These slides were presented at the #startathon2.0 pre-workshop on 4 October covering the challenge theme of "Sparking Human Connections".

1. Sparking Human Connections

2. How many of you have Facebook?

3. How many friends do you have?

4. How many among those people do you regularly speak to?

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7. Hello

8. Amy: Really! I’m so happy for you!

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12. What impact has it made to society?

13. TECHNOLOGY
SOCIETAL CHANGE
SOCIAL CHANGE?

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15. •DISTRACTABILITY
•THE GOLDILOCKS’ EFFECT
•LONELINESS

16. Technology is helping us communicate better but not giving us the opportunity to CONVERSE

17. How can technology help us start a CONVERSATION and not just establish a mere connection?
Food for thought…

18. Case Study #1: Lalalaby Agrodesign
•Noise-cancelling headphones that allows you to listen to anything you want
•Motion tracking allows you to point out and cancel all other noise except for the one you want to listen to

19. Are there other aspects of social change that we are not addressing?
Food for thought…

20. Case Study #2: Roger Voice

21. How can we be more inclusive in our design so that everyone can connect without borders?

22. What would happen if we break down the limitations to communication with people of different backgrounds?

24. How can technology enhance the way we communicate to a point where we could take it from online to offline so that we can establish a ‘real connection?’

25. How can we use technology to move society towards social good?

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