...MSR New England Social Media Research Amelia Abreu, Andres Monroy Hernandez, and Omar Wasow 7 September 2010 Each speaker will give a 12 minute presentation of their work and then there will be an open discussion. #1: Amelia Abreu, University of Washington 'Tag!: How games and memes create social infrastructure online' This paper examines 'tag' games played on YouTube. We employ case study methodology to track and compare games across several user communities, analyzing content and discourse in structure, representation of identity, use of the system, and genre development. Examining individual and group dynamics in play, we extract models for their transmission and formation. Framing tag games as contemporary folklore, we examine how video sharing technology has become subject of folklore as well as an a vehicle for it. As the research suggests, games studied exhibit not only play in sharing and showing details, but in organizing and structuring ideas and identities, thus revealing a complex informal information infrastructure. In conclusion, we consider how this infrastructural model compares to formal systems of indexing. #2: Andres Monroy-Hernandez, MIT Media Lab 'Copyrights and copycats: understanding young people's remixing practices' Digital technologies have made it easier for people, youth in particular, to copy and reuse other people's songs, pictures, code and other forms of digital creations. Through the analysis of remixing, or content reuse, we present...
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...Nicolas Negroponte – Contributions to HCI and a Bid to “Save the World” In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte addressed the World Economic Forum with a computing idea to “save the world”. (1) Less than three years later, the One Laptop Per Child initiative (OLPC) launched into distribution with unprecedented cooperation of the United Nations, corporate funders, and governments organizations. Though it is early to review the success of Negroponte’s OLPC initiative, it provides us with an opportunity to explore the implications for rethinking the roles and responsibilities of individual researchers as key ethical players in the equitable design and distribution of technology. With corporations seeking new consumers to distribute technology and bridge the rapidly shrinking digital divide, it’s valuable to ask these questions while there is still time for researchers to contribute their leadership, vision, historical perspective, and critical thinking to ethically inform and guide this process. This paper will review Negroponte’s contributions to HCI and explore linkages to historical figures of the field. In addition, this paper aims to critically review Negroponte’s influence as an advocate for universal usability and the OLPC project. Architecture Machine Group In 1967 Negroponte founded the Architecture Machine Group at MIT. Researchers in the group invented new concepts and developed new approaches to human-computer interaction. Inspired, in part, by Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad...
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..."The Beauty and Joy of Computing: Computer Science for Everyone", Constructionism 2012, Athens. About the development of CS 10, Berkeley's new CS breadth course for non-majors. Why Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs matters In 2011, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of MIT, the Boston Globe made a list of the most important MIT innovations, and they asked me to explain the importance of SICP. This is what I sent them. "Bringing 'No Ceiling' to Scratch: Can One Language Serve Kids and Computer Scientists?" (with Jens Mönig, a talk at the Constructionism 2010 conference in Paris). Scratch is the brilliant grandchild of Logo, from the MIT Media Lab, that uses drag-and-drop visual programming to achieve, truly at last, the "no threshold" half of Logo's famous promise, combined with a half-million-strong social network of kid programmers sharing projects and working collaboratively. But Scratch deliberately drops the "no ceiling" part. How hard would it be to do both at once? Not hard at all, we think, if we remember Lisp's core idea of procedure as data. BYOB (Build Your Own Blocks) is an experimental implementation of this goal. "Speech at UCB CS Graduation, 2005"At Berkeley every department has its own graduation ceremony. At the one for the Computer Science majors in the College of Letters and Science, there are a bunch of student speakers, then a faculty speaker, and then a famous-outsider speaker. This year I gave the faculty speech, about the sorry state...
