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A wartime empathy device

In Fashion, Social Media, War on 2 November 2007 with no comments

Pasta&Vinegar points to the Beat wartime empathy device; it’s a POW-MIA bracelet for the digital age. On one end, a dogtag-like device records and transmits the heartbeat of a deployed soldier to a civilian back home wearing another device that simulates the heartbeat.

First Monday’s issue on urban screens

In Architecture, Communication, Film & Television, Screens, Social Media on 6 October 2007 with no comments

Billboards, posters, graffiti-covered walls, jumbotrons, cellphones: First Monday’s special issue on urban screens.