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Innovation - December 5 - 11

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Read the following articles and use them as background for the discussion this week.
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When Robots Rule the World
Trade Your Wallet for Wireless
Shelf life
Vodafone calling - with fun and games
The first phone-in concert
Porn Is Going Mobile
WanderPod Brings Wi-Fi Anywhere

Richard Adams, Project Development Manager, YooMedia is a well-known spokesperson in the interactive industry. He has appeared on TV and radio and has written articles in a range of publications. In his role at YooMedia, Adams identifies and develops opportunities and strategies for building interactive TV games, communities and other new products.

Frank Alsema, Frank Alsema works as an independent creative producer & consultant. He is specialised in cross media, games, digital storytelling & interactive television. He has worked for VPRO TV as director, producer and writer on a wide variety of TV entertainment programmes in many different forms for 20 years.
In September 2000 he joined IJsfontein Interactive Media as partner responsible for producing games,
educational software, installations, Mixed Media and formats for iTV and the Internet. www.FrankAlsema.nl works since 2003 in an international network of associated specialized compa

Refer to this exercise in this weeks discussion.

Think of three ways that RFID tags can be used to make your life easier!

Use the following question to BEGIN this weeks discussion.

Do you have a PDA? If you do, how has it changed the way you manage your time. If not, how would you use one? Do you have a mobile phone? Is it a pay as you go or do you pay a monthly fee? How do you think that pay as you go mobile phones have changed the usage of mobile phones in the UK? How easy is it to follow the navigational structure on your PDA or your mobile phone? If you have a digital TV service such as Sky how easy/difficult is it to follow the naviational structure there?

Go to the Bulletin Board and begin the discussion

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CNet | Wired Magazine | Guardian's Net News | New York Times Technology News

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