibits
- The Walkers “Oracle II” dolphin exhibit is an interactive dolphin that participants can talk to and ask questions — truly interactive.
- Jeff Han (who I unknowingly sat next to at the start of the presentation) discussed the R&D of multi-touch and hi-res interfaces — a very interesting look. We looked at the progression from ATMS, museum kiosks and the iPhone.
- There was also a good discussion on now that we have this multi-touch surface technology — what do we do with large-scale multi-touch technology?
- Examples of current use include CNN’s touch screen, which most agreed was not the best use of the screen.
- Best new examples of application of multi-touch technology are in medical imaging.
- Lastly, Chopra discussed how design can help public policy an education: Bringing interfaces to the next level to design better spaces to learn and communicate virtually. He stressed the need for designing systems that improve productivity and efficiency.
* The best part of attending these discussions in person is getting to meet and talk to the presenters afterward. I got to meet and talk to Jeff Han about his practice and what their working on now at Perceptive Pixel. Very cool stuff. Can’t wait to see what they do next.