David Roedl

On Friday I attended the annual conference of the Humanities and Technology Association, held this year at nearby Rose-Hulman Insititue of Technology in Terre Haute. The conference theme this year was “Sustainable Transformations: Technology and its Environments”, a theme that brought together a diverse collection of presentations. I enjoyed many of the talks and had [...]

In a conceptual design for last year’s CHI competition, our team targeted an available but yet uncommon technology: windshield-projected head-up-displays. Many questioned our choice to use this technology, with concerns about the feasibility and practicality. We were confident, however, that it was the most appropriate form to deliver the information. And it appears we’re not the only ones betting on the benefits. Microsoft has just recently applied for a patent for an adaptive heads-up user interface for automobiles .

Being a designer of information technologies with a strong concern for social issues, this question often pervades my thinking: can the simple dissemination of information instigate cultural change?
For me personally at least, key encounters with information seem to have drastically altered my path in life. My interest in sustainability, for example, I can almost [...]