--- title: "A Cure, Life's Origins, & a Keyboard: Friday Links and Round Up" description: We share links to design sites that catch our attention and summarize the week's articles. image: http://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-2222034742-png/nintype-detail.png --- [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) [Contact](http://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [Home](http://www.goinvo.com) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision) - [Careers](http://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](http://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) # A Cure, Life's Origins, & a Keyboard: Friday Links and Round Up 12.Dec.14 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### Caution: that last story has seizure-trigger potential. ### [The Human API](http://thehumanapi.com/) ![human-api](https://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-2221304074-png/human-api.png) [MedTech Boston](https://medtechboston.medstro.com/curing-healthcare-with-tough-love-thehumanapi/) recently posted an interview with Michael DePalma and Richie Etwaru, founders of [The Human API](http://thehumanapi.com/). Their mission is to create a “prevention industry” with a new economic and behavioral model for health. According to the article, The Human API wants to “foster paradigm shift by instilling prevention and early identification health barometers into everyday life.” We should talk. ### [Why Life Exists](http://www.businessinsider.com/groundbreaking-idea-of-lifes-origin-2014-12) [![forest](https://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-2221513000-png/forest.png)](http://www.businessinsider.com/groundbreaking-idea-of-lifes-origin-2014-12) Business Insider this week featured a story about [MIT physicist Jeremy England](http://www.businessinsider.com/groundbreaking-idea-of-lifes-origin-2014-12)who has derived a mathematical formula that he asserts underlies the theory of evolution by natural selection. I particularly appreciated the explanation of thermodynamic equilibrium using the example of a room-temperature cup of coffee: it will never spontaneously reheat. That is my kind of physics. ### [Nintype](http://jormy.com/nintype/) [![nintype](https://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-2221309144-png/nintype.png)](http://jormy.com/nintype/) According to [John Brownlee on Fast Company’s CoDesign](http://www.fastcodesign.com/3039755/is-this-psychedelic-ios-keyboard-the-craziest-ui-in-design-history), “the experience of using Nintype is like playing the craziest game of *Dance Dance Revolution* ever at some futuristic space rave while out of your gourd on LSD-infused cotton candy.” #### Highlights From the Week This week, on Episode 81 of The Digital Life, Jon and Dirk talk about the landscape of speech recognition and the magic of VUI in [Exploring the Voice User Interface](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/the-digital-life-exploring-the-voice-user-interface). Wednesday brought the third article in our UX Maturity series, [Establishment](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/ux-maturity-establishment). This week’s [Around the Studio: Tech Talks](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-tech-talks) talks about our own brand of learning experiences. ![nintype-detail](http://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-2222034742-png/nintype-detail.png) Topics: [Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/design) - [Home](https://www.goinvo.com/) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Careers](https://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](https://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) - [The Digital Life](http://thedigitalife.com/) - [Contact Us](https://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [661 Mass Ave Arlington, MA 02476](https://www.google.com/maps/place/661+Massachusetts+Ave,+Arlington,+MA+02476/@42.4161234,-71.1563006,17z/) - [info@goinvo.com](mailto:info@goinvo.com) - [mailto:hello@goinvo.com](mailto:hello@goinvo.com) - - - - -