Don’t Use Foursquare To Improve Your Workplace
I am normally a fan of articles from Mashable, but a recent article by Sharlyn Lauby on Foursquare’s use in the workplace struck me as absolutely ridiculous.
Category: new technology
Fight Your Fear of Cockroaches With Augmented Reality
You sit at a desk, wear a virtual reality headset, and then see the desk that you’re sitting at covered in cockroaches. Creepy.
Way Better Than an Hour Long Powerpoint
I recently came across a fairly unique presentation format called Ignite! The basic premise is well captured by its tag line, “enlighten us, but make it quick.” Speakers have 5 minutes to present 20 slides that advance automatically every 15 seconds.
A Dangerous Direction for Electronic Employee Monitoring
Northern Arizona University is implementing a system by which class attendance is tracked by scanning students as they walk into a classroom. The article is a little light on detail, but from what I can piece together, student ID cards will be implanted with an RFID chip (similar to the technology used in current US passports) which can be read from a distance. Thus, when you walk in the door, a sensor detects your student ID and automatically registers you attendance.
Your Professor Serves at Applebee’s (Or: Why Profs Hate Texting In Class)
College students everywhere, heed this metaphor: Imagine you’re a server in some sort of fern-filled bar/restaurant – let’s say Applebee’s. You’re serving 20 people in a single group, all by yourself. You in fact...
Blending Reality and the Virtual
Just imagine how memorable military training would be where getting shot in the simulator gave you a real physical reminder that you could have been dead in the real world.