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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)
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
ubi-comm
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
the (first) weird question
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
ubi.comm +
noise suppression +
in-ear +
I hear voices: yours
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Mac Fuminazu | http://petitinvention.wordpress.com
visible, invisible, visible
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Wikitude | www.mobilizy.com
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contemplating
your own discomfort
Ralph Bremenkamp | www.frogdesign.com
William Gibson, Neuromancer, 1984
“Borgs” outside the MIT, circa 1995
the (second) weird question
would you give away an eye, to have it replaced with a camera?
Rob Spence | www.eyborgblog.com
Rob Spence | www.eyborgblog.com
more contemplation time
Philips Design probe, 2007, SKIN: tattoo
Jim Mielke, sub-dermal bluetooth display, 2008
the body as a node
Google Latitude | www.google.com/latitude
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Suunto | www.suunto.com
Nintendo Wii | www.wii.com
frog design, e-monitors, 2009
beclever.wordpress.comwww.sixuntilme.comDexcom | www.dexcom.com
mass-market enablersare here already
Apple iPhone 3.0 & LifeScan
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
one last consideration
one last reference
one last (weird) question
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photo: Tony Blay
that thing absorbing and beaming bits won’t be a deviceyou’ll be wearing.it will be you
“I can see through satellites now”Warren Ellis & Adi Granov, Iron Man, 2008
we know how that feels, right?
how quickly is augmented reality leading us to feel the need for an augmented body to fully take advantage of it?
in other words...
would you give an eye to see through satellites?