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...Introduction Although miniaturized versions of computers help us to connect to the digital world even while we are travelling there aren’t any device as of now which gives a direct link between the digital world and our physical interaction with the real world. Usually the information is stored traditionally on a paper or a digital storage device. Sixth sense technology helps to bridge this gap between tangible and non-tangible world. Sixth sense device is basically a wearable gestural interface that connects the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with this information. The sixth sense technology was developed by Pranav Mistry, a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab. The sixth sense technology has a Web 4.0 view of human and machine interactions. Sixth Sense integrates digital information into the physical world and its objects, making the entire world your computer. It can turn any surface into a touch-screen for computing, controlled by simple hand gestures. It is not a technology, which is aimed at changing human habits but causing computers and other machines to adapt to human needs. It also supports multi user and multi touch provisions....
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...* The Clocky has already got overwhelming attention on diverse media. * It is a hype while it still in prototype fase this is not a great timing for Nanda, because she wanted to wait for another year to have the capacity to debut Clocky properly on the market. The case problem * Nanda faces many challenges as she is working towards the debut of Clocky. The main issue is how to position the Clocky on the market, while the Clocky already has so much media attention but still over a year away from production. She faces a number of difficult decisions conforming the 4 P’s. Marketing mix * Product: manufacture it at home or overseas? * Place: which distribution channels and which retail stores? * Promotion: how to direct the media attention? * Price: for what price to sell the Clocky? Competitions Two main competitors working on a wakeup-related product * “SleepSmart” = high price ($200-300) and high innovative/quality (device wakes up owners in the lightest stage of their sleep cycle). * Puzzle Alarm Clock = low price ($50) and high innovative/quality (the alarm clock launche puzzle pieces across the room for the owner to find and complete the puzzle to turn of the alarm). Collaborators * M.I.T. Media Lab acts as guidance and support for Nanda and her innovative product * Nanda had to sign an Intellectual Property agreement that states that all patents made in the Media Lab become property of...
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...Founder: Gauri Nanda Rochester Hills, Michigan The business proposition: Part iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) and part Kate Spade, Nanda Home creates cute, clever products that are intended, in the words of its founder, to "humanize technology." The company already has one hit: Consumers have snapped up more than 9,000 units of a $50 plastic alarm clock. Set the alarm for 6 a.m. When the time comes, the clock wheels itself off your bedside table and rolls around the room, emitting R2D2-like squeaks. Dubbed Clocky, the little robot is manufactured in China and sold online and in design boutiques. The company also has a line of handbags designed to accommodate laptops. The founder: Gauri Nanda designed Clocky as a graduate student in MIT's Media Lab. The daughter of entrepreneurs--her parents recently sold their small weekly newspaper in Detroit--she aspired to become a designer at a large technology company. "I was opposed to the idea of starting a company," says Nanda. "I saw the hours my parents worked." After presenting Clocky to her class in the fall of 2004, she threw it in the back of her closet. She'd almost forgotten about it until the next spring, when several tech bloggers stumbled upon a photo of her invention online. Suddenly, Nanda was getting contacted by reporters and TV producers. Good Morning America called. She scrambled to fix the buggy prototype in time for its debut on network TV. Nanda, now 27, left MIT with a master's degree that fall and began considering...
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...Clocky has already got overwhelming attention on diverse media. * It is a hype while it still in prototype fase this is not a great timing for Nanda, because she wanted to wait for another year to have the capacity to debut Clocky properly on the market. The case problem * Nanda faces many challenges as she is working towards the debut of Clocky. The main issue is how to position the Clocky on the market, while the Clocky already has so much media attention but still over a year away from production. She faces a number of difficult decisions conforming the 4 P’s. Marketing mix * Product: manufacture it at home or overseas? * Place: which distribution channels and which retail stores? * Promotion: how to direct the media attention? * Price: for what price to sell the Clocky? Competitions Two main competitors working on a wakeup-related product * “SleepSmart” = high price ($200-300) and high innovative/quality (device wakes up owners in the lightest stage of their sleep cycle). * Puzzle Alarm Clock = low price ($50) and high innovative/quality (the alarm clock launche puzzle pieces across the room for the owner to find and complete the puzzle to turn of the alarm). Collaborators * M.I.T. Media Lab acts as guidance and support for Nanda and her innovative product * Nanda had to sign an Intellectual Property agreement that states that all patents made in the Media Lab become property of...
