Stephen P. Anderson through his 2010 seminar, “Seductive Interaction Design,” where he looks at ways we can employ psychology to design interactions that are more fun, engaging, and effective. An example he gives of seductive interaction design in a set of stairs that have been painted to look like piano keys with sensors to play notes when stepped on. The design put use of the stairs up 66 percent in comparison of the stairs right next to them. There are many paths to creating the type of innovative designs Anderson describes, but often, the need for familiarity and intuitiveness in interaction design takes precedence overRead More →

Graphene, a sheet of carbon with only one atom thick, has spectacular strength, flexibility, transparency, and electrical conductivity. Encouraged by its potential, the application in new devices such as touch screens and solar panels, several researchers have tried to create ways to make large sheets of pure graphene . However, during the thirty years since the discovery of graphene, laboratory experiments have been able to produce mainly only simple pieces of the material, and mass production has been considered to be viable in a very distant in time. A group of researchers from Samsung and Sungkyunkwan University in Korea has produced a continuous layer ofRead More →

With the arrival of new technologies, museums “of the future” have become a reality that attracts the public thanks to experiences that go far beyond contemplating a painting or a sculpture. The museums of the future, are characterized by being interactive (inviting the public to participate). They include technological factors, we must not forget to make them intuitive, so that all audiences can enjoy this experience. And, of course, it will have to be a didactic innovation, because of its desired destination, the museum. In the museum of Pinacoteca de São Paulo, through the technology of IBM Watson, the computer system of artificial intelligence, BraziliansRead More →

How to build and Online Marketplace Are you inspired by the succes of online marketplace like AirBnbn, Fiverr or Etsy? In this blog you will learn everything you need to know about building a digital marketplace, from designing, building to grow your bussines. We have created a list that describes the process step by step: Find a great marketplace idea and validate it Choose your bussines model (prices, etc.) Create a Minimun Viable Product Launch your marketplace to the first customers Grow your business We really advise you to read the book The Lean Marketplace where you can see step by step the process youRead More →

What is a framework and why is usfeul A framework is a work scheme generally used by programmers to carry out software development. Using a framework allows you to smooth development processes as it avoids having to write code every time and ensures good practices and code consistency. A framework is a set of tools and modules that can be reused for various projects. One of the most well-known and used frameworks is Microsoft’s Framework for websites. There are a lot of advantages of using framework for software development: Programmer saves time since he already has the skeleton which to develop an application. It facilitatesRead More →

Before showing you the 5 best javascript frameworks, I am going to explain to you along with an example what they are Think of building websites and web apps like building a house. When you set out to build a house, you could create all of your own building materials from scratch and start building without any schematics, but that approach would be incredibly time consuming and doesn’t make a lot of sense. It’s more likely that you would purchase pre-manufactured building materials (wood, bricks, countertops, etc.) and then assemble them based on a blueprint to fit your specific needs. Coding is very similar. WhenRead More →

JavaScript is everywhere, and for the seventh year in a row, in 2019 it has been ranked the most commonly used programming language. Created out of necessity, it is used to build 95.2% (1.52 billion) of websites today, including some of the world’s largest, like Facebook and YouTube. Without it, we would not have popular and useful web apps such as Google Maps and eBay. But…what’s the importance of Javascrpit? JavaScript is a scripting language that is one of the three core languages used to develop websites. Whereas HTML and CSS give a website structure and style, JavaScript lets you add functionality and behaviors toRead More →

Creating CSS link hover effects helps a web page look more creative and fun. Here are three CSS effects for you to grab and use in your next project so you can stand out from the crowd. Hover Effect 1: Background Box Shadow This effect will slide a background box shadow across the inline link, changing the color of the link text as it does so. First, we apply padding around the link, then add a negative margin of the same value to prevent the padding from breaking the flow of the text. We’ll use box-shadow instead of the background property since it allows usRead More →

What is Bootstrap? Bootstrap is a tool to help developers code responsive and mobile friendly website with HTML, CSS and Javascript. I regard is a must have for all who aspire to be an efficient developer. What makes Bootstrap so powerful is the fact that let’s developers create a clean and responsive interface without much knowledge and just in few lines. Finally, it is compatible on most of browsers like Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc. Differences between Bootstrap 4 and Bootstrap 5 There are a really good changes between these two versions that improved the performance and made life easier to developers. Added an extra tierRead More →

In every web project sooner or later, icons are used. The icons can represent the typical facebook, instagram, youtube… as well as the typical images that we end up seeing everywhere. In this post we will see how we can implement them on our websites. Fontawesome is a repository of icons, some paid and some free. Updated and quality images of well-known brands, emoticons… Fontawesome and other icon repositories help us save time in the implementation of our web project. There are also other examples of alternatives that offer icons such as: glyphicons  (the bootstrap included library) iconmoon.io ionicons octicons In the case of ourRead More →