Construction of information design theory

Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
Nariaki Nishino
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

Designing, testing and manufacturing new technologies is a complex process that often requires many redesigns and rethinks. There are multiple criteria a new technological product must meet. Examples include the fact that it must provide a useful function, it must execute that function efficiently and effectively and it must be user friendly. In addition, cost of production and of sale are key considerations. Generally, once the manufacturer is satisfied with the results in all the criteria, the product can be released and sold. This iterative process whereby designs for manufacturing are gradually improved is the standard engineering approach. It is an extremely reliable way to ensure your product satisfies the basic criteria you set for it at the beginning. However, this is where the intellectual effort behind the design process stops. A product is made and, potentially, sells well and follow ups designed, but often little thought is put into unintended side effects of it. Dr Nariaki Nishino, who is an Associate Professor at the Department of Technology Management for Innovation, School of Engineering in The University of Tokyo, explains that new technology often receives little scrutiny of its unplanned effects. 'This is particularly true of modern technologies involving the digitisation of previously analogue products,' he outlines. Over the last 10 years, it has been generally seen as a positive and desirable to digitise as much as possible. Particularly, it has been seen as important to integrate digitised products extensively so that data from one is shared with another, etc. 'Such data sharing and integrated technology can provide many benefits for the user, however, there are side effects and important consequences to the sharing of so much personal data,' confirms Nishino. 'These unintended consequences are known as artefacts of the product and after ignored in the design process.' More broadly, such artefacts of engineering can include a wide range of the negatives of modern life – environmental problems, loneliness, urban decay. Nishino is a key team member of the Research into Artefacts, Centre for Engineering (RACE) division at The University of Tokyo, which was set up to examine how engineering could start considering these artefacts in the design process.

Challenges and Issues in E-Banking Services and Operations in Developing Countries

2016 ◽  
pp. 237-281
Author(s):  
Preeti Rana ◽  
Durgesh Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Banking And Finance ◽  
Banking Service ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments

In recent years we have seen a number of changes in banking sector of India. Main objective of banks is to create more value for customers; that is why most of the banks have begun to take an innovative approach for this purpose. In the world of banking and finance, nothing stands still. Now a day's banking activities is not limited to deposit and lending money to customers Apart from traditional business, banks provide a wide range of services to satisfy the needs of all types of customers whether it is financial or non-financial needs from the smallest account holder to the largest company and in some cases of non-customers. As a result of recent developments, the entire banking industry has restructured and new technologies are also introduced to make it competitive. Revolution of Information Technology has made it possible to provide ease and flexibility in operations to customers thus making life simpler and easier so bank can provide a variety of products and services to the customers. The E-Banking process has changed the way of working of banks across the world. In the chapter, the author reviews the literature on “The issues and challenges of e-banking service operation” what is the perception of people towards E-Banking in different developing countries?” As E-Banking is an emerging concept in the field of commerce and banking. This paper furnishes the study of E-banking in developing countries through an analysis of content & existing literature that focused on developing countries. The main purpose of the study is to present the current level of research on E-banking in developing countries. Electronic banking (e-banking) is the new technology in banking environment that allows the bank customers to do banking activities at any time and from any place.

Designing a Better Virtual Reality (VR) Experience

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armand J. Asencio ◽  
Ian C. Graham ◽  
Ryan Korsen ◽  
Guohua Ma ◽  
James McCusker
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Thermoregulatory Response ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Long Period

Abstract Virtual reality (VR) is a great new technology which has extensive applications, and it is imperative that there is a way to use VR comfortably. This will allow VR to become an everyday tool, creating a more interactive world. With more VR integration new technologies can be created and allow VR to expand further into fields like therapy or military training. However, VR comes with some unfortunate side effects. The cybersickness that many people experience when using a VR system has been shown to trigger a thermoregulatory response that causes sweating, the sensation of being excessively hot, as well as nausea. These symptoms of cybersickness make it uncomfortable to use a VR system for any long period of time. In order to combat this, the authors present a device which can effectively cool the user to extend the time duration a user can comfortably use a VR system.

