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Generations and technologies
Lift 10 Session
May 6, 2010 - 15:00How to go beyond the usual clichés on generations? The first part of this session will deal with the ever-increasing importance of seniors and the way they deal with technologies.
Presentations
Aubrey de Grey "Prospects for defeating aging altogether"
AnonymousAubrey de Grey explains why therapies that can add 30 healthy years to the remaining lifespan of typical 60-year-olds may well arrive within the next few decades, and also why ...
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Prospects for defeating aging altogether
Aubrey de Grey (SENS Foundation, UK)It may seem premature to be discussing the elimination of human aging as a cause of death, when so little progress has yet been made in even postponing it. However, two facts ...
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Doomed to be forever young? A social archaeology of the 'digital natives'
AnonymousExit the adult scientist – here come the geeky teenagers, the rebellious juvenile hackers, the online children. From 1980s “computer kids” to today’s “digital ...
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Doomed to be forever young? A social archaeology of the 'digital natives'
Antonio Casilli (EHESS, France)Computer culture entertains the myth of being a thing of the future. Actually, it’s been entertaining it for sixty years now. In order to understand the network society and its ...
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How and why are the current generation staying connected?
Julian Zbar (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland)Money restricts the tools we choose to stay connected. Yet it cannot keep us away from the internet. We are connected all of the time to a worldwide web that does not sleep or ...
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How and why are the current generation staying connected?
AnonymousHow and why are the current generation staying connected? Money restricts the tools we choose to stay connected. Yet it cannot keep us away from the internet. We are connected all ...
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Open Stage: A day in the life of a designer working with scientific researchers
AnonymousAn industrial designer reports back on his experience working with "researchers", exploring the two different paradigms/related stereotypes.
Open Stage: An industrial designer who reports back on his experience working with "researchers"
Clément Gault (Myself, France)An industrial designer who reports back on his experience working with "researchers", exploring the two different paradigms/related stereotypes. Researcher, designer, whatever?
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