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==Research and Development==
==Research and Development==
'''Computing Culture''' designed and built tools to comment on technology and its implications for social power dynamics, but also to function when applied.<ref>http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/</ref> Tools produced within '''Computing Culture''' included, but are not limited to:
'''Computing Culture''' designed and built tools to comment on technology and its implications for social power dynamics, but also to function when applied.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-12-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220070651/http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/ |archivedate=2015-12-20 |df= }}</ref> Tools produced within '''Computing Culture''' included, but are not limited to:


*Afghan eXplorer ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2001), a solar-powered, four-wheeled robot designed to report news from warzones.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/arts/26ARTS.html</ref>
*Afghan eXplorer ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2001), a solar-powered, four-wheeled robot designed to report news from warzones.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/arts/26ARTS.html</ref>
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*Freedom Flies ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2005), an [[Unmanned aerial vehicle]] designed to observe militia activity in the Southwestern United States<ref>http://ttt.media.mit.edu/research/freedom.html</ref>
*Freedom Flies ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2005), an [[Unmanned aerial vehicle]] designed to observe militia activity in the Southwestern United States<ref>http://ttt.media.mit.edu/research/freedom.html</ref>
*Random Search ([[Ayah Bdeir]], 2006), a wearable garment that tracks touch patterns during airport patdowns<ref>http://readwrite.com/2014/03/25/ayah-bdeir-littlebits-hack-hardware-circuits</ref>
*Random Search ([[Ayah Bdeir]], 2006), a wearable garment that tracks touch patterns during airport patdowns<ref>http://readwrite.com/2014/03/25/ayah-bdeir-littlebits-hack-hardware-circuits</ref>
*RoBoat ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2006), a robotic kayak designed to protest at island prisons<ref>http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/</ref>
*RoBoat ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2006), a robotic kayak designed to protest at island prisons<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-12-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220070651/http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/ |archivedate=2015-12-20 |df= }}</ref>
*Seeing Yellow ([[Benjamin Mako Hill]], 2007), a campaign against computer printer manufacturers' practice of including traceable, invisible yellow dots on printouts<ref>http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000247</ref>
*Seeing Yellow ([[Benjamin Mako Hill]], 2007), a campaign against computer printer manufacturers' practice of including traceable, invisible yellow dots on printouts<ref>http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000247</ref>



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The MIT Computing Culture Research Group[1] was an applied research group at the MIT Media Lab founded and led by technologist and artist Christopher Csikszentmihályi, who also co-founded the MIT Center for Civic Media. Between 2000 and 2009, Computing Culture focused on "embedding poetic and political considerations in the development of new technologies."[2] Its stated mission read in part:

To refigure what engineering means, how it happens, and what it produces. Drawing on fields from the humanities, like Science and technology studies, we create new technologies that function as instances of material power, but also as exemplars of what future goals engineering should pursue.[3]

Research and Development

Computing Culture designed and built tools to comment on technology and its implications for social power dynamics, but also to function when applied.[4] Tools produced within Computing Culture included, but are not limited to:

Notable Alumni

Computing Culture awarded degrees at the Master's and PhD level. Notable alumni include:

References

  1. ^ http://compcult.media.mit.edu/
  2. ^ http://rhizome.org/announce/opportunities/36796/view/
  3. ^ http://rhizome.org/announce/opportunities/36796/view/
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/arts/26ARTS.html
  6. ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/news/the-wagers-of-war-6411328
  7. ^ http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/Government-Information-Awareness
  8. ^ http://gizmodo.com/324866/blendie-2000-voice-controlled-blender-does-in-fact-blend-video
  9. ^ http://ttt.media.mit.edu/research/freedom.html
  10. ^ http://readwrite.com/2014/03/25/ayah-bdeir-littlebits-hack-hardware-circuits
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000247
  13. ^ http://www.art.washington.edu/design/design-faculty/tad-hirsch/