whatknows :: do you?

December 3, 2009

Ubiquitous Identity?

Filed under: Academic,Uncategorized — Jed @ 1:24 pm

I am currently sitting in a lecture on ubiquitous computing, and sensors is the name of the game.

I have recently been thinking again about the engineer’s role in reinforcing essentialized notions of identity. This is particularly relevant in the ubiquitous computing space where the focus on sensors explicitly aims to sense the body.

There is a complicated theoretical argument to be articulated, but honestly, I am writing final papers, and Derrida has been keeping me up at night. So, for today, I will summarize my thinking with the following comic from ThreePanelSoul, lovingly sent my way by Daniel.

Enjoy. I’ll see you next week.

On I/O Ports