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Kim Frumin

Hardware makes a comeback - 0 views

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    This article provides a great overview of the new technologies profiled at SXSW and makes the case that it's now cheaper than ever before to bring prototypes to market. The author notes, "The dropping costs of designing and building inventive new hardware products has prompted a wave of creativity and innovation that echoes the software boom a decade or two ago in Silicon Valley." Makes me wonder... what's next?
Jerald Cole

Balsamiq - 4 views

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    This is a great tool for doing mock-ups of engaging user interfaces. The free version is more than adequate. We use it in a course on graphical user interface design at my university.
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    Jerry, Thanks for sharing this resource. Coincidentally, my partner and I used this tool for generating a wireframe for a project in another course just two days back. I was not able to find a 'free' version on the website. There is a 7 day evaluation desktop version and a subscription based web version. I have a PC laptop. Is the free version available for Mac?
Parisa Rouhani

Phones, paper 'chips' may fight disease - CNN.com - 0 views

  • George Whitesides has developed a prototype for paper "chip" technology that could be used in the developing world to cheaply diagnose deadly diseases such as HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, hepatitis and gastroenteritis.
  • Patients put a drop of blood on one side of the slip of paper, and on the other appears a colorful pattern in the shape of a tree, which tells medical professionals whether the person is infected with certain diseases.
  • hey test for multiple diseases at once. They also show how severely a person is infected rather than producing only a positive-negative reading
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  • solutions to complicated problems often are found in simple, low-cost technologies.
  • he paper may mold in humid, hot climates. And it's still important for people to get access to doctors so they know what to do about their diagnoses,
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