March 2019
Designing the Internet of Everybody
Ali Colleen Neff, Ph.D, CultureEncode This talk revisits the question of, to recall the work of fellow digital anthropologist Genevieve Bell, the “mess and mythology” embedded in smart technologies, and asks how we can harness the power of humanity’s global imagination to offer not only access to, but authorship of, the internet of things to everybody. Learn More
Find out more »April 2019
Smart Cities: Design Thinking and New Technologies that Seek to Address the Wicked Problems of Everyday Life
Ann Marcus, Marcus Consulting Group As citizens and design thinkers what role do/should we play in how the latest smart cities technologies--sensors, cameras, platforms, aggregation and analytics algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence--transform how we live, work, play, learn, love, see, move, engage and understand our world--and how it understands us? I'll tell you what I know and then let's discuss! Learn More
Find out more »June 2019
Two Years Later
Two years into this adventure of augmenting our household and my work life I have an amazing story to share with you.
Find out more »July 2019
A Designer’s Work is Never Done
Emily Bowman, General Motors Let’s explore how user experience designers can enhance vehicle development by bringing human-centered methods to the complex process of designing the mobility solutions of tomorrow. Learn More
Find out more »October 2019
Humans FTW
Rebecca Priebe, RealWear Using empathetic design approaches we can create a world of intelligent environments that give us human-centric, adaptable information and control – making each and every individual’s life more enjoyable and productive no matter what we choose to do with our time – work, play, live. Learn More
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