Catching the Bus: Studying People and Practices at Intel
In a talk given at the UCI Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction on Friday 19 January, the anthropologist Ken Anderson (bio – manager of People and Practices Research at Intel) discusses Intel’s work at understanding mobility and spatiality in urban and transnational settings, which is being carried out in support of ongoing interests in mobile and ubiquitous computing.
People and Practices Research (PaPR) is a group within Intel Research that engages the techniques of social science and design in order to develop a deep understanding of how people live and work. PaPR undertakes a wide range of projects in collaboration with universities, Intel business groups and other parts of Intel Research.
The presentation can be seen in video which can be downloaded from the UCI website, but be warned: it is huge (387.4 mb) and you need to download the entire file before you can view anything. The audio and video quality unfortunately leave to be desired.
(via Fabien Girardin‘s blog 7.5th Floor)
A file that big is a perfect application for BitTorrent. Ideally this could be created by someone who already has downloaded, or is hosting, the file.