11th April 2008 Tutorial

Core reading.
Social dimensions of wearable computers: an overview.
Example of a good essay.
Wearable computing is still in its early stages and not much research has been done into its social dimensions. Debate surrounding privacy and control of wearable computing.
Use of key words through paper- getting to the point.
Wearable computing vs. prosthetic computing (what is the difference?)
Underlying issue of control.
Ubiquitous- computing we don’t have to know about and have no personal control over.
Technology cannibalising previous technologies.
Important social dimensions concerns
loss of autononomy – reliability – safety – security
control
Human equality lost in computing.

For essay- final has to be double spaced. Images in relevant positions to text.