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Bluetooth
Social Navigation, Observation, and
Integration of Spaces
By Daniel Duke
http://www.retrobadger.net/bluenav/
Devonport
• The Lieutenant had such a
concise and great history of
the place to share.
• Not everyone was as
interested
– Too forced upon with the
information
• Outside connections were
historical
– eg. Smeaton Lighthouse
• How could his passion have
been shared better, and used
to find similar interests?
Background To Project
• Bringing Places and Ideas into a new
space(s)!
– Sharing new knowledge
– Influence ideas and Directions within spaces
– Use Bluetooth for what it was made for
• ‘Bringing Social Groups Together’
• Harald Bluetooth – Viking
– Brought together Denmark and Sweden
– Technological overload, we take control
– Big Brother – we must share before it’s taken
Michel Foucault
• “An 'identity' is communicated to
others in your interactions with
them, but this is not a fixed thing
within a person. It is a shifting,
temporary construction.”
• ‘Technologies Of The Self‘ - refers to ways in which
people put forward, and police, their "selves" in society;
and ways in which they are enabled or constrained in
their use of different techniques by available discourses'.
Unnecessary Technological
Reliance
• Mobile Phones, Internet, Television, Barcodes
• Dr M Ranjbar - Macquarie University
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“computers don't save time!”
The study showed that people using IT have less time in general
Lack of physical interaction & communication.
"In a Western democracy, people somehow believe that
whatever they do is merely their choice. This is the main
attraction of a Western democracy. But the fact is that these
choices have been moulded by the system, be it government or
multi-national organisations. People are bombarded by
propaganda and advertisement from computer companies."
• Dr D Dugmore - international heart expert
– “People email colleagues who sit next to them, never mind those
who work over the other side of the office”
Personal Spaces
• Spaces have to mean something to be
really remembered.
– Aesthetic Value
– History
– Social actions
– Personal connection
• ‘Topophilia’ - Bachelard and Tuan
– Sentimental ties with spaces
Social Learning Theory
• Albert Bandura (1977)
– "Learning would be exceedingly
laborious, not to mention hazardous, if
people had to rely solely on the effects
of their own actions to inform them
what to do.”
• Usual applied to the understanding
of:
– aggression (Bandura, 1973)
– psychological disorders (behavior
modification)
• BUT not just about visual
observation, but also through
communication, and the sharing of
feelings/emotions.
Can You See Me Now – Blast Theory
ChildLocate
• www.childlocate.co.uk/
• ChildLocate provides you
with peace of mind
– Locate your child's mobile
phone anywhere in the UK
from your PC or via text
message.
SmallPlanets Crowd Surfer
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http://smallplanet.net/
Keeps track of where you go
Gives relevant info to user
Creates a mobile community
Too Much Technology
• Blast Theory & Crowd Surfer
– Is the technology necessary for the tasks
presented.
– Why don’t we just tell each other where we
are rather than have the info taken from us
– Just needs a small decision to make bluetooth
always active to cause issues.
• ChildLocate is not as bad!
– Uses phone as tool!
BLUENAV
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Website – www.retrobadger.net/bluenav/
Bring people together in new places
Minimalistic approach to technology
Share and feed ideas
Create an enjoyable
environment
Live Study
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Take stickers you were handed at door
Change Bluetooth name
Activate Bluetooth
Look at how the room we are now in has become
a much larger area than before
No longer just a computer lab, but is a social
meeting ground.
Shrinking Plymouth to Babbage Room 213
Live Study 2
1. Change names to an ingredient
2. The room has now become a student recipe
– Starters
– Main
– Desert
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Created a new environment within an old one
Shared knowledge of places
Imagine sharing more personal information
– Favourite film in cinema
– Main item on shopping list
– Who do we each idolise
Future Studies
• Blast Theory game (rename every 2mins)
– 10 metre problem
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Art Cinema
Shop in Town
Supermarket
Local Pub
An Office Environment
Nightclub