Boxes and Arrows more and more deal with locative media. They have a paper by Jonathan Grubb and Shawn Smith called "Location and Presence in Mobile Data Services". The authors advocate for the importance of presence awareness (added to location-awareness feature). They then propose ideas for "desi...
[Locative Media] Using del.icio.us as a collaborative geo-annotation database
(Via smart mobs) Mikel Maron launched an experiment, using del.icio.us as a collaborative geo-annotation database. The basic idea is to overload the del.icio.us tags with geographic metadata, then visualize using worldKit. The webpage presents this geo.licio.us : geotagging hosted services thing. N...
We are looking for a Post-Doctoral researcher
Post-Doctoral researcher, Collaborative TechnologiesSwiss Federal Institute of Technology The CRAFT (Center for Research and Support of Training and its Technologies) has open a two year position for a experienced researcher. We are looking for someone with a strong background in computer science a...
[Tech] A tutorial to build an ad-hoc one to one communication tool
Here is a french tutorial to build a "yaourtophone" (a yahourt is actually a joghurt in the french terminology). The design is pretty simple, and the children report there the results of their empirical experiment (they changed the string length) ...
[Weird] Alison's PantsCam: underwear video feed
What a crazy project! Of course there is nothing to see. You've always wanted to get into Alison's pants. Now you can do it from the convenience of your own room, through a novel web interface! The heart of the Alison PantsCam is a PC/104 compliant single board computer (SBC). Manufactured by Tri-M...
[TechTech] Crap Technology at work
Crap Technology at work: a discussion about bad technologies at work in some forum. Air conditioning. It is usually unnecessary, it is seen as 'essential' for modern offices but the majority of people hate it for at least 11 months of the year. about 70% of software in companies is just the wrong...
[Tech] How technology failed in Iraq
A paper about how the new technologies failed in Iraq (sensors and communications networks as on heavy armor and huge numbers.) in MIT Technology Review. I am definitely not a military freak but some insights good be drawn from it. Yet connectivity in Qatar was matched by a data dearth in the Iraqi...
[Locative Media] Mobile communication and social changes
Mobile communication and social changes is a conference about how mobile communication impacts social behavior. It was held in Seoul (South Korea) in october. According to the program, it seems interesting. Especially this one "Personal Portable Pedestrian : Lessons from Japanese Mobile Phone Use" ...
[Space and Place] Street art in Geneva
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[Weird] Monday dump special
Today, next to my building: ...