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...its confines by seamlessly integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer. “Sixth Sense Technology”, it is the newest jargon that has proclaimed its presence in the technical arena. This technology has emerged, which has its relation to the power of these six senses. Our ordinary computers will soon be able to sense the different feelings accumulated in the surroundings and it is all a gift of the ”Sixth Sense Technology” newly introduced. SixthSense is a wearable “gesture based” device that augments the physical world with digital information and lets people use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. It was developed by Pranav Mistry, a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media...
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...wide interest in this technology from people around the world. Communication technology is improving as we speak and more important sector is depending on it to gain benefits such as business and politics. Communication technology includes telephone, radio, television, internet, and social media. Communication Technology impact on public and private life Communication Technology has a profound impact on both public and private life. In public life communication technology serve more advantages than disadvantages. We can find friends through social media or online game sites, we can even find suitable partner through dating sites. The disadvantages are that people can provide false information and exploit the advantages of social media on people public life and cause misunderstanding, loss of properties or sometimes even lives. In private life, the disadvantages are more than the advantages. The advantages are that we can communicate and stay connected with our family or friends online, but it is also easy for hackers to access our personal profile online. Many cases have been reported that such incidents do frequently happen. For example, taken from a website;” Gang Used Social Media Sites to Identify Potential Victims” (Teen Prostitution 2012). Our private lives are easily exploited through the advancement of Communication Technologies too. Development of Communication and Information Technology Communication technology helps us in many ways. Communication...
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...Should students be allowed to engage in such dependence on their phones that they do not rely on their own brains and expand their own abilities? I believe students should expand their own learning and not depend simply on the research of others! I believe students should put technology down at times, use technology at times, and rely solely upon technology at no time! References Johnson, G. J. (2008). Preservice Elementary-School Teachers' Beliefs Related to Technology Use in Mathematics Classes. Online Submission. Kolb, Liz. "Adventures with cell phones." Educational Leadership 68.5 (2011): 39-43. Papert, S. (1990). A critique of technocentrism in thinking about the school of the future. Epistemology and Learning Group, MIT Media Laboratory. Papert, S. (1998)....
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...growing student population UMUC has recently purchased an building and is moving forward with the plan to utilize it as a computer education and lab facility. The building is named as “ Library and Communication Center”. Establishment of this facility will provide the current and future students and faculty members to gain and impart computer knowledge in an environment that is technologically proficient in meeting the demands of the ever-increasing computer skills. The purpose of this document is to identify the requirements, develop an overall design and specifications for the Library and Communication Center to be completely functional. Proposed Topology Select one or more topologies to use for this design. This section should be used to provide details of the selected infrastructure or equipment. Include the model, manufacturer, features, and cost. In order to develop a good network layout plan, we have to first understand the layout of the building. The Library and Communication Center is a 50-year-old building. The specifications of the building is as follows: Area | Measurements | Length | 240 ft | Width | 90 ft | Height | 30 ft | The layout of the building is designed to provide the optimum use of the facility in the following way: 1st Floor | 2nd Floor | | | Computer Lab (Room 1,2,4) | Computer Lab (Room 1,2,5) | Server Room (1 server room) | Server Room (1 server...
