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The Design of Future Things by Donald A. Norman
Scientists and marketers are furiously working on smart products to improve our everyday lives - like navigation systems, and homes that anticipate their residents’ needs. A design expert tells us why you should be concerned about some of those new products. Also: brain chips that turn thought into action. Plus, the spiritual side of birdwatching. Men’s figure skating champion Brian Boitano. And Please Explain is all about the science of consciousness - from dreams to Freudian slips!
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Concerns About the Design of Future Things
Designers and marketers are working on new smart technologies like advanced navigation systems, and homes that anticipate residents’ every need. Design consultant and computer science professor Donald A. Norman says that we should be concerned about some of these products. His new book is The Design of Future Things.
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A Brain Chip That Turns Thought Into Action
In 2005, with the help of a brain chip, a quadriplegic man used a robotic arm to pick up a piece of candy. The chip was the most sophisticated brain-computer interface ever tested in humans. And now it's on its way to becoming wireless. Leonard talks to the researcher who ...
Sightings: Essays on Birdwatching
Author Sam Keen writes about the spiritual side of birdwatching in his new essay collection, Sightings.
Sightings Design of Future Things is available for purchase at amazon.com
Please Explain: The Science of Consciousness
When you see a blue flower, do you see the same blue flower that I do? When you feel cold is it the same sensation I feel? On Please Explain we look at the biology of consciousness...and what brain science reveals about who we are and how we experience the ...
Brian Boitano’s Skating Spectacular
Men's figure skater Brian Boitano has won more professional titles than any other skater. His "Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular" features fellow champion skaters Dorothy Hamill, David Pelletier, and Viktor Petrenko, as well as the music of Barry Manilow. It airs Saturday, December 22 at 4 pm on NBC.
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