Author Archives: brndndz

At 15000 square feet, Futureworks Makerspace unique is the largest makerspace in New York, but it’s also a community-based makerspace. How is unusual or unique? (Some additional research may be required to get some context.) Being community-based as a makerspace is unique and very important, especially in the city. Despite how many people inhabit theContinue reading “Phase 2, Blog Post #5: Futureworks Makerspace”

What surprising multi-sensory technologies came up in today’s discussion? Some examples:– Boston Linetype vs. Braille in the debate over Universal Design. (Touch this Page exhibit)– BARD app BARD really caught my attention. Being able to experience books, magazines, websites, and music scores as audio is one thing; but being able to experience these as braille,Continue reading “Phase 2, Blog Post #4: Multi-Sensory Technology”

In Toisha Tucker’s presentation, they discuss a shift in their work “towards exploring our empathetic and anthropomorphic relationship with technologies in our homes and as a whole. Coronavirus had been an interesting source of threads for that.” Chose and discuss a work(s) from their presentation that reflect this shift. Speak Out About Coronavirus (Them.Us), SWOP Brooklyn,Continue reading “Phase 2, Blog Post #3: Toisha Tucker; Baum & Doogan on Sex Work During the Public Health Crisis”

Dr. Chodosh presented many aspects of the NYU Aging Incubator today (see the slideshow here), including some of the points below. Did any particular points stand out to you? Are there are any particular points on which you’re interested to contribute, particularly as a Tandon STEM student? NYU Family Support Program – Buddy Program (NYSDOH) TheContinue reading “Phase 2, Blog Post #2: Dr. Chodosh and the Aging Incubator”

Choose at least one other midterm project from this class (not your own) and discuss: If both/all of your projects were to be created in real life, how might they influence each other? Henry Cowherd’s project: “Implementation of a standardized social-media and tech focused education system specifically specifically for users by the tech companies themselves. OneContinue reading “Phase 2, Blog Post #1: Influencing Each Other’s Projects”

Technology: Smartphones (software/operating system/apps) Salient Identity: Age Brandon Diaz & Halenur Komsul Moore’s Law died in 2011 when a study from Science Magazine revealed that the peak rate of change in the world’s capacity to compute was in 1998. However, that doesn’t mean that the technological changes we see everyday aren’t significant. Somehow, the changesContinue reading “MIDTERM REPORT”

Every day I grapple with my phone, or, better said, because of it. I grapple over notifications, social media, to-do lists, music, emails, photos, etc. I grapple and the data proves that I can spend nearly half of my conscious day grappling because of it. I’m grappling with attention span and anxiety. I’m compromising physicalContinue reading “Blog Post #10 (going back to Blog Post #3): Grappling With Technology”

Umoja Safiya enlightens us on the content that is provided by Google’s algorithms when users search things like “black women” or other women of color (Asian, Latina). We may be surprised to find so many of these girls in these images to be “pornified”. She expresses that there should be a concern when comparing theseContinue reading “Blog Post #9: Google & Oppression”

If Harvard is saying that there is no formula being used in their admission process, it may be very hard to find cold hard facts that this is surely a ploy by these institutions to prioritize some students over others. Michael Wang had a large number of students supporting his case in claiming that heContinue reading “Blog Post #7: Affirmative Action”

I will be woking on the midterm paper with Halenur Komsul who has agreed to write on the technology of smartphone software / operating systems and how they psychology affect different age groups. The salient social identity we are focusing on is “age”. We will be interviewing people in different age groups who use thisContinue reading “Blog Post #6: Group or Solo?”