Are you a cyborg? Mobile tech as an extension of your body

Posted on April 28, 2011 by admin

Anthropologist Amber Case told a TED Talk audience she believes mobile technology is now an extension of our bodies. Check out her brief and engaging TED Talk below.

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Now recruiting!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by admin

We’d like to introduce you to our project, and invite you to participate. Check out Dr. Ladner’s video introduction below.

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Welcome to the Mobile Work Life research project

Posted on March 23, 2011 by admin

The Mobile Work Life Project is a university-based research project funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council. It has two phases:

  1. Ethnographic investigation of home and work-use of smartphones to gather “thick description” of how we live and work with these devices
  2. Follow-up quantitative survey to develop generalizable findings

We will add to current understanding of these now-ubiquitous devices, with a particular eye on their effects on work/life balance.

We will be sharing our results with the public, with other scholars, and with any interested stakeholders…read more.

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