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Over a single generation, the Web and digital media have remade nearly every aspect of modern culture, transforming the way we work, learn and connect in ways that we're only beginning to understand. FRONTLINE producer Rachel Dretzin (Growing Up Online) teams up with one of the leading thinkers of the digital age, Douglas Rushkoff (The Persuaders, Merchants of Cool), to continue to explore life on the virtual frontier. The film is the product of a unique collaboration with visitors to the Digital Nation Web site, who for the past year have been able to react to the work in progress and post their own stories online. Dretzin and her team report from the front lines of digital culture -- from love affairs blossoming in virtual worlds, to the thoroughly wired classrooms of the future, to military bases where the Air Force is fighting a new form of digital warfare. Along the way, they begin to map the critical ways that technology is transforming us -- and what we may be learning about ourselves in the process.

A wireless implant that receives signals from any device.

"BEHIND Google's dramatic decision to close its China-based search engine this week was co-founder Sergey Brin's change of heart about the compromises required to do business in a land that was increasingly reminding him of his native Soviet Union. "

Article about how the authorities in the Chinese province of Xinjiang cut off Internet and even SMS access in an attempt to curtail protest movements. Covers the way people were using the Internet as well as the effective the ban is having on local businesses and their customers.

Article about an Israeli soldier who leaked details about an upcoming mission on his Facebook page, thus endangering the safety of him and his colleagues. Interesting for discussing the difference between performing this non-malicious act online, and doing the same thing offline.

http://www.gartner.com/it/content/1260200/1260215/january_14_top_predictions_2010dplummer.pdf.

Article about the letter writing campaign being waged by some media companies to alleged pirates.

blogs as a new way to exercise democratic journalism

The future of the news business can be written not just in pixels but with old-fashioned paper and ink

Online TV viewers are willing to watch nearly twice as much advertising as is commonly delivered, according to new research from comScore.

Short video that presentes "the basics of websites that work to keep photos safe, organized and sharable. The video compares the 'old and new' methods of sharing photos"....

A possibility for Paper 2. Can you add the tag 6.0_paper_2 Mark?

RFID & Biometric Passports are supposed to increase security - but are they?

A Lifelike Prosthetic Arm, By Michael Rosenwald - May/June 2009 \nA new surgical technique, developed by scientists at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, allows patients who have lost arms to use residual nerve signals to control a prosthetic limb. This video shows three patients testing a prototype limb being developed by DARPA. The patients can perform complex tasks, including picking up a cup, grasping a cracker without breaking it, and putting a spoon in a cup. \n

Buying a goat online....this ecommerce site is a great example of enterprise in developing countries. "EthioGift provides the fastest and most reliable gift delivery service in Addis Ababa. Remember your familly and friends backhome on holidays (such as Fasika, New Year, Genna etc.) as well as on important private occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings etc." The gifts available, such as goats and other livestock, as well as the descriptions required for the addresses gives many clues about the culture and the terrain of the country. A brief overview of the country: where, population, religion, climate, import/export etc is a good starter before exploring this site. The terms of service are also interesting: "...the origin or type of the sheep except for the weight (EthioGift makes a lot of effort to to choose types of sheep that are the choice of most people, but cannot guaranty that the sheep will be from certain locality or breed of the customer)"