CPS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Network Interface Controller, Digital Camera, Wireless Speaker
4 Apr 2016
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Chapter one: using technology to change the world . Social networking tools enable groups to connect and exchange ideas. Crisis-mapping tools collect and map information and make it publicly available: health. Data could alert scientists to new trends: digital divide. Great gap exists between levels of internet access and availability of technical tools. Prevents use of all minds to solve problems. Combination of leisure time and tools to be creative: modern theories of motivation. How we connect: music (virtual choir), business (kickstarter, crowdfunding), How we consume: marketing technology helps to: Actual buying process of goods and services: strategies. Qr (quick response) codes: a machine-readable code consisting of an array of black and white squares, typically used for storing urls or other information for reading by the camera on a smartphone. It is reinventing not just what we consume but how we consume.
