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08/2010 A cultural touch – Study analyzes cultural differences in using multi-touch interfaces

Around the globe, users use the same gestures to operate multi-touch interfaces – as confirmed by a study of the International Usability Partners (IUP). The international network interviewed 340 participants in nine countries including Germany, where User Interface Design GmbH (UID) wanted to find out about cultural differences in operating multi-touch interfaces. Another result of the study: a gesture set, recommending intuitive gestures for 28 actions to support designers in interface design.


07/2010 Robots must appear more convincingly

A forecast for the year 2060: Every third inhabitant will be older than 65: Nursing shortage in Germany! The current figures of the Federal Statistical Office reveal the big challenges the population development in Germany implies. However, help is on its way – by service robots. Within the project "WiMi Care", User Interface Design GmbH (UID) develops and tests robots for nursing care together with research partners. Now, the "little helpers" had to stand the first practical test in a nursing home at Stuttgart.


07/2010 UID is the service company of the year 2010

User Interface Design GmbH (UID) is the service company of the year 2010 of Baden-Württemberg in the category of service innovation. The Minister of Economics Ernst Pfister awarded the prize on July 6, 2010, within the Service Forum at the Haus der Wirtschaft (house of economy) at Stuttgart. 126 companies and cooperations took part in this competition.


06/2010 The person behind the name badge

"Usa-ba-bility Conference" is written next to the button in the elevator, which takes us to the roof terrace of the Bayerischer Hof Hotel. The unique view over the rooftops of Munich makes you forget the spelling mistake. However, it seems like an evidence that time has come to host the international conference of the Usability Professionals‘ Association (UPA) in Germany from May 24 to 28, 2010. And although the location is not a stone's throw away for everybody – as it is for me – about 750 people interested in "usa-ba-bility" and user experience from 45 countries accepted the invitation.


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06/2010 Home game: UID contributed to international meeting of usability professionals in Munich

From May 24-28, 2010, Munich was the venue for the international usability scene, hosting the annual International Conference of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA). More than 700 experts met to discuss on user experience and design. For the first time, this international event took place outside the US. User Interface Design GmbH (UID) contributed to the conference with lectures, as an exhibitor and sponsor. The activities on the conference reflect the variety of UID - from research projects on Ambient Assisted Living via usability testing methodology to interface design for multitouch.


04/2010 Viva Las Vegas: Heiko Lewandowski attends the MIX10 conference

Las Vegas is regarded as the "Entertainment Capital of the World". Microsoft entertained visitors of the "MIX10" conference which took place there from March 15-17, 2010. From Silverlight 4 to the Windows Phone 7 Series: Software developers and designers from all over the world exchanged information on the brand new topics of the season. Heiko Lewandowski, Head of Software Engineering at UID, takes us to Las Vegas in his travel diary.


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