Technology

Dialling the past

Whether it is to satisfy the internal engineer, scientist or designer that hungers with curiosity, I know that I am one of the few that still reads manuals.

I guess growing up in a time when the ubiquitous B button didn’t always mean jump, pixel-crazed teens around the…

No-touch device

Some things seem far-fetched. Transforming robots, Yamato cannons and warp drives — and don’t get me started on lightsabers.

In an age where I can carry more processing power in my pocket than NASA had to send men to the moon, I feel comforted that there are still things…

Touch on

In grade six, I remember being awarded the class’ first ‘pen licence’ — it was a proud day, yet to my teacher’s dismay, I continued with my beloved pencil.

It is a primal feeling to express one’s thoughts and ideas directly to a visual medium — to sketch, write, doodle, cross-out…

Designing the future

I grew up watching a show called “Towards 2000”. At the time, I didn’t own any hand-held game systems, let alone the NES, let alone a computer. A friend’s dad had an IBM and it was the most wonderful device I had ever seen.