Mitchell McKenna - tagged with concept http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com The Boring Company: Tunnels http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17550/the-boring-company-tunnels

Elon Musk is at it again, you can hear him talk explain the concept in the recent TED talk interview with Elon Musk.

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Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:58:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17550/the-boring-company-tunnels/the-boring-company-tunnels
Google News Redesign Concept http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14856/google-news-redesign-concept

Google News Redesign Concept by George Kvasnikov Check out my portfolio here: http://behance.net/gkvasnikov

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Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:58:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14856/google-news-redesign-concept/google-news-redesign-concept
Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle http://mitchmckenna.com/post/11205/bret-victor-inventing-on-principle

This presentation from Bret Victor is by far the best conference talk I've heard in a long time. Bret invents tools that enable people to understand and create. He has designed experimental UI concepts at Apple, interactive data graphics for Al Gore's book (Our Choice), and musical instruments at Alesis. Bret's talk is on principles, but for many developers what’s really awesome are the software development tools he demos.

This talk was given at the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference CUSEC 2012. For more on Bret, see worrydream.com.

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Fri, 11 May 2012 16:06:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/11205/bret-victor-inventing-on-principle/bret-victor-inventing-on-principle
A Day Made of Glass http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9110/a-day-made-of-glass-made-possible-by-corning

Watch "A Day Made of Glass" and take a look at Corning's vision for the future with specialty glass at the heart of it. It shows future designs made with durable, transparent and even flexible glass displays. Not everyone is familiar with Corning’s Gorilla Glass yet, but many of the current Android devices are already using it including Samsung, Dell and Motorola.

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Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:29:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9110/a-day-made-of-glass-made-possible-by-corning/a-day-made-of-glass-made-possible-by-corning
What is being creative? [Phone Concept] http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8957/what-is-being-creative

This video straight out of the future is both a reflection on what it means to be creative, and one hell of a dream phone concept. Simply named 'Flip' it's got three flexible AMOLED touchscreens, a keyboard on the reverse, and a custom version of Android. The unique design yields some neat features; rotate through twitter, fold-over for multi-user video viewing, video-on-top/comments-below.

The designer is Kristian Larsen. Check out some of the design pics at YankoDesign.com.

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Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8957/what-is-being-creative/what-is-being-creative
TRON: LEGACY - Daft Punk's "Derezzed" http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8610/tron-legacy-daft-punks-quotderezzedquot

TRON: LEGACY hits U.S. theaters on Dec. 17, 2010 in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D.

Get on the grid @ http://facebook.com/tron

Follow TRON: LEGACY on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tronlegacy

TRON: LEGACY is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that's unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Oscar®- and Golden Globe®-winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world's leading video-game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent from the old Flynn's Arcade—a signal that could only come from his father—he finds himself pulled into a digital world where Kevin has been trapped for 20 years. With the help of the fearless warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-or-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe—a universe created by Kevin himself that has become far more advanced with never-before-imagined vehicles, weapons, landscapes and a ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape. Presented in Disney Digital 3D™ and scored by Grammy Award®-winning electronic music duo Daft Punk, TRON: LEGACY hits U.S. theaters on Dec. 17, 2010 in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D.

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Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:20:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8610/tron-legacy-daft-punks-quotderezzedquot/tron-legacy-daft-punks-quotderezzedquot
Sleepbox http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8575/sleepbox

www.Arch-group.org

Imagine the situation that you are in the modern metropolis, where you are not a local resident, and you have not booked a hotel. It is not comfortable situation, because in the modern, aggressive cities there are no opportunity to rest and relax. If you want to sleep, while waiting your plane or train, it may cause many security and hygiene problems. We believe that urban infrastructure should be more comfortable for people. For this purpose we have developed a device SLEEPBOX. It provides moments of quiet sleep and rest from the city without wasting time searching for a hotel. Here are the possible locations for SLEEPBOX: - Railroad stations - Airports - Expocentres - Public and shopping centers - Accommodation facilities In countries with warm climate SLEEPBOX can be used on the streets. Thanks to SLEEPBOX any person has an opportunity to spend the night safely and cheaply in case of emergency, or when you have to spend few hours with your baggage. SLEEPBOX is a small mobile space (box) 2mx1.4mx2.3m (h). The main functional element in it is a bed 2x0.6 m., which is equipped with automatic system of change of bed linen. Bed is soft, flexible strip of foamed polymer with the surface of the pulp tissue. Tape is rewound from one shaft to another, changing the bed. If a client wants to sleep in maximum comfort, he can take the normal set of bed linen for an extra fee. SLEEPBOX is equipped with a ventilation system, sound alerts, built-in LCD TV, WiFi, sockets for a laptop, charging phones. Also under the lounges is a place for luggage. After the clients exit, automatic change of bed linen starts and quartz lamps turns on. Payment can be made on a shared terminal, which provides the client with an electronic key. It is possible to buy from 15 minutes to several hours. SLEEPBOX is intended primarily to perform one main function - to enable a person to sleep peacefully. But it can also be equipped with various additional functions, depending on the situation. Application of the device can be very broad, not only in the form of paid public service, but also for internal purposes of organizations and companies.

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Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:39:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8575/sleepbox/sleepbox
Mozilla Seabird 2D http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8348/mozilla-seabird-2d

Read about the project at http://www.MozillaLabs.com/seabird Designed by Billy May: http://www.Billy-May.com

3D version available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvxKGDDCZrk

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Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:30:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8348/mozilla-seabird-2d/mozilla-seabird-2d
10/GUI http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4518/10gui

This video examines the benefits and limitations inherent in current mouse-based and window-oriented interfaces, the problems facing other potential solutions, and visualizes my proposal for a completely new way of interacting with desktop computers. More info at http://10gui.com

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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:12:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4518/10gui/10gui