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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Report published on Behaviour Change
The main conclusion of the Behaviour Change report, published today by the UK House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-Committee, is that ‘nudging’ on its own...
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Beyond the cubicle
Allison Arieff talks in her New York Times Opinionator blog about the design of work. Paraphrasing Nathan Shedroff, she states that furniture is not the problem...
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Design and behaviourism: a brief review
Dan Lockton is publishing extracts from his Brunel University Ph.D thesis
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CHI Sparks conference
On June 23, CHI Netherlands organised Chi Sparks, its bi-annual conference, and the keynote videos are now available. The theme of this year
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Talk to Me
In her New York Times review of Talk to Me (online journal), the latest exhibition by Paola Antonelli at the MoMA, Alice Rawsthorn describes what could be considered...
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European museums and libraries in/of the age of migration
MeLa – European Museums and Libraries in/of the Age of Migrations – is a brand new four-year research project, funded by the European Commission under the Seventh...
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Izmo Summer School 2011
Izmo, the Italian association focused on participatory process, local development, architecture, design and ICT, organizes an International Summer School in Torino...
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New RSA Journal out
The Summer 2011 edition of the RSA Journal explores the relationship between business and social change. Brand values As the social, political and commercial spheres...
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Smartphones could mean end of web
The proliferation of powerful mobile phones could see control of the internet pass into the hands of corporations, positions John Naughton in The Observer today...
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Exploring the shift In search behaviors with Microsoft
Jacquelyn Krones, a Senior Product Manager from Microsoft, is in charge of an ongoing ethnographic research project on understanding search behavior.
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User experience design principles
During the conference “An Event Apart” (AEA) in Boston, UX designer Whitney Hess gave a talk entitled “Create design principles and use them to establish a philosophy...
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Interaction designers convene in Florence
Greg Williams reports in Wired UK on the recent Frontiers of Interaction conference in Florence, Italy. “Few people need an excuse to spend time in Florence, so...
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The difference (and relationship) between usability and user experience
In a blog post, Justin Mifsud discuss the terms usability and user experience, highlighting their differences and more importantly the relationship that exists...
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How technology makes us better social beings
Sociologist Keith Hampton (University of Pennsylvania) believes technology and social networking affect our lives in some very positive ways
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Study finds that memory works differently in the age of Google
The rise of Internet search engines like Google has changed the way our brain remembers information, according to research by Columbia University psychologist Betsy...
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Technology and moral panic
Why is it that some technologies cause moral panic and others don
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UX and the design of news at BBC World Service
Tammy Gur, Head of Design, BBC World Service Future Media, explains the work of the BBC’s user experience and design team which designs and develops news sites...
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A wearable wristband to track health, fight obesity
Jawbone announces Up, a wearable wristband to track health, fight obesity. A combination of a sensor-infused wristband and a smartphone app will provide nudges...
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