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This study published in 2002 really hits home after watching the Mike Wesch videos last week, particularly his presentation concerning villages in New Guinea. At the very top of the report, it clearly states "that the more time people spend using the Internet, the more they lose contact with their social environment. This effect is noticeable even with just 2-5 Internet hours per week, and it rises substantially for those spending more than 10 hours per week." And this was in 2002, prior to the growth of twitter, facebook, and iPhone. Not only are we constantly plugged in at home, we can take our Internet with use now. 

Their mission: The IEET's mission is to be a center for voices arguing for a responsible, constructive, ethical approach to the most powerful emerging technologies. We believe that technological progress can be a catalyst for positive human development so long as we ensure that technologies are safe and equitably distributed. Some of this organization's research is pretty wild! Check out the white paper on post-genderism. Like Anton's poem about the future of machines... will there be a future where genders will cease to exist through technology advances? How do we feel about that, ladies and gentleman?!

Based on subjective research and personal interests, I am thinking about gathering information on the ways in which mobile devices and apps are changing day-to-day behaviour for my final SI project. This European consortium - comprised of the Italian National Research Council, Cardiff University, the University of Cambridge, the University of Athens, Institut Eurecom, the University of Oxford, and the University of Aveiro - "explores how social networks can be exploited for the delivery and acquisition of content, including issues of security and trust". They also specialize in studying how "mobile peer to peer" networks are changing the ways in which people interact and learn.