Articles Tagged with social effects of technology

Christmas cards

Staying in touch

How many people do you actually see regularly?

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Turning off the pumps

Cooling unplugged

There are alternatives to the ubiquitous air conditioner.

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Attention to detail

Small mistakes

We compare old and new examples of unforgiving calculations.

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Domesticated plants

The earliest servant

The first plant pressed into human service is probably not the one you’re thinking of.

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A legacy

Lessons learned

We ponder what we want to leave behind.

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The student’s load

Getting bigger

Why are students carrying around more stuff than they used to?

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The photographer’s intention

Photographs and images

Technology can make images much more expressive and creative than even a decade or two ago.  Mostly, it hasn’t.

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Language change

The long and short of it

We ponder an old textbook.

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Responsibility

The passive voice

Sometimes it’s hard to work out who is responsible.  It’s only going to get harder.

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Cyborg students

Mechanical aids

When we test students today, what do we test?

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