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Short Paper submitted to Web Studies Congress 2010

The Memorable: Applying the Internet of Things to small communities Shingleton, D., Sutherland, K. Edinburgh College of Art Burke, M., Hudson-Smith, A., Karpovich, A., O’Callaghan, S., Simpson, M., Speed, C., Barthel, R., Blundell, B., De Jode, M., Leder, K., Manohar, M., Lee, C., Macdonald, J. Abstract RFID, radio frequency identification, is a technology that is now rapidly being developed by [ READ MORE ]

Abstract submitted to the XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology

You’re Part of the Global Network Duncan Shingleton. EPSRC PhD Candidate. Edinburgh College of Art Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is a technology that is now rapidly being developed by corporations and governments who see the possibilities and advantages of managing large bodies of objects. By seamlessly embedding an RFID chip into an object, we now assign [ READ MORE ]

Paper submitted to IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Tagging: Overcoming the Public Fear of Tagging Culture. Burke, M. Shingleton, D. Speed, C. Hudson-Smith, A. Karpovich, A. O’Callaghan, S. Simpson, M. Barthel, R. Blundell, B. De Jode, M. Leder, K Lee, C. Macdonald, J. Abstract Many people associate tagging with negative situations, for example, to track “criminals” or [ READ MORE ]