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Singing the body electric
Fabio Sergio
June 2009

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social networks
smart cities
internet of things
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the body as a terminal
the body as a node
(the body as a conduit)
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ubicomp

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ubi-conn

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Julian Bleeker, 2006
“ We are now in an era
of pervasive networks
and are thus more properly
“in”, not “on” the network.
Careful choice of prepositions
helps to think more clearly
about not only the stakes of
cohabiting with things within
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Timo Arnall, 2008 | www.nearfield.org
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ubi-comm

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co-dependence
Kevin Kelly, “The next 5000 days of the web”, 2008

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the body as a terminal
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“A cochlear implant, as it is known,
would trigger my auditory nerves with 16
electrodes that snaked inside my inner ear.”
Michael Chorost, Wired, November 2005
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14.
the (first) weird question

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When will we start to consider
having a face to face conversation
over the phone?

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Jawbone | www.jawbone.com
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Lyric Hearing | www.lyrichearing.com
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ubi.comm +
noise suppression +
in-ear +
I hear voices: yours

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Mac Fuminazu | http://petitinvention.wordpress.com
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visible, invisible, visible

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Wikitude | www.mobilizy.com
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contemplating
your own discomfort
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Ralph Bremenkamp | www.frogdesign.com

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William Gibson, Neuromancer, 1984

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“Borgs” outside the MIT, circa 1995

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Pranav Mistry, 6th Sense, MIT, 2009

27.
the (second) weird question

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would you give away an eye,
to have it replaced with a camera?

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Rob Spence | www.eyborgblog.com

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Rob Spence | www.eyborgblog.com

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more contemplation time

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Philips Design probe, 2007, SKIN: tattoo

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Jim Mielke, sub-dermal bluetooth display, 2008

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the body as a node

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Google Latitude | www.google.com/latitude

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Suunto | www.suunto.com
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Nintendo Wii | www.wii.com

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frog design, e-monitors, 2009

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Dexcom | www.dexcom.com www.sixuntilme.com beclever.wordpress.com

40.
mass-market enablers
are here already

41.
Apple iPhone 3.0 & LifeScan

42.
Lee Maguire, 2009
“ So what happens when
the device that records
your medical status
is also the device
you use to update
your social connections?”

43.
your heartbeat becomes
a conversation

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one last consideration
one last reference
one last (weird) question

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photo: Tony Blay
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that thing absorbing and beaming
bits won’t be a device
you’ll be wearing.
it will be you

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“I can see through satellites now”
Warren Ellis & Adi Granov, Iron Man, 2008

48.
we know how that feels, right?

49.
how quickly is augmented reality
leading us to feel the need
for an augmented body
to fully take advantage of it?

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in other words...

51.
would you give an eye
to see through satellites?

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fabio.sergio@frogdesign.com