PB4 | Michael Firus

Course reflection – Michael P. Firus – Semester 1 – Media 1

Michael P. Firus – Course reflection – Semester 1 – Media 1 The pace at which this semester slipped by can only be described as disconcerting. The past 13 weeks have been my first taste if university life. Prior to my enrollment I traveled to the CBD only a few times a year: corresponding to…

PB4 Reflection – Michael Firus

Over the past couple of weeks, PB4 has been a stressful, exciting and educational experience. In some ways, it broke new ground for me, and in other areas reinforced and enhanced prior knowledge. Before this project, I had never been at the business end of a Vox pop. For the first time, I was the…

Interviews – The Psychology

There is always a hint of nervousness when one does something that, in adventure, exceeds pouring oneself a Milo. On this occasion, the author of my slight apprehension was the thought of approaching strangers in such a way that would invite them to share their beliefs and values on camera. However, using a technique which…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 6

Link: http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-69142-8 Reference: Dvorak, J.L.D, 2008. Moving Wearables into the Mainstream Taming the Borg . 1st ed. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA: Springer Science+Business Media. Pp311- This Chapter of the book deals with the accommodation of social values and conventions in the light of wearable device prevalence. It discusses specific situations such…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 5

Link: http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/docview/208938327?accountid=13552&rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo Reference: Blythe, Wright, Monk, M.A.B, P.C.W, A.F.M, 2004. Little brother: could and should wearable computing technologies be applied to reducing older people’s fear of crime?. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 8.6, 1-6. This article deals with the potential for wearables to change perceptions, specifically, to induce a sense of assurance in vulnerable members of…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 4

Link: http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/doi/abs/10.1080/00405000.2012.736191 or http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/doi/abs/10.1080/00405000.2012.736191#aHR0cDovL3d3dy50YW5kZm9ubGluZS5jb20uZXpwcm94eS5saWIucm1pdC5lZHUuYXUvZG9pL3BkZi8xMC4xMDgwLzAwNDA1MDAwLjIwMTIuNzM2MTkxQEBAMA== Reference: Turhan , G.T, 2013. An assessment towards the acceptance of wearable technology to consumers in Turkey: the application to smart bra and t-shirt products. The Journal of The Textile Institute, Vol. 104, 1-6. This article explores the concept of wearable smart devices through a sociological context; namely the cultural acceptance…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 3

Link: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdsn/2013/190813/ Reference: Castillejo, Martínez, López, Gregorio Rubio, P.C,J.F.M,L.L,G.R, 2012. An Internet of Things Approach for Managing Smart Services Provided by Wearable Devices. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Volume 2013 (2013), 190813, pp 1-9. This article relates the idea of smart wearable devices to the concept of the “Internet of things” – the interconnected…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 2

Link: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-36071-8_28 Reference: Nayak, Swamy, Ramaswamy, D.N, M.V.S, S.R, 2010. Supporting Location Information Privacy in Mobile Devices. 1st ed. 9th International Conference, ICDCIT 2013, Bhubaneswar, India,: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp 361-372 This article explores the growing issue of manipulation that may take place in a company’s aim to obtain information about a user of a…

Annotated Biography Mediums and Technologies – Source 1

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7387859 Reference: Mertz, L.M, 2016. Are Wearables Safe?: We Carry Our Smart Devices with Us Everywhere – Even to Bed – But Have We Been Sleeping with the Enemy, or are Cautionary Tales Overinflated?. 1st ed. -: IEEE Pulse, Vol.7(1), pp.39-43 This article explores the question of whether wearable smart devices can be considered safe,…

Class Team Work

One has to love a good stock image… When PB4 was announced as a team-focused exercise, a fair amount of the lecture theatre either groaned or laughed nervously. However, after this week’s practical, I can honestly say that their fears were misguided. A quick scan of the room reveals a set of content groups humming…