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March 16, 2005

[etech] Day 2 - Tom Igoe - Net Objects

Tom describes student projects. [I missed many of these]

- A purse displays when wifi is present

- A protest button initiates a DOS attack on a nearby malevolent corporation

- "Needies" — stuffed animals with mp3 players. If two get together, they talk shit about others behind their backs.

- CareNet displays grandma's life signs around the edge of an electronic photo of her

- Junkie's Little Helper: If levels of meds in a med cabinet drops low, it goes on line and alerts IRC chats that the person is high

- Ku: It communicates sadness over the Net. You sit in a chair waiting for the ceiling to cry on you because someone is sad. (A water pump is involved.)

- White stone: A stone gets warm when someone sends you a hug. [Technorati tags: etech igoe]

Posted by D. Weinberger at March 16, 2005 02:35 PM


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