===== Manus Et Machina =====

Engineering Design Studio (A5, 015)\\
Thursday, September 27, 2018, 11:50 am – 13:05 am

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=== Prelude ===
  * Attendance
  * Trip date is fixed => 9./10. November 2018
  * Essay 1 Re-Write
  * [[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meet-the-b-c-man-who-uses-body-modifying-technology-to-enhance-physical-capabilities-1.4825085|CBC Article]] on Russ Foxx uses body implants to unlock doors and share data.
  * Janni or Laurel ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDiXQl7grPQ|the explanation]])

=== Essay 1 presentation ===

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|01|Accountability For All: The Footballers Nightmare  |[[:mm18_sep-27-18|THU, Sep-27]]  |Mari  |

Thoughts for discussion:
  * "Big Brother is Watching You" (George Orwell, 1984) => https://literarydevices.net/big-brother-is-watching-you/,
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden|Edward Snowden]] and his role in revealing numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments.
  * A future without policemen ([[https://www.thenational.ae/uae/street-cameras-that-scan-every-face-and-hear-every-conversation-could-soon-be-coming-to-uae-1.720390|article from //The National//]])
  * Dashboard cameras are not banned in UAE => "//We are police//" (article from [[https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/transport/dashboard-cameras-are-not-banned-in-uae|Khaleej Times]])
  * Do you trust //Siri// and //Alexa// (and all the others) to not listen to your secrets?
  * Do you see a danger in the availability of cheap and omni-present technology?

=== Homework ===
  * At this point we want to use //Rapid Prototyping// to collect feedback on our ideas and to upgrade our concepts. Your homework is to create a prototype of your body extension using cardboard (Remember you can get cardboard from the mailroom…). Develop a prototype that communicates your idea best. This could be for example [[https://www.google.com/search?q=cardboard+model+prototyping&num=20&safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWodeUtNrdAhVkJMAKHXtDDpMQ_AUIDigB&biw=1009&bih=992|a 1:1 model of a product]], or a [[https://maxoffsky.com/word/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_0940.jpg|scaled model of your spatial experience]].