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Background image credits
The background images on the help home page are taken from a design contest sponsored by Alias Systems, IBM, the Design Exchange, and ICSID.
The contest
The challenge was to explore the overall design impact of products enabled by emerging computer technologies. The designers projected themselves 5 to 10 years into the future and expressed their visions of form, function and technology in everyday objects.
The competition was open to designers and students worldwide using Alias Systems' StudioTools software. The designs were made using Alias Systems' StudioTools suite of CAID products (e.g. StudioPaint, DesignStudio, Alias Designer, Alias Studio, Auto Studio, SurfaceStudio).
Contest home page
The winners
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First place
My first computer
by Aaron DeJule
My First Computer Interactive Mobile is a baby mobile which adapts as the child grows, using gesture/speech recognition input and visual/sound output.
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Second place
Lullu
by Dong Min Lee
Lullu is an attempt to extend classic play to the children's socialization tool.
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Third place
Blu
by Casey Wright
Displays composed of a matrix of microscopic beads pick up radio frequencies that orient the array into recognizable patterns.
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Honorable mention
My.D. and My.D. Talk
by Tim Sharpe
The My.D. is a personalized, universal key and is also the ultimate security device for Internet transactions or other electronic data transfers.
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