ANALISIS FAKTOR KEPERCAYAAN TERHADAP TEKNOLOGI PADA KEINGINAN MASYARAKAT DALAM MENGADOPSI E-VOTING

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anik Hanifatul Azizah
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Actual System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Voting System ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

[Id]Berkembangnya penggunaan mesin e-voting dan meningkatnya penerapan pemilu dalam jaringan (daring) mengindikasikan bahwa masyarakat percaya akan performansi teknologi informasi dalam meningkatkan proses pemilu. Kesuksesan implementasi teknologi informasi mutlak dibutuhkan, Sebagai dukungan kesuksesan tersebut diperlukan analisis yang mendalam. Sebelum mengimplementasikan teknologi e-voting, pemerintah perlu mengetahui tingkat kesediaan (willingness) masyarakat untuk menggunakan teknologi baru. Tingkatan tertentu bahwa ekspektasi seseorang dapat terpenuhi dengan baik adalah definisi dari kepercayaan (trust). Kepercayaan masyarakat teridentifikasi sebagai faktor utama untuk mempengaruhi niat/ kemauan masyarakat menggunakan sebuah teknologi. Penelitian ini menganalisis pengaruh dari faktor kepercayaan terhadap niat untuk menggunakan e-voting. Penelitian ini mengusulkan sebuah model yang menggambarkan niat masyarakat untuk menggunakan e-voting (Intention to use) dengan mengidentifikasi kepercayaan masyarakat terhadap teknologi (trust of technology). Trust dibagi menjadi beberapa faktor yang lebih spesifik. Kuisioner kertas disebarkan kepada 370 masyarakat negara Indonesia dan 346 di antaranya valid. Kuisioner disebarkan secara langsung oleh surveyor kepada masyarakat yang telah memiliki hak pilih dan disebar secara merata kepada golongan umur yang bervariasi, serta tingkat Pendidikan maupun profesi yang beragam. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa semakin tinggi Trust of Technology (TOT) dapat meningkatkan niat masyarakat untuk menggunakan e-voting (Intention to Use E-voting - ITU). Ditemukan juga beberapa faktor dapat mempengaruhi pengaruh positif terhadap kepercayaan masyarakat terhadap teknologi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pemerintah diharapkan untuk memperhatikan fakto-faktor yang mempengaruhi kepercayaan masyarakat yang berujung niat dan kemauan masyarakat untuk menggunakan e-voting sebelum menerapkan e-voting tersebut.Kata Kunci: Kepercayaan, Keinginan, Keamanan, Validitas, Pemilu.[En]Increasing adoption of the electronic voting machine and rising pilot testing of internet voting suggests people believe that ICT can improve the electoral process. Since every new technology adoption needs to achieve successful implementation, deeper analysis on several sides was needed to support it. Before implementing a particular e-voting technology, the government needs to know the level of citizen willingness to adopt those new technologies. The expectancy that promise of an individual or group can be relied upon is defined as trust. The citizen trust can be identified by certain factors that lead to intention to use actual system. This study analyzes the impact of trustworthiness on citizen intention to use e-voting system in a developing country. The research proposes a model of e-voting adoption intention by investigating citizen trustworthiness from trust of technology (TOT). The trust was expanded to more specific unique factors. Offline questionnaires were spreaded to 370 respondents and 346 of them were valid. Questionnaires were distributed directly by surveyors to people who have the right to vote and distributed equally for a wide range of ages, as well as varying levels of education and professions. The results indicate that higher TOT increase citizen intention to use e-voting, and also several key determinants have positive influence on the citizen trust. This result suggested that government should first comply with several factors in citizen trustworthiness before conducting an e-voting system.

The Reinvention of Shakespeare in Traditional Asian Theatrical Forms

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (55) ◽  
pp. 274-284
Author(s):  
Min Tian
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Modern Drama ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Doctoral Candidate ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The University

Especially during the later decades of the twentieth century, Shakespeare's plays have been adapted for production in many of the major Asian traditional theatrical forms – prompting some western critics to suggest that such forms, with their long but largely non-logocentric traditions, can come closer to the recovery or recreation of the theatrical conditions and performance styles of Shakespeare's times than can academically derived experiments based on scantily documented research. Whether in full conformity with traditional Asian styles, or by stirring ingredients into a synthetic mix, Min Tian denies that a ‘true’ recreation is possible – but suggests that such productions can, paradoxically, help us to ‘reinvent’ Shakespeare in fuller accord with our own times, notably by exploiting the potential of stylized gesture and movement, and the integration of music and dance, called for by proponents of a modernistic ‘total’ theatre after Artaud. In considering a wide range of Shakespearean productions and adaptations from varying Asian traditions, Min Tian suggests that the fashionably derided ‘universality’ of Shakespeare may still tell an intercultural truth that transcends stylistic and chronological distinctions. Min Tian holds a doctorate from the China Central Academy of Drama, where he has been an associate professor since 1992. The author of many articles on Shakespeare, modern drama, and intercultural theatre, he is now a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

scholarly journals Robotization in healthcare: legal perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima V. Tsomartova
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Medical Robots ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Wide Range

