WGS.115 | Spring 2013 | Undergraduate

Gender and Technology

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3 Gender and Biomedical Technologies

Kelly, Samantha Murphy. “This Dress Turns Clear When You’re Turned On.” Mashable, February 6, 2013.

Gerhardt, Ryan. “Touchscreen T-Shirts Only a Few Years Away.” Mashable, February 15, 2013.

Kleinman, Alexis. “Sergey Brin Says Using A Smartphone Is ‘Emasculating’ In Push For Google Glass.” Huffington Post, February 27, 2013.

Piltch, Avram. “Exclusive: Cyborg Steve Mann Details Alleged McDonald’s Assault.” Laptop, July 17, 2012.

Harbisson, Neil. “I Listen To Color.” TED Talk. Filmed in June, 2012, posted in July, 2012.

4 Surgical Interventions

Chloe. “Ellen Degeneres Endorses Bic for Her Pens.” Feministing, October 15, 2012.

Blakely, Sara. “Welcome to Spanx.com from SPANX Founder Sara Blakely.” Spanx.com.

Insteadinc. “Why I Love Softcup®.” April 26, 2011. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcOmx0nFxak

Spanx for Men.” Spanx.com.

9 Surveillance, Cell Phones, and the Sex Trade

Wood, Molly. “Social media as Breaking-News Feed: Worse Information, Faster.” CNET, April 19, 2013.

Associated Press. “Teen Stunned at Portrayal as Boston Bombing Suspect.” CBS News, April 18, 2013.

Chittum, Ryan. “The New York Post’s Disgrace.” Columbia Journalism Review, April 19, 2013.

Binders Full Of Women. Facebook.

Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi. Facebook.

Linkins, Jason. “Reddit Moderator Apologizes to Sunil Tripathi’s Family.” Huffington Post, April 19, 2013.

McCullagh, Declan. “CISPA Permits Police to Do Warrantless Database Searches.” CNET, April 18, 2013.

Gates, Sara. “CISPA Amendment Banning Employers From Asking For Facebook Passwords Blocked.” Huffington Post, April 21, 2013.

Everything You Need to Know about CISPA (VIDEO).” Huffington Post, September 16, 2013. (Video only available in the U.S.)

AbbyMediaRoots. “What is Genetically Modified Food?” December 16, 2009. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2016. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAP6ZtfP9ZQ

chrischiz. “NEEM – A Tree For Solving Global Problems.” January 4, 2008. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vWL0gixKpc

EcoWALKthetalk. “VANDANA SHIVA: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Sustainable Living.” March 29, 2011. YouTube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9K0cZGQgHA

NaturalJusticeVideos. “Rooibos Robbery: A Story of Bioprospecting in South Africa.” March 16, 2012. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH5JF-n-rnA

GlobalResearchTV. “Open Seeds: Biopiracy and the Patenting of Life.” February 15, 2012. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPMd4u1MCDg

10 Alone Together

Hftinman. “Tamagotchi.” February 26. 2007. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMTKe9oChk

CNETTV. “Furby is back!” July 6, 2012. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=650XF8seUmM

awarehead. “Siri VS Furby.” October 19, 2011. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18UmoIu8lII

terrorific. “Paro Robotic Seal from Japan.” July 11, 2007. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJq5PQZHU-I

psicodelicopsicopata. “Paro Baby Seal.” May 17, 2007. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3npV-npZkxI

NTDTV. “Robotic Seals Help Heal Japan’s Elderly Tsunami Victims.” September 26, 2011. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv9LoiFMUok

Trevor Spiro. “AIBO robot playing with a cat!” June 3, 2006. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKAeihiy5Ck

Carolinesushi. “Baby Alive How to play with My Real Baby♥ [HD].” April 6, 2011. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXHdgj9xNzc

HKTOYSRUS. “My Real Baby BB小麗-精乖寶寶.” October 19. 2010. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dv4IOWyf6w

Plastic Pals. “Kismet (MIT A.I. Lab).” September 7, 2011. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KRZX5KL4fA

TED. “Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots.” February 8, 2011. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAnHjuTQF3M

Hornyak, Tim. “Can’t stick to that diet? Get a robot coach.” CNET, April 28, 2010.

theindependent. “Atom – a robotic health coach.” September 22, 2009. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6fSSWFShhM

emseebristol. “Leonardo Robot – isn’t this the cutest robot ever?” December 21, 2008. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilmDN2e_Flc

Postsecret.

Dear Jane Doe.

11 Mobile Technology, Networks, and the “Connected Presence” of Gaming/Telephony

The “skype sleep” tag on Tumblr.

Our privacy matters!

Mindy. “Webcam 101 for Seniors.” August 21, 2011. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcN08Tg3PWw

WatchTheDaily. “Granny Tech: How to use FaceTime.” November 20, 2012. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwFCB9AFSH4

cmMerlin. “Augmented Reality by Hitlab.” March 28, 2007. Youtube. Accessed September 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKw_Mp5YkaE&list=PL64584AC6FD1EE047&index=2

SixthSense, a wearable gestural interface from the MIT Media Lab.

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