fabio sergio (frog design) - singing the body electric @ frontiers of interaction v, rome 06-2009
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Keynote by Fabio Sergio, Creative Director at frog design, at Frontiers of Interaction V in Rome. Fabio takes digital interaction physical and discusses how our body will become a terminal and node for communication. "that thing absorbing and beaming bits won’t be a device you’ll be wearing. it will be you".TRANSCRIPT
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Singing the body electricFabio Sergio
June 2009
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social networks
smart cities
internet of things
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the body as a terminal
the body as a node
(the body as a conduit)
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ubicomp
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ubi-conn
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We are now in an eraof pervasive networks and are thus more properly “in”, not “on” the network.
Careful choice of prepositionshelps to think more clearlyabout not only the stakes of cohabiting with things within the networked world,but also for thinking abouthow to design experiencesfor this very di!erent mode of occupancy. ”
Julian Bleeker, 2006
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Timo Arnall, 2008 | www.nearfield.org
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ubi-comm
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co-dependenceKevin Kelly, “The next 5000 days of the web”, 2008
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the body as a terminal
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“A cochlear implant, as it is known, would trigger my auditory nerves with 16
electrodes that snaked inside my inner ear.”Michael Chorost, Wired, November 2005
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the (first) weird question
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When will we start to consider having a face to face conversation over the phone?
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Jawbone | www.jawbone.com
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Lyric Hearing | www.lyrichearing.com
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ubi.comm +
noise suppression +
in-ear +
I hear voices: yours
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Mac Fuminazu | http://petitinvention.wordpress.com
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visible, invisible, visible
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Wikitude | www.mobilizy.com
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contemplating
your own discomfort
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Ralph Bremenkamp | www.frogdesign.com
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William Gibson, Neuromancer, 1984
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“Borgs” outside the MIT, circa 1995
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the (second) weird question
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would you give away an eye, to have it replaced with a camera?
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Rob Spence | www.eyborgblog.com
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Rob Spence | www.eyborgblog.com
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more contemplation time
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Philips Design probe, 2007, SKIN: tattoo
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Jim Mielke, sub-dermal bluetooth display, 2008
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the body as a node
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Google Latitude | www.google.com/latitude
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Suunto | www.suunto.com
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Nintendo Wii | www.wii.com
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frog design, e-monitors, 2009
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beclever.wordpress.comwww.sixuntilme.comDexcom | www.dexcom.com
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mass-market enablersare here already
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Apple iPhone 3.0 & LifeScan
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So what happens when the device that records your medical status is also the device you use to update your social connections?”
Lee Maguire, 2009
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your heartbeat becomesa conversation
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one last consideration
one last reference
one last (weird) question
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photo: Tony Blay
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that thing absorbing and beaming bits won’t be a deviceyou’ll be wearing.it will be you
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“I can see through satellites now”Warren Ellis & Adi Granov, Iron Man, 2008
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we know how that feels, right?
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how quickly is augmented reality leading us to feel the need for an augmented body to fully take advantage of it?
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in other words...
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would you give an eye to see through satellites?
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