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Mobile phones, social networks and location data: Recognizing the Nuances of Privacy
This weekend the new issue of OPEN will be launched at the Berlin Biennial. “Privacy” is the main theme, and the focus is “not so much on deploring the loss of privacy but on taking the present situation of ‘post-privacy’ for what it is and trying to gain insight into what is on the horizon…
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Two final keynotes added to ‘Designing the Hybrid City’: UNStudio and RAD
We have just added our two final keynotes to the program of our ‘Designing the Hybrid City’ Conference 16-17 August in Shanghai. (See http://themobilecity.nl/adaptation for the full program) Aaron Tan – Rad Aaron Tan founded RAD (Hong Kong) in 1994. Leading a team of designers of multinational origin, the office incorporates the global nature of…
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Some notes on the design of pervasive games
How do you design gaming experiences in the city? What is the role of locative and mobile media in urban games? What is the relation between computer games and the city? Those three questions were addressed at two meetings in Amsterdam a few weeks ago, in which The Mobile City participated. What follows is a…
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Call for Papers: Mediacity Bauhaus University (Weimar, 29-31 October 2010)
+++++ Call for Papers +++++ Call for Papers, Architectural Concepts and Media Art & Design Projects MediaArchitecture, Urban Context and Social Practices 3rd international conference on the interaction of architecture, media and social phenomena Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany, 29 to 31 October 2010 The 3rd MediaCity conference will investigate how new media re-define social settings and urban…
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Event: Test_Lab: Urban Screen Savers (V2_ Rotterdam, May 20 2010)
Test_Lab: Urban Screen Savers http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-urban-screen-savers Thursday May 20 | 20:00 to 23:00 V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam Featuring: Michelle Teran, Ubermatic (CA) | Gunnar Green, TheGreenEyl (DE) | Matthias Oostrik (NL) | Toine Horvers and Paul Cox (NL) | Rui Guerra, I?TK (PT) A screen is a powerful medium in an artist’s hands, and public space…
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Event: Mobile UnConference (Rotterdam, May 21 2010)
Here’s your ultimate chance to meet other developers, entrepreneurs, startups and technology companies to discuss the latest trends in mobile software. No frills, no strings attached, no marketing-speak, only folks like you who make the mobile world more interesting every day. Remember, this unconference is all about YOU! http://www.mobileunconference.com/
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Event:Utrechtse Nieuwe Media Avond over Augmented Reality & Mobiele Telefoons (Utrecht, 27 mei 2010)
De vierde Utrechtse Nieuwe Media Avond over Augmented Reality op de mobiel. Ook: de Utrechtse Social Ijsco man. De Berlijnse muur is weg, maar door het scherm van je mobiele telefoon is hij gewoon weer te zien, precies waar hij ooit stond. De techniek die het mogelijk maakt: Augmented Reality, en het is nu enorm…
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Call for Collaborators | Interactivos 10: Neighborhood Science Workshop (Medialab Prado, Madrid)
Registrations: May 4 – June 4, 2010 Dates of the event: June 7 – 23, 2010 With the participation of Platoniq, Douglas Repetto, and the working group formed by Andrés Burbano, Alejandro Araque, Alejandro Duque, and Alejandro Tamayo. Interactivos?’10 is a workshop which develops projects gathering and putting into action collaboration and local urban knowledge…
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CfP: Workshop on Mobile Social Signal Processing, Lisbon Sept 7, 2010
First International Workshop on Mobile Social Signal Processing http://sspnet.eu/2010/03/mssp/ Lisbon – September 7th, 2010 In conjunction with Mobile HCI 2010 Mission Given their status as a preeminent form of social interaction, mobile phone conversations have been the subject of relatively limited investigation, in terms of social behavior. This leaves open a major gap when two important developments…
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The Mobile City event 2010: Designing the Hybrid City – Shanghai August 16-17
Om august 16 and 17 2010 The Mobile City and Virtueel Platform organized an expert meeting titled ‘Designing the Hybrid City’ at the Dutch Culture Centre in Shanghai in the context of the World Expo. See our event page for details.
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New speakers ‘Designing the Hybrid City’: XML and Space&matter
We are happy to announce two new speakers at the upcoming event ‘Designing the Hybrid City‘ taking place in Shanghai on August 16-17 2010. * XML is a contemporary cultural practice specialized in Architecture, Research and Urbanism. XML is interested in developing architectures that both reflect and provoke contemporary ways of life. By understanding program organization…
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Reminder: Call for Participation Designing the Hybrid City closes this week (April 22nd)
Architects, Urbanists,Artists, Researchers & Designers: our call for participation in our ‘Designing the Hybrid City’ event (Shanghai, August 2010) closes this week.
