Can free and open source software compete with commercial applications? The short answer is, "Of course!" Obvious examples include OpenOffice, various Linux distros, and the GIMP. However, does this ...
The Sketchpad Computer application, created as part of Ivan Sutherland’s Ph.D. thesis, pioneered human-computer interface (HCI) and is thus considered the forerunner of current computer-aided design ...
One of the main challenges in current multimodal language models (LMs) is their inability to utilize visual aids for reasoning processes. Unlike humans, who draw and sketch to facilitate ...
While it didn't spell out exactly what's on the way to Sketchpad, last month, one Tesla owner asked for a color picker, saturation controls and more extensive undo options. Tesla retweeted that ...
If you think AutoCad is complicated, what with its terrifying number of keyboard shortcuts, you should check out SketchPad, the world’s first electronic drafting program. Designed by Ivan Sutherland ...
While the past nine months have proved a rather tumultuous period for the Wii U, it has been Miiverse that can be easily recognised as the console’s greatest success story. Users have shared joy, ...
One of the most fascinating things about Miiverse is how Nintendo is paying such close attention to it. Not just in the sense that it is regularly updating it, but rather the company is actually ...
A sketchpad once used by Radiohead to map out ideas for their second album is going on sale. Back in 1993, the “Creep” band rehearsed for their new record The Bends in a barn in Oxfordshire. At the ...