Classic Jewelry Aesthetics on Payas Agung Badung

Engineering Aesthetics and Ergo-Aesthetics:

Human factors researchers and practitioners have been focusing research attention on the easeof-use, productivity, safety, comfort, and effectiveness aspects of product and system design. This article argues that it is time that we add another important dimension to the fields of human factors research and practice—the aesthetic dimension. This article discusses the need for the establishment o...

Bioavailability of Cadmium in Inexpensive Jewelry

OBJECTIVES We evaluated the bioavailability of Cd in 86 components of 57 jewelry items found to contain high levels of Cd (> 10,000 ppm) by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), using extractions that simulate mouthing or swallowing of jewelry items. METHODS We screened jewelry for Cd content by XRF. Bioavailability was measured in two ways. Items were placed in saline solution at 37°C for 6 hr to simula...

Darwinian Aesthetics Informs Traditional Aesthetics

Inventions on GUI aesthetics-updated

Aesthetics or " look and feel " is one of the most important features of any graphical user interface. Better aesthetics makes the interface user-friendlier and more popular. Better aesthetics helps the user to understand the meaning of various components and memorize the navigation paths. A better look and feel ultimately makes a GUI more efficient and effective. Various methods are adopted to...

Augmenting digital jewelry with advanced display capacities

In this paper, we present ways to enhance digital jewelry with new generation displays. We first present ways to improve display capabilities on existing pieces of jewelry by using curved deformable displays and projectors. In a second part, we focus on the particular case of wristwatches, presenting new results about interaction on wristband and propose new usages unlocked by the use of such d...