Extreme HCI

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1890957

This Guitar Hero player has created a modified “drum set” that allows him to play the guitar notes using a drum set. Although this was built specifically for one video game, it shows the capabilities of creating input devices to be used by all types of people in any given situation. Not to mention that this guy is crazy freakish on the drum set. Get this guy a gold medal!

Usability and Voting Booths

I found the following article about usability complaints with a new voting system in Finland. It proves that a well planned user interface is a must when deploying a new system. The voting process should be extremely streamlined and hangups should be kept to a minimum.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/103108-finnish-voting-machines-slated-by.html