
Something for you interface designers to think about: as things get tinier--witness Samsung's new camera chip and Texas Instruments' new 1.5 inch projector (via Engadget and Gizmodo)--they're not getting any easier for us to use. Take a look at this article on shrinking tech vs. interface design.
The active ingredient in aspirin is an extremely small percentage of the actual pill, which is something like 95% powder. Why? So you can actually pick it up with your fingers. Seems this principle may soon apply to our tech products.
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Far too many tech products require far too much aspirin.
witness, also, people spending more time online, and the trend towards using less energy to sustain a long, healthy life. Are physical processes trending towards the miniscule, the subtle, and the irrelevant?