CIS 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: Clay Shirky, Eric Whitacre, Ushahidi

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1200
• Professor: John Saville

Document Summary

Politicians using social networking to communicate, providing a new level of instant connection. Crisis - mapping tool ushahidi (swahili for testimony) Collects info from emails/texts/tweets and maps them, making them publicly available. When haiti earthquake hit, told rescuers where people were. Scientific visualization tools to develop antibodies, computationally intense modelling software is helping researchers inc. pace of vaccine productions. Retinal prosthetics- microchip that can replace retina (could restore vision to blind)- nirenberg. Environment- atmospheric sensors in cell phones, monitor for flu- estrin. Digital divide- gap in levels of internet access across the world, prevents us from using all the minds. Next einstein initiative (nei)- plan to focus resources on talented mathematical minds in africa, expanding african institute for mathematical sciences- turok, won funding from googles 10^100. Peter gabriel/witness project uses video to protect human rights. Web 2. 0 allows users to contribute easily and contribute to eachother. Clay shirky created term cognitive surplus = leisure time + tools to be creative.