Tag Archives: WearComp

Abstract of a Non-Existent Paper

By alex | Published: 2/28/2010

A brief paper on the long history of mobile ICTs Especially over the last decade, the rapid diffusion of mobile telephones and related worn technologies left many struggling to understand how they might relate to social change. Although there can be little argument that we have seen rapid development in the technology of mobile communication [...]

Posted in Research | Also tagged Ambient intelligence, cellular telephone, communication devices, communication technologies, control technologies, earlier technologies, ephemeral network, iPhone, locative technologies, Mimi Ito, mobile device, mobile devices, mobile technologies, mobile telephony, Robert Darnton, Social computing, social networks, Technology, technology leads, technology of mobile communication, Understanding communication technologies, worn technologies | 3 Comments

iPod Touched Education

By alex | Published: 9/18/2009

See lkl for more information.

Posted in Teaching | Also tagged augmented learning, Teaching | Leave a comment

The 1-1-1 map

By alex | Published: 12/18/2008

I live in a part of New York that is sometimes called Manhattan Valley. You wouldn’t know why until seeing this snapshot from Google Earth. Though almost all of lower Manhattan now has skinned buildings, my area does not. It’s ironic, since the building across the street (at 100th and Broadway), which shows as a [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Future, Intelligence, Mashups, Open society, Technology, Travel & Places, UbiComp | Leave a comment

Survey time

By alex | Published: 12/4/2008

If you have a moment, go and fill out Richard Smith’s short (5 questions) survey about mobile phones and social networks.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged WearComp | Leave a comment

Suitless future

By alex | Published: 7/31/2008

You know what people in the future used to wear? Jumpsuits and shorts. By Blade Runner and Fifth Element, we had pretty much done away with that. But in a future in which air conditioning is shunned as unhealthy for ourselves or our planet, can we assume folks will be trading in their three-season wool [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Culture, Design, NYC | Leave a comment

Thumb Hack

By alex | Published: 8/10/2007

At first, I wasn’t sure this story was real: a 28-year-old Coloradan went under the knife so that he could have pointier thumbs. That way, he is better able to use handheld computers, including his Blackberry. It seems like a fake story, to be sure. Probably because it is. But what makes it interesting is [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged bodyhack, Craft | 4 Comments

Great Pockets

By alex | Published: 4/20/2007

Ah, I have been working on something like this (more news later), but it looks like Great Pockets has beat me to it. Nice use of Flash here–not something I am usually wont to admit.