IMD Forum for 10/8/08: Smart Toys, Things that Think, and Evocative Knowledge Objects
Discussion leader: Professor Anne Balsamo
Time: Wednesday, October 8, 6-8pm
Location: USC's Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts (RZC),
Room 201 Zemeckis Media Lab (ZML)
Discussion Title: "Smart Toys, Things that Think, and Evocative Knowledge Objects"
Tonight's seminar will focus on the topic of things-that-think and things-that-help-us-think raised in the previous two seminar presentations by Steve Anderson and John Sosoka & Caleb Chung. Logs for the backchannel discussion can be reviewed on the respective talk announcements.
Readings for this discussion are:
1. The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman.
2. "Behold the Toys of Tomorrow", David Shenk in the Atlantic.
Other recommended Readings are:
1. When Things Start to Think by Neil Gershenfeld
2. " I, Pleo" , Interview with Caleb Chung in Maker
3."Boundary Objects, Please Rise! On the role of boundary objects in distributed collaboration and how to design for them." Ellen Christiansen
4. "The Role of Objects in Design Co-Operation: communication through Physical or Virtual Objects.", Claudia Eckert and Jean-Francois Boujut,
5. Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling (Spimes!)