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Smart Home Technologies and the Transformation Of Domestic Space

Smart Home Technologies and the Transformation Of Domestic Space

Since Gordon Moore’s prophetic law in 1965, in which he claimed that microchips would develop so that the speed would double while size would decrease every year, has allowed for the evolution of ubiquitous computing and its introduction into...
By Joe Burkinshaw on 10/24/18 Comments Off on Smart Home Technologies and the Transformation Of Domestic Space

Are we being mollycoddled by our phones; or are usage accountability measures a necessary intervention?

In June 2018, Apple announced that functions on their latest iOS update were intended  ‘to help customers understand and take control of the time they spend interacting with their iOS devices’(Apple, 2018). In the same month, Google announced its...
By Joe Burkinshaw on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Are we being mollycoddled by our phones; or are usage accountability measures a necessary intervention?