Month: March 2013
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Call: The Posthuman: Differences, Embodiments, Performativity (conference)
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Read more: Call: The Posthuman: Differences, Embodiments, Performativity (conference)Conference Title: The Posthuman: Differences, Embodiments, Performativity CALL FOR PAPERS September 11th – 14th 2013, University of Roma 3, Rome, Italy The University of Roma 3, the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, the University of the Aegean and Dublin City University are pleased to announce: The 5th Conference of the “Beyond Humanism” Conference Series The specific focus of the Conference “The Posthuman: Differences, Embodiments, and Performativity” will be the posthuman, both in its genealogies, as well as its theoretical, artistic and materialistic differences and possibilities. In order to guarantee a systematic treatment of the topic, we will particularly focus on the following themes:…
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Virtual interviewer offers practice and feedback for job candidates
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Read more: Virtual interviewer offers practice and feedback for job candidates[From Springwise] Virtual interviewer offers practice and feedback for job candidates Jizen is a tool for job candidates to help them prepare by monitoring physiological signs during a virtual interview, with the aim of training them to control their body language. 18th March 2013 in Life Hacks Spotted by: Alexia M We’ve already seen interviews being conducted remotely over video streaming through the Ovia platform, potentially providing a more relaxing experience for candidates. Now Jizen is a tool to help them prepare by monitoring physiological signs during a virtual interview, with the aim of training them to control their body…
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Call: Poetics and Praxis: Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces 2013
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Read more: Call: Poetics and Praxis: Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces 2013Poetics and Praxis: Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces 2013 3-5 september 2013 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK http://www.praxisandpoetics.org/dppi We are excited to invite submissions for the 6th International conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, hosted by Northumbria University at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, UK 3rd leading venue for designers, artists, psychologists, systems engineers, social scientists and many more to come together to debate and define future design research and practice. This year’s conference is hosted by Northumbria University (UK) and will be held on the riverbanks of the Tyne in the glorious BALTIC, Centre for Contemporary Art between…
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Japanese robot Actroid gets more social, has no fear of crowds
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Read more: Japanese robot Actroid gets more social, has no fear of crowds[From IEEE Spectrum’s Automaton blog] Japanese Robot Actroid Gets More Social, Has No Fear of Crowds Posted by: Angelica Lim / Mon, March 18, 2013 Actroid-SIT, a lifelike robot from Japanese firm Kokoro, hasn’t received as much attention as her cousin Geminoid F, which happens to be a copy a real woman. But while Geminoid F is a teleoperated robot, Actroid-SIT can function autonomously, talking and gesturing while interacting with people. In fact, researchers have recently demonstrated how improvements to Actroid’s behavior can make it look smarter and more expressive than your average android. Actroid now makes eye contact and…
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Call: Technology: A Mobilising Force for a Radical Design Pedagogy – special issue of Journal of Learning Design
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Read more: Call: Technology: A Mobilising Force for a Radical Design Pedagogy – special issue of Journal of Learning DesignJOURNAL OF LEARNING DESIGN Special Issue on “Design Education” 2013 The Journal of Learning Design is an open-access multidisciplinary forum concerned with innovative technology and pedagogy in higher education. Volume 6, Number 3 [2013] Theme: Technology: A Mobilising Force for a Radical Design Pedagogy Deadline for submissions: Monday 24 June 2013 Provocation and Call for Papers: In relation to architectural pedagogy, Beatriz Colimina writes that it “…has become stale. Schools spin old wheels as if something is happening but so little is going on. Students wait for a sense of activist engagement with a rapidly evolving world but graduate before…
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Deep Sea turns virtual reality into virtual terror
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Read more: Deep Sea turns virtual reality into virtual terror[From InventorSpot; follow the link at the end for much more information] [Image: A close approximation of what you’ll imagine.] Deep Sea Turns Virtual Reality Into Virtual Terror by Nicholas.Greene March 18, 2013 Human beings have a primal, unshakable fear of the unknown. It’s something that’s been hard-coded into us by evolution: back when we were all living in the treetops, the dark places of the world held a whole host of predators ready to tear us limb from limb; the deep night was one of the most dangerous times of day. The most skilled, masterful horror artists use this…
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Call: Full-body Technologies, Playful Interaction & Children with Special Needs (ACM IDC 2013 Workshop)
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Read more: Call: Full-body Technologies, Playful Interaction & Children with Special Needs (ACM IDC 2013 Workshop)Full-day Workshop at ACM IDC: Full-body Technologies, Playful Interaction & Children with Special Needs New York City, June 24, 2013 Submission by 25th of March 2013 http://hoc.elet.polimi.it/idc/2013/index.html The ACM IDC (Interaction Design and Children) conference is a major multidisciplinary international forum to discuss children’s needs in relationship to interactive technology and present the most innovative research in the field of interaction design for children. Within IDC 2013, the goal of this full-day workshop is to discuss how to design for full-body playful solutions for children with special needs, and to examine how to make design decisions and evaluations grounded in…
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New production for planetariums offers passport ‘To Space and Back’
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Read more: New production for planetariums offers passport ‘To Space and Back’[From NewsWorks; much more information including images and a video is available via the Fels Planetarium here] With new production, Franklin Institute offers passport ‘To Space and Back’ March 18, 2013 By Peter Crimmins, @petercrimmins For the first time in 12 years, the Franklin Institute has made a new movie for its planetarium. “To Space and Back” is a 28-minute, high-definition video showing how technologies developed for space exploration — from GPS devices to motorcycle helmets — are directly influencing how people live on Earth. The mix of computer animation and live-action photography projects across the entire dome of a…
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Call: 5th International Workshop on Affective Interaction in Natural Environments (AFFINE)
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Read more: Call: 5th International Workshop on Affective Interaction in Natural Environments (AFFINE)5th International Workshop on Affective Interaction in Natural Environments (AFFINE): Interacting with Affective Artefacts in the Wild http://www.image.ntua.gr/affine/ Geneva, 2 September 2013 Satellite event of ACII 2013 (http://www.acii2013.org/) A vital requirement for social robots, virtual agents, adaptive games and smart mobile technology is the ability to infer the affective and mental states of humans and provide appropriate output during sustained social interactions, and to do so in a timely manner. Examples include ensuring that the user is interested in maintaining the interaction or providing suitable empathic responses through the display of facial expressions, gestures or generation of speech.…
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Virtual presenters to appear at a dealership near you
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Read more: Virtual presenters to appear at a dealership near you[From Autonet; for more information see the press release “3M Debuts Interactive Virtual Presenter at South by Southwest Interactive; Digital Interactive Avatar Helps Conference Attendees Find Panels & More” at BusinessWire] Virtual reality: at a dealership near you Known as a “Virtual Presenter,” she was developed by a company called ELEAD in order to generate leads for dealerships. Part iRobot, part salesperson, expect to see this lady at your local dealership in the very near future. March 12th, 2013- Jack Kazmierski The next time you stop by your local dealership, don’t be surprised if this attractive woman greets you and…
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Job: PhD studentship at NSF-funded Brooklyn Atlantis
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Read more: Job: PhD studentship at NSF-funded Brooklyn AtlantisBrooklyn Atlantis (http://brooklynatlantis.poly.edu/) is an National Science Foundation-funded project in which we design and implement peer production systems consisting of socially interacting volunteers and underwater robots that jointly perform distributed tasks. The project focuses on cyber-enabled citizen science environmental monitoring and control, and involves the integration of marine robotics and social computing. We are looking for PhD applicants with experience in one or more of the following areas: social media, human-robot interactions, human-computer interaction. Applications should include a CV and a list of two/three references. Applications should be directed to Oded Nov (onov@poly.edu).…
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The strange case of the Valve economist and the Virtual Reality contact lenses
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Read more: The strange case of the Valve economist and the Virtual Reality contact lenses[From PCGamesN] The strange case of the Valve economist and the Virtual Reality contact lenses 12 March 2013 • Story by: Tim Edwards Valve’s resident economist Yanis Varoufakis has told a very strange story. It involves an underground lab, virtual reality technology which is far beyond anything currently on the market, and aliens. And we can’t tell if he’s making it all up or not. Writing in Greek paper Lifo, a paper not known for publishing fiction, Varoufakis writes of visiting an underground lab, the location of which he is forbidden from revealing, where he was able to wear a…
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