The Future of the Web?
and how to prepare for it now
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Science Tech
Design
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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic.”
Arthur C. Clarke
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What is magical
for us today?
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“We're still in the first minutes of the
first day of the Internet revolution.”
– Scott Cook, Founder of Intuit
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The next 8500 days
on the Web?
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50 Problems
in 50 Days
A 2517 mile design
adventure to try and solve
50 Problems in 50 Days
25+ Awards
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ViziCities
First ever OpenSource
SimCIty for real life
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300,000 unique visits in 4
weeks. Global exposure.
Rethinking
the airline
boarding pass
Innovation within existing constraints
after 80hrs+ on 14 flights in 2 months,
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The next 8500 days
on the Web?
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The Future of the Web
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The Future of the Web is
Tangible
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This is Haptics
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Electrostatic
Manipulation
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How does this
change the web?
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Shopping
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Shopping
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Lakoff and Johnson (1980)
Varela,Thompson and Rosch (1991)
Clark (1997)
Key texts:
Embodied Cognition
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“Cogito ergo sum”
(I think therefore, I am)
- Rene Descartes
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“Ago ergo cojito”
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“Ago ergo cojito”
(I act therefore, I think)
- University of Wisconsin, Laboratory of Embodied Cognition
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Education
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Usability
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Key reading
Emotive touch
• Kleinke (1977).
• Crusco & Wetzel (1984).
• Vaidis and Halimi-Falkowicz (2008)
• University of Berkley, California (2013)
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