Introduction. The development and application of medical robotics, medical robotic devices, automated technical systems in the field of health care are already quite successful and have great potential. Such large-scale technological changes inevitably actualize the social roles of law, that should properly settle, protect and guide the development of nascent social relations, which until recently occurred everywhere in a kind of regulatory vacuum. Material and methods. The methodological basis of the study included general scientific methods (dialectical, logical, systemic, historical, sociological, statistical) and private scientific methods of legal science (formal-legal, historical-legal and comparative-legal). The empirical basis of the study was Russian and foreign regulatory legal acts and law enforcement practice, as well as legal doctrine. Results. Based on the comparative legal study a legal definition of the medical robots and various options for their classification, among them a special one, including surgical robots, robots used in restorative medicine, rehabilitation of immobilized patients, nursing and care robots, have been developed. Cyborgs are biological organisms containing mechanical or electronic components are allocated to a special group. Legal mechanisms for ensuring security and cybersecurity in this area are highlighted. The necessity of more flexible legal regulation of personal data concerning the health of citizens and medical confidentiality under new technological conditions is justified. Discussion. Legal regulation of the medical robots should be of a staged nature. General norms of sectoral significance can be formulated at later stages. At the moment, it is more rational to direct efforts to determine the legal regime of certain types of created artificial intelligence systems in the healthcare sector. Conclusion. The legal concept of robotics in healthcare should take a significant place in a wide range of scientific studies of the development of new technologies for the benefit, not to the detriment, of a person.

scholarly journals 醫療ＡＩ: 在資料利用與隱私保護之間起舞

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-121
Author(s):  
Yue WANG
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Privacy Protection ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Ethical Framework ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Design Production

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.At present, the development of AI depends on three core elements: high-quality data, accurate algorithms and sufficient computing power. New technologies represented by big data, cloud computing and AI are exerting a significant impact on traditional data protection. Individuals' control over their personal data is weakening, data protection is becoming more difficult, and traditional measures of privacy protection are at risk of failure. These are the most representative problems in the conflict between the development of new technology and privacy protection. A new legal and ethical framework that values humans' physical safety, health and dignity should be established and deeply integrated into the entire life cycle of the design, production and application of medical AI. Based on this premise, effort should be made to promote the development of medical AI for the benefit of mankind.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 38 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.

scholarly journals Educational technologies for the benefit of students

Seminar.net ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yngve Nordkvelle
Keyword(s):  
Communication Theory ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Contextual Knowledge ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
The University

By Yngve Troye NordkvelleEditorThis issue of Seminar.net offers four different experiences on how students can gain from using educational technologies. In the article "Adopting digital skills in an international project in teacher education", associate professor Hugo Nordseth of Nord-Trøndelag University College present the aims of a project aimed at making students in teacher training able to collaborate across national borders and contexts. The project demonstrates the feasibility of training students to use new technologies that offer opportunities for learning. Nordseth emphasizes the importance of proper training in the selected tools.Professor Ragnhild Nilsen, of the University of Tromsø, presents her article "Digital Network as a Learning Tool for Health Sciences Students", as an example from studies in health. She presents how an online learning module for health sciences students with different educational backgrounds was implemented at the University of Tromsø (UiT). The intention was to improve communication and cooperation abilities across professional boundaries. The purpose of this article is to examine how participation in a joint, web-based course can be a didactic tool that helps health sciences students learn from one another by means of collaboration. Yvonne Fritze and Yngve Troye Nordkvelle, both editors of the journal present their article "Online dating and education". The research was carried out in their home institution, Lillehammer University College.Taking its inspiration from Luhmann's communication theory, this article looks at online dating from the perspective of teaching and education. The findings of this project indicate that students do use netdating as an experience and that quite a few of them find this valuable for their own communicative skills. The article explores those features of online dating characteristic of distance dialogue, and discusses the extent to which these can be transferred to communication in the teaching context. The article was first presented in a book published in Danish (Michael Paulsen & Lars Qvortrup (ed.) (2007) Luhmann og dannelse, København: Unge Pædagoger). This version provides extended discussions of the implications for flexible education. In the final article, with the title "Developing Contextual Knowledge Arenas in the Global Classroom", associate professor Siv Oltedal of Nordland University, discuss challenges in the development of contextual knowledge arenas by focusing on how the contextual perspective is brought into a masters program in social work. She explores the development of different knowledge areas and how they offer different learning opportunities for a group of international students.

Opportunities and Challenges of Emerging Technologies in Higher Education

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
P. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Transmission Model ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
The University

Recent unprecedented advances in digital technologies and their concomitant affordances in education seem to be a great opportunity to adequately address burgeoning demand for high quality higher education (HE) and the changing educational preferences. It is increasingly being recognised that using new technology effectively in HE is essential to prepare students for its increasing demand. E-learning is an integral component of the University of Botswana’s teaching and learning culture, however, teachers who are from a traditional educational system are often ill-prepared to change their role from the all-knowing “sage on the stage” who operated under the “transmission” model, to the “guide on the side” which adopts new technologies effectively for student learning. Therefore, this paper argues that one of the ways to achieve substantial pedagogical innovations is to bring a significant change in the understanding of the processes of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). This paper explores new directions for conducting scholarly activities at the University of Botswana (UB) to address the needs of today’s students, concluding with a call for a collaborative approach to teaching, research, and publishing to enhance student learning experience in diversified and socially rich collaborative learning contexts.

Making Sense of Cybersecurity in Emerging Technology Areas

2021 ◽  
pp. 108-126
Author(s):  
Claire Vishik ◽  
Michael Huth ◽  
Lawrence John ◽  
Marcello Balduccini
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Disruptive Technology ◽  
Complex Environments ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Information And Communication

Shortening technology development cycles in information and communication technology (ICT) make it imperative to anticipate the emergence and evolution of new computing technologies and ecosystems. A wide range of questions must be answered to ensure that new technology environments are viable, including the examination of usability, efficiency, usage models, security, and privacy. These contextual aspects of new technologies are essential for their adoption. They are also important to understanding the potential of new types of cybercrime and requirements for the development of mitigation techniques. However, we lack methodologies to model and predict the features of the evolving ICT ecosystems, and the requirements their evolution places on legal systems and regulatory frameworks. The absence of such models is a significant obstacle to creating consistent approaches necessary to forecast both the technology development and the trends in cybercrime. The chapter discusses which potential methodologies could be used for forecasting cybersecurity concerns in disruptive technology areas and trends in cybercrime in complex environments. It proposes that a unified approach should be developed for predicting cybersecurity effects of innovative technologies and trends in cybercrime. It first examines concepts associated with emerging technologies and their impact on cybersecurity. It then looks at approaches to modelling and analysis already developed in adjacent spaces, with a focus on knowledge representation and risk engineering, and analyses representative examples to illustrate the benefits these approaches can bring.

Opportunities and Challenges of Emerging Technologies in Higher Education

2012 ◽  
pp. 91-104
Author(s):  
P. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
New Technology ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Pedagogical Innovations ◽  
The University

Recent unprecedented advances in digital technologies and their concomitant affordances in education seem to be a great opportunity to adequately address burgeoning demand for high quality higher education (HE) and the changing educational preferences. It is increasingly being recognised that using new technology effectively in HE is essential to prepare students for its increasing demand. E-learning is an integral component of the University of Botswana’s teaching and learning culture, however, teachers who are from a traditional educational system are often ill-prepared to change their role from the all-knowing “sage on the stage” who operated under the “transmission” model, to the “guide on the side” which adopts new technologies effectively for student learning. Therefore, this paper argues that one of the ways to achieve substantial pedagogical innovations is to bring a significant change in the understanding of the processes of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). This paper explores new directions for conducting scholarly activities at the University of Botswana (UB) to address the needs of today’s students, concluding with a call for a collaborative approach to teaching, research, and publishing to enhance student learning experience in diversified and socially rich collaborative learning contexts.

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