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A bar of soap has a human interface: its shape, at least as initially cast, and texture. A coffee mug also has a human interface: how is it filled, how does it pour, how is it to hold in the hand or to sip from? A brochure clearly has an interface - its design and layout, the paper upon which it has been printed and the very language with which the “content” has been expressed.
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A man with a vision: Altio, a London-based company run by a professional programmer has set out to transform the way we work with the Web.

Die MediaCup ist eine mit Rechnertechnologie ausgestattete Kaffeetasse. Eine in den Tassenboden eingelassene Elektronik erlaubt es, die verschiedenen Zustände einer Tasse (etwa ob jemand trinkt) zu ermitteln und drahtlos zu übertragen. Damit können Kontextinformationen einer Umgebung ermittelt und
kommuniziert werden.

The ‘Dialogues 2000′ project is a 3 year project whose purpose is to establish best practices for automated telephone services, based on empirical research carried out at the Centre for Communication Interface Research at The University of Edinburgh.

LUCID (Logical User Centered Interaction Design) is a methodology framework for managing the design and testing of the software user interface. Its goals are:
* To provide user-centered designers with a framework within which to apply best practices
* To allow for seamless integration of design and usability activities with software development methodologies
* To support a user-centered approach to interface design
* To enhance the usability of the finished software

A central vision of the research department Intelligent User Interfaces is the development of personal information assistents which facilitate user access to the global information highways.

SmartKom-Public ist die konsequente Fortentwicklung traditioneller öffentlichen Fernsprechzellen für den Bürger der modernen Wissensgesellschaft in Form einer multimodalen Kommunikationszelle für intuitive Breitbandkommunikation.

Apple has replaced user-centered design with ego-centered design in its new OS X. Continuing protest over their amateurish meddlings have forced them to change some things, but the centerpiece of their “hot demo” of an operating system, the Dock, remains.
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