UNIT 4: Physical Matter—RFID and Location Sensing

Monday November 7 (pdf, also covers  11/09/05): 

Lecture: Overview of Location Systems

Guest lecture: Professor Gaetano Boriello

Readings:

“Location Systems for Ubiquitious Computing”

“Social Disclosure of Place: From Location Technology to Communication Practices”

Recommended: “Place Lab: Device Positioning Using Radio Beacons in the Wild”

Tuesday November 8: Exam for Unit 3 (previous unit)

Wednesday November 9 (see PDF for 11/07/05):

        Lecture:  Applications of Location Systems and Social Implications

Guest lecturer Gaetano Borriello

Readings:

“The Supply Chain”

“Where’s My Stuff?”

“Take My Privacy, Please”

“The Privacy Nightmare”

Thursday November 10:

Lecture: “Would you chip your pet? Would you chip your child? Would you chip yourself?”

Readings:

“Technology, Security, and Individual Privacy: New Tools, New Threats and New Public Perceptions”

Assignment:  Data Collection.  Due Thursday, November 17.


Friday November 11:

University is closed. No class.

Reading:  Finish the Diamond Age.

Monday November 14 (pdf, also covers 11/16/05):

Lecture: Overview of RFID Technology

Guest lecturer: Gaetano Borriello

Readings: “RFID: A Key to Automating Everything”

Tuesday November 15

Lecture:  “Prototyping for Design”

Guest lecturers: Emma Rose 

Readings: “Context-Aware Environments for Independent Living”

Wednesday November 16 (see pdf for 11/14/05):

Lecture: Applications o f RFID technology

Guest lecturer: Gaetano Borriello

Readings: Brittan Elementary School articles

 “RFID-Based Techniques for Human-Activity Detection”

Recommended: “Enabling Ubiquitious Sensing with RFID”

Thursday November 17:

Readings:

Lecture: Computer-Supported Coordinated Care

Guest lecturer: Sunny Consolvo

Friday November 18:

Make It Better group meetings

Monday November 21

Location-based sensing and RFID wrap-up

Tuesday November 22

UNIT 4 EXAM

UNIT 5: Invisible Matter—IP, P2P, and Digital Gaming

Wednesday November 23:

Lecture: Peer-to-peer technologies -- from Napster to Bittorrent.

Readings:

“Dissecting Bittorrent”

“The Bittorrent Effect”

“Bittorrent May Prove Too Good to Quash”

“File Swapping Illegal Down Under”

Thursday November 24 and

Friday November 25:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday November 28:

Lecture: P2P Technologies, Copyright, Copyleft

Readings:

“The Economics of Sharing”

“A Network of Peers: Peer to Peer Models through the history of the internet”

Tuesday November 29:

Lecture: Legal Perspectives on Technology Use

Readings:

“DCMA”

“MGM v. Grokster”

Wednesday November 30:

Lecture: Designing the World Collaboratively: The Story of Open Source

Readings: Larry Lessig from Free Culture

Thursday December 1:

Lecture: When is a Game Not Play?

Readings:

T.L. Taylor “Whose Game is this Anyway”

Dunnigan “The Curse of Fast Iron”

“The Wizadry of Id”

Friday December 2:

Make It Better group meetings

Monday December 5:

UNIT 5 EXAM

Tuesday December 6:

Lecture: The Future of Now

Wednesday December 7:

Lecture and Discussion: Technology and Society

Course evaluations

Thursday December 8:

Poster sessions: 1^st half.

Presentation schedule for 12/8-12/9.

Friday December 9:

Poster sessions: 2^nd half.

Course GradesCourse grades are based on the following assignments. Extra credit opportunities will be made available at selected times throughout the quarter. The following are possible grades you can receive for individual assignments: 0; 0.7; 1.0; 1.3; 1.7; 2.0; 2.3; 2.7; 3.0; 3.3; 3.7; 4.0. Assignments:

4 Unit Exams (15% each) 60%“Make It Better” design Assignment 25%Technology reflection paper 5%Blog posts 10%

Required Class Texts and Materials:

• The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. Available at the University Bookstore, Amazon.com, or any bookstore near you (hint: try your local used bookstore)

• Reading packet, available at the Ave Copy Center,
  4141 University Way
  . A supplementary packet of readings suggested by guest lecturers will also be required.

• One packet of index cards (make sure you always have at least 3 blank cards with you when you come to class)

• Regular reading and posting to your assigned blog. Students will be grouped into several blogs which will be used for online discussion. You will be expected to read and post to the blog at least once per week (starting October 3).

• Several times throughout the quarter we will post online surveys from the course website. Participation in these online surveys is expected.

• At the beginning of Units 2, 3, 4, and 5 we will have “Technology Fasts” for the first 1-3 days of the unit. Assignments will be handed out and the results of your fast will be posted to your blog.

• Please bring all course texts to class the day they are assigned. Make sure you always have index cards with you.

• The amount of reading varies day by day. Please plan ahead for the heavy reading days, making particular use of the Thursday-Monday break in class lectures to read ahead when necessary.

• Readings assigned for a particular day are due that day.

Other Information

Please read the following information regarding student rights and plagiarism.Student rights:

http://www.uwtc.washington.edu/resources/docdepot/studentrights.htm.Plagiarism:

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Please see the university policy on plagiarism at: http://www.uwtc.washington.edu/resources/docdepot/plagiarism.htm.

Other policies

• Late assignments will not be accepted.

• Collegiality towards your classmates in group work, blog postings, and classroom discourse is expected.

• Office hours for the professor and the teaching assistants are posted on the syllabus and course website. If you need to schedule additional time with the professor, please reserve a time on the signup sheet on her office door in the Engineering Annex, room 213. The signup sheet lists available times in two-week increments. Meetings with the professor will not be scheduled via email. For additional meeting times with the teaching assistants, please see grid on page one.

• We encourage you to come to our office hours or contact us with questions. We read email Monday through Friday.

• Please review the “Guidelines for Blog Postings” when writing your online posts.

• Exams will be based on lectures (including PowerPoint slides handed out or posted to the course website), readings, and class discussions.

More Information on Class Activities and Expectations:

• Several times throughout the quarter we will post online surveys from the course website. Participation in these online surveys is expected.
• At the beginning of Units 2, 3, 4, and 5 we will have “Technology Fasts” for the first 1-3 days of the unit. Assignments will be handed out and the results of your fast will be posted to your blog.
• Please bring all course texts to class the day they are assigned. Make sure you always have index cards with you.
• The amount of reading varies day by day. Please plan ahead for the heavy reading days, making particular use of the Thursday-Monday break in class lectures to read ahead when necessary.
• Readings assigned for a particular day are due that day.