Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Dec 05, 2009, 08:58 AM

I've written before about the incomparable Ge Wang, composer and computer scientist, who invented the Ocarina and now is taking it one step further with the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra.   A Duke undergrad majoring in music and computer science, he's one of the students we consutled with when we created ISIS (our program in Information Science + Information Studies), the local prototype for what would become HASTAC a few years later.   Ge went on to Princeton where he wrote some of the code for the Princeton Laptop Orchestra which, a few years later, then won a Digital Media and Learning Competition award.  Now Ge teaches at Stanford and here's the front page NY Times article about his incredible Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra, with a sample of the music too: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/technology/05orchestra.html?hp

Submitted by jaredlamenzo on Nov 11, 2009, 04:57 PM

The WildLab is an inquiry-based educational program.  As such, the team often fields students' unexpected questions--each bird sighting becoming a touchstone for questions about other plants and animals.  This creates a fuller picture of the biome--it is hard not to notice what a bird is feeding on, and ask, "What kind of plant is it?"  The design of the technology must respond to these needs to be effective.

Submitted by jaredlamenzo on Nov 04, 2009, 01:59 PM

Observation is the first step towards scientific discovery. With the WildLab iPhone application and associated inquiry-based curriculum, students learn the basics of scientific fieldwork, while using other STEM-related skills.

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Oct 27, 2009, 08:48 AM

If the twentieth-century paradigm for the brain is the hardwired CPU, I would argue that the new paradigm for the twenty-first century brain is the iPod or iPhone, with 75,000 possible Apps (and counting) available for downloading, some created by developers, others by users, all in constant need of updates and customising. There's an App for just about everything in the twenty-first century brain because a changing world needs a brain that is not a product but an interactive processor.

Submitted by dparsons22 on Sep 25, 2009, 02:33 PM

A new wave of augmented reality is on its way via GPS technology and location mapping, but is the mapping of indoor locations going too far?

Submitted by Matt Straus on Sep 02, 2009, 11:32 AM

While Duke's use of the iPod came a generation before me, DukeMobile--an app for the iPhone--continues the tradition.

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Jun 17, 2009, 08:03 PM
With the launch of DukeMobile 1.1, the Duke University Libraries now offers the most comprehensive university digital image collection specifically formatted for an iPhone or iTouch device. It includes thousands of photos and other artifacts that range from early beer advertisements to materials on San Francisco?s Haight-Ashbury scene in the 1960s. Although a growing number of scholarly institutions offer images and other material online, Duke is the first to offer collections that take advantage of the iPhone?s design, navigation and other features.

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on May 09, 2009, 10:13 AM
Belatedly, our household has purchased its first iPhone. At dinner last night, at a local restaurant, Ken and our friