According to this article from New Scientist, people become more altruistic (in not exploiting the “commons” when paying for coffee in apsychology department kitchen) when a simple pair of photocopied eyes was felt to be watching. The researchers seem to … Continue reading
According to this article, the innovative nature of the Internet is threatened by a pending US law that will alow telecompanies to allow a kind of 2speed net – websites can pay to get priority service, allowing them to be … Continue reading
Call for Papers and Participation: The Sixth Danish HCI Research Symposium 15th November 2006, University of Aarhus, DenmarkSubmission deadline 21th October 2006 http://www.daimi.au.dk/dhrs2006
Hirotaka and a barbecue pork Originally uploaded by john.paulin. Hirotaka Aoki is a guest researcher at the research group for Innovative Communication. He has been an assistant professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech.) … Continue reading
What about combining a light sensor, a step counter and a tamagotchi? This could be the most effective cure for winter depressions (ok, I know this idea so much out of season, but anyway!) In order to make the little … Continue reading
Wikipedia in trouble? (NY Times free subscription required). It seems that all the good-small, ethical companies run into trouble at some point – look at google in china or the major player coorporate takeovers of del.icio.us and flickr. What are … Continue reading