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...Unit 6 Lab 6.1: Pseudocode Learning Objectives and Outcomes Use Boolean variables and logical operators in computer programs. Use compound logical conditions. Required Setup and Tools Standard lab setup Lab Manual Lab Demo Media and Startup Files CD Recommended Procedures Complete Lab 6.1: Pseudocode from the lab manual. Deliverables Submit the following at the end of this lab activity: The completed inputOptions() module in pseudocode in Step 1 The completed displayProvider() module with a case structure in pseudocode in Step 2 The completed and workable algorithm with nested If-Else statements using logical operators in Step 3 Unit 6 Lab 6.2: Flowcharts Learning Objectives and Outcomes Use flowcharts and pseudocode to represent Boolean conditions. Use if-then, if-then-else, and case structures in a computer program. Use Boolean variables and logical operators in computer programs. Use compound logical conditions. Required Setup and Tools Standard lab setup Lab Manual Lab Demo Media and Startup Files CD Recommended Procedures Complete Lab 6.2: Flowcharts from the lab manual. Deliverables Submit the following at the end of this lab activity: Corrected variable declarations and initializations using Visio in Step 2 Corrected module calls using Visio in Step 3 Corrected inputOptions() module using Visio in Step 4 Corrected displayProvider() module with case labels and flow lines using Visio in Step 5 Corrected displayChoices() module with logical...
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...installation. Understand how to use the text book and lab notes to determine hardware and software installation requirements. Understand how to select, activate, load, and troubleshoot system options and parameters. Understand how to use the Disk Druid graphical tool to create and format hard drive partitions. Story You have been asked to install Fedora 13. Conditions You are doing this remotely, so the text based Red Hat installer will be used. Lab Diagram During your session you will have access to the following lab configuration. Connecting to your lab In this module you will be working on the following equipment to carry out the steps defined in each exercise. PLABWINBUILD (Build Server) Each exercise will detail which console you are required to work on to carry out the steps. To start simply click on the named Server from the device list (located on the left hand side of the screen) and click the Power on from the in tools bar. In some cases the devices may power on automatically. During the boot up process an activity indicator will be displayed in the name tab: Black - Powered Off Orange - Working on your request Green - Ready to access If the remote console is not displayed automatically in the main window (or popup) click the Connect icon located in the tools bar to start your session. If the remote console does not appear please try the following option: Switch between the HTML 5 and Java client versions in the tools bar. In the...
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...Previous Weeks Summary: In the first week of lab, we were told to research Alpha-B-crystallin which is a protein found in the lens. In order to find the mRNA sequence and amino acid sequence of Alpha-B-crystallin, the NCBI protein database was used. Followed by this we utilized the Expasy translation tool to reveal our nucleotide sequence of codons from the mRNA sequence. Our start codon was methionine and our stop codon was lysine. We were assigned to create a mutation of the 159th residue which involved mutating an isoleucine to a leucine. We developed a primer using the Quickchange primer design that involved mutating the first and third base. The primers were ordered from Invitrogen Custom Primers. For the second week in lab we focused on preparing LB agar (with antibiotics added to ensure that the bacteria, that did not take up the plasmid, will not grow) as well as LB media. We also spent a majority of our time preparing for a PCR by mixing contents including: forward and reverse primers, template DNA, and Q5 Hot Start High-Fidelity 2X Master Mix (which contains a polymerase with 3’->5’ exonuclease activity, dNTPs, and Mg2+). Towards the conclusion of lab, the PCR tubes containing the contents necessary for a successful PCR were added to a thermocycler. The thermocycler’s role is to provide strict control over the reaction temperature and duration of exposure to each distinct temperature, this ensures the amplification process. We also poured the prepared LB agar into...
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...Each group of students will receive a TSA slant or broth containing a pure culture of an unknown bacterium belonging to the Family Enterobacteriaceae. It is the responsibility of the group to maintain stock cultures of the organism provided. Working stock cultures will be used to inoculate the various biochemical test media over the next several weeks and should be fresh and free from contaminants. A reserve stock culture should be made and after incubation and comparison with the original slant, kept with the original slant in the refrigerator. It is critically important that aseptic techniques are used during transfers and inoculations to prevent contamination of your cultures. If contamination is suspected, you will be able to fall back to your reserve stock. If you fail to maintain a reserve stock you will not be able to recover your organism if disaster strikes. The instructor will not provide a new culture for you to start with in the middle of the unknown exercises. It is your responsibility to: keep your organisms alive and fresh to run tests check with us if you question purity of your organism or your test results appropriately select media to identifying unknowns ask for...
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