Linespace is a tactile display system for blind users. The foundation of our system is a large 140x100cm display area, on which the system creates raised tactile lines with the help of a 3D printer. The foot switch allows users to enter text and issue commands by talking to the computer. In the video you see a user using this system to find homes in Berlin

What an amazing use of 3D printing.

Linespace is a product of the Human Computer Interaction Lab at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut. Check out their site for some other interesting projects including the “Protopiper” that made the rounds recently.

I’m sad to hear that Marvin Minsky has passed away. I love this interview with him in his amazing house from October of last year.

What a brilliant mind.

“My name is Danny Hillis, and I’m building a clock that will last for 10,000 years.”

Public Record has released an excellent new video about the Clock of the Long Now. It’s a great introduction if you haven’t heard about the project, but if you’ve been following along you can see they’ve made a lot of progress in the last few years.

For more, check out the Long Now website or read Stewart Brand’s book “The Clock of the Long Now”

As such, some people within the video-game industry contend that his resignation was less a result of personal or artistic differences than of tectonic changes in the business—namely, the move away from console games and toward the domain of the mobile device.

If that were the case then why did neither the CEO or president of Konami show up to pay respect to the guy responsible for virtually all their videogame success?

It’s a shame so much of Kojima’s career was working for Konami. They clearly didn’t deserve him.

I can’t wait to see what he does next.