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What would Leonardo have created with today's technologies?
Ben Shneiderman, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland,
will be discussing his new book which imagines what Leonardo would have created
with today's technologies. The talk will be followed by an in conversation
between Shneiderman and journalist Nico Macdonald, an audience discussion, and a
reception. The evening will be introduced by Gresham College Professor of
Geometry Harold Thimbleby.
When: Thursday 17 October, 6.30pm for 7pm until 8:45pm
Where: Barnard's Inn Hall, Gresham College, Holborn, London EC1N 2HH
Nearest tube: Chancery Lane
Cost: £10 in advance, £15 on the door
Booking: Call (020) 7269 9234 or mailto:[log in to unmask]
Further information and
directions: http://www.spiked-online.com/IT/events.stm#leonardo
Shneiderman's forthcoming book, 'Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New
Computing Technologies' (MIT Press, October 2002), re-states a broad agenda for
the application of computing in society. He presents issues whose scope and
significance have been obscured for most of the last decade, and imagines what
one of the great minds of the Renaissance would have created with our wonderful
information technologies.
Additionally Shneiderman challenges hardware and software developers to build
products that better support human needs and goals (shifting focus from what
computers can do to what users can do) and that are usable at any bandwidth. He
proposes new computing applications in education, medicine, business, and
government, and explores the computer's potential to support creativity,
consensus-seeking, and conflict resolution.
Further information about 'Leonardo's Laptop', which will be on sale at the
event for £13.00 (list price £16.50), can be found at:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/leonardoslaptop
This event is part of a series entitled 'Information Technology: Prospects and
barriers'. The series, produced by spiked in partnership with Hill & Knowlton
and the M3 Research Lab, runs until the end of October. Other events include
'Human-Centred Design: The limits of usability' will take place in London on
Tuesday 15 Oct 2002. Presenters include Peter Bosher, director of Soundlinks,
Usability News editor Ann Light, and designer and writer Martyn Perks:
http://www.spiked-online.com/IT/events.stm#design
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