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8 November

8 November. Computers in the Arts. Presentations. Sarah: Medicine Tega: e-government. Wednesday. Marcia Bradshaw, TOP-CAT Director TOP-CAT Technology Opportunity Program – Community Access to Technology non-profit orgranization

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8 November

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  1. 8 November Computers in the Arts

  2. Presentations • Sarah: Medicine • Tega: e-government

  3. Wednesday • Marcia Bradshaw, TOP-CAT Director • TOP-CAT • Technology Opportunity Program – Community Access to Technology • non-profit orgranization • provide access to and promote the effective use of digital technologies so that under served neighborhoods in Durham may work to resolve the many challenges that adversely effect their quality of life • Supports both children and adults • For children, focus is on academic success • For adults, business skills and introduction to the web • http://www.cccpartnership.org/TOPCAT/index.htm

  4. Computer in the Arts • About the work • When was the work written or produced? • What’s the genre? • The role of computers • A character or a tool? • Central to the plot or peripheral? • How computers are portrayed • Intelligent or simplistic? • Threatening, helpful or neutral?

  5. 2001: A Space Odyssey • Produced in 1968 as science fiction • What was happening in 1968? • Intel founded • Sony introduces Trinitron technology • Keyboard, mouse & windows demonstrated • First “artificial intelligence” program • Apollo Guidance Computer • Tentacle Arm

  6. 1968: Apollo Guidance Computer • Introduced in Apollo 7 • Steered Apollo 11 to lunar landing in ’69 • Primitive interface

  7. 1968: Tentacle Arm • 12 joints • Designed to reach around items • Developed at MIT • Controlled by DEC PDP-6 computer • Max 1.2 Mbytes • .125 MHz • Powered by hydraulic fluids

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  9. News: Ad Targeting on Cable • Music Choice: audio music channels on digital cable • Will display commercials based on user behavior • Track each user’s music video choices • Deduce demographics • Software in computer at neighborhood head end • http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/business/media/08music.html?th

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