How to Hack a Furby
Our Chicago office has a tradition of giving silly but relevant goodbye gifts to departing colleagues. The goal is to make their exit a little more light hearted for everyone, as well as give our...
View ArticleWhy Gesture is the Next Big Thing in Design
Since Siri was introduced in 2010, the world has been increasingly enamored with voice interfaces. When we need to adjust the thermostat, we ask Alexa. If we want to put on a movie, we ask the remote...
View ArticleHow to Make Cinemagraphs with your iPhone
I’ve always loved cinemagraphs—those endless, hypnotizing loops where part of the frame is still while some areas are gently in motion. When I discovered that I could create these loops natively with...
View ArticleEverything’s coming up GANs!
You’ve probably never heard of a GAN, but you’ve likely read stories about what they can do. From generating images of fake celebrities, to creating training data for self-driving cars, and even...
View ArticleHow to Build Your Own Laugh Detector
Recently, an IDEO colleague suggested that the teams that laugh the most are also the teams that are the most successful. I loved this idea, and realized that it might be possible to build an actual...
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