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What is easy interface?

I changed this video link to new 1 year old baby. S/he can control image browsing on iPhone. Interestingly can control speed for it. This is 2 years old baby Anna and she is playing with iPhone. It's quite awesome because she can't speak well yet nor read English but can do iPhone. Probably she can control TV set and DVD for watching Nemo. S/he is one of 5 percentile which cropped population by UI designer who usually focus on major population who can buy that product. What is easy? Yes, if 2 year old baby can do that it is definitely easy. Otherwise how about elderly citizen? Dean Kamen (Inventor of Segway) told us about his experience with 81 years old lady who did test run Segway. "I can't drive any more but need to go glocery store.","I can drive this (Segway)". What is needed for making easy interface? Good simple logic, Continuity... But how can it make Anna smile when she find music player? As once Spock said "Logic is only start of wisdom&qu

Gate keeper robot

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Robot get a new job. This is traffic guide robot at front of Kyungbu highway Seoul gate. He has white handsome face, blue uniform of police officer and red lighting wands. So drivers are supposed to be more careful when driving into tollgate. It is installed with new wireless paying system. But a scarecrow is only good for stupid sparrows. Smart sparrow will ignore it soon. It is certainly another annoying new invention. How much time is needed to be familiar with the robot for drivers?