Monthly Archives: February 2013

AVA- airportONE

Uncanny valley- coming soon to an airport near you!

As you may well know following this blog, my current research explores anthropomorphized virtual agent (AVA) technologies, in other words computer programs and interfaces designed with human features, characteristics and traits.  These technologies are increasingly integrated into customer service platforms,

AVA- airportONE

Uncanny valley- coming soon to an airport near you!

As you may well know following this blog, my current research explores anthropomorphized virtual agent (AVA) technologies, in other words computer programs and interfaces designed with human features, characteristics and traits.  These technologies are increasingly integrated into customer service platforms,

machine brain

CFP Futures Past: Design and the Machine

Futures Past: Design and the Machine 21-23 November 2013, MIT In 1960, the readers of the IRE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics encountered J.C.R. Licklider speculating on the future. “The hope,” he contended, “is that, in not too many

machine brain

CFP Futures Past: Design and the Machine

Futures Past: Design and the Machine 21-23 November 2013, MIT In 1960, the readers of the IRE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics encountered J.C.R. Licklider speculating on the future. “The hope,” he contended, “is that, in not too many