March 2019 archive

Reality TV

Reality TV are television programs in which real people are continuously filmed, designed to be entertaining rather than informative.  For a generation like ours reality TV is almost the norm.  We do not ever usually question the types of reality TV that are displayed because we are now so used to shows displayed in this …

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The Internet of Things

Imagine robots ruling the earth. That seems like a movie topic, something a producer would want to showcase to the world to make profit from their audience. It’s a type of movie plot that actors such as Will Smith participated in, but this is slowly becoming a reality. More and more we’re seeing that objects …

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Objects Going Online

Objects being connected to the internet definitely has and abundance of upsides. And as technology progresses they can be beneficial to everyone, but it can be exploited if put into the wrong hands. Today we have what Julian Bleeker calls the internet in their article A Manifesto for Networked Objects — Cohabiting with Pigeons, Arphids …

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The Internet of Things – Jontae Zapata

The world is becoming inherently electronic. Everything we once had to manually operate is becoming more easily accessible, such as television now having remote controls and voice operating systems for people who don’t want to leave their couches. This may not always be a good thing. In the article by the New York Times Thermostats, Locks …

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The Internet of Things by Jaritza Flores-Garcia

It’s no secret that the Internet has been around in our world for more than 50 years. Since 1969, the internet became an icon in the tech world filled with websites, servers, and others. But what really makes the internet that helps us find and search for things we don’t understand and the answer is …

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Internet of Things / Locative and Physical Media

The internet is something that was created with the intention of being beneficial to people. It is hard to disconnect from the internet because of the simple fact that you can not be a human being without being connected to the internet. Everyone uses the internet in some shape or form. Whether it is to …

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The Internet of Things

To say that the connectivity of the world has been revolutionized by the internet is a vast understatement when you consider “the internet of things.” When I first began regularly using the internet as a child, I saw it as a way to chat with my friends and not have to read through books for …

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Internet of Things

There are many pros and cons that come with connecting physical objects to the Internet. Examples of such physical objects are security cameras, thermostats, cars, vending machines etc. In the article “As Objects Go Online,” the author discussed some benefits of connecting physical objects to the internet such as with health care, “shelves and pill …

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Internet of Things / Locative and Physical Media

Mariano Montague   QUESTION: Write your responses to the readings and if you think that connecting physical objects to the Internet is beneficial or detrimental?   In my opinion, i think connecting physical objects objects to the internet has been extremely beneficial. In my household i have many things that are connected to the internet. …

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Is the internet beneficial or detrimental

The internet is the source of everything these days, we all rely on the internet in some way or form. People can now work from home or even take classes online, we no longer have to call cab companies we can just order a cab online. We can even order food online, theres no need …

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