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Madeline Brownstone

Turn Off GPS. Drive Toward Serendipity. - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    "Last month in Germany, a 45-year-old Bavarian man followed the directions of his GPS device onto the wrong end of a highway off-ramp near the city of Osnabrück, in what the newspaper Die Welt called a case of "blind trust" in his gadget. "
Madeline Brownstone

Dallas kids tracked for their own good * The Register - 0 views

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    More on the Dallas experiment with truancy problems being solved with GPS tracking devices.
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    More on the Dallas experiment with truancy problems being solved with GPS tracking devices.
Mariam B

How Good Software makes us Stupid - 1 views

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    This article discusses the drawbacks of using digital technology as a mode of acquiring knowledge. Although many believe that the emergence of digital technology allows individuals to increase their knowledge through the use of navigation devices and laptops, studies show how our intellectual capacity of storing and memorizing information is suddenly decreasing due to our dependancy on such devices.
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    Within our current society, individuals are very dependent on their digital devices in order to provide them with knowledge. However, studies prove that the more reliant we become on this technology our ability to calculate, process, and store information decreases. We resort to our laptops, cellphones, and navigational system devices in order to find out how to get to a certain location or to quickly gain some information about a certain topic. This article investigates the social and ethical concerns involving people and machines: individuals are able to access knowledge, gain answers to their questions, and fulfill their curiosity using digital devices. This is beneficial in the way that we able to expand our knowledge on a variety of separate topics in a generally fast and efficient way. However a drawback that is triggered through the continuous use of this technology is the dependancy on using it as the only mode of gaining information. Traditional means of reading a newspaper or book have been abandoned and many individuals have resorted to search engines on the internet. This alternately limits our in-depth knowledge on a focused subject. The stake holders in this case are taxi driver who would usually memorize highways and routes to various places within a city have adopted to using their GPS as a easy guide to reach their destination. Additionally students, parents, and many organizations also often just use their digital devices such as the GPS, cellphones and their laptops to get quick answers. This article explores the use of IT in the process of teaching and learning. We are using our digital devices to learn from online forums and research from search engines like google. Individuals immediately turn to technology to search up the answer to a question that they have. Additionally it concerns the idea of mapping virtual globes through the use of GPS, taxi cab drivers are able to locate the destination that the passenger wants to arrive at.
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobile phones get cyborg vision - 0 views

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    But now this Augmented Reality (AR), as it is known, is materialising in the real world. Mobile phone operators, at least, are hoping it will be the next big thing as programmers learn to corral all the bells and whistles of smart phones - GPS, video, accelerometers - into "killer applications". For the first time such AR is available for handsets.
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    But now this Augmented Reality (AR), as it is known, is materialising in the real world. Mobile phone operators, at least, are hoping it will be the next big thing as programmers learn to corral all the bells and whistles of smart phones - GPS, video, accelerometers - into "killer applications". For the first time such AR is available for handsets.
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Guide dog GPS device up for award - 0 views

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    "Jason Perkins, 34, talked to blind people in Cardiff to develop a handset that tells users which way to turn by vibrating their index or ring finger. Owners hold the GPS device in the same hand as their guide dog's lead. "
Madeline Brownstone

Technology News: Handheld Devices: Road Warning: Swarms of Texting Teens Ahead - 1 views

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    "Textecution, for example, is an app for the Android platform that uses GSP technology to disable a phone's text function when the device is traveling more than 10 miles per hour. Jonathan Young, developer of Textecution, told TechNewsWorld he originally thought up the app when his teenage son was getting ready to get his driver's license. "This is a huge problem, and parents are finally becoming aware of it," he said. "Sure, you can preach to your children, but what they do when they are not around you is another "
Madeline Brownstone

SOME SOFTWARE CAN TURN MOBILE DEVICES INTO TOOLS OF ESPIONAGE, HARASSMENT | Media & Tel... - 0 views

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    "Sneaky people and technology can turn your cell phone against you. Cell phone spyware makes it easy for someone to eavesdrop on your conversations, intercept text messages and identify your location. And you may never know it's happening, experts say."
Madeline Brownstone

To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring - New York Times - 0 views

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    Big Brother tactics odly have found acceptance.
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    Big Brother tactics odly have found acceptance.
Madeline Brownstone

BlackBerry Spy Software Hits the Market | Reuters - 2 views

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    Can't be a good portfolio article because it is a product announcement.
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    Interesting software. BUT!! Can't be a good portfolio article because it is a product announcement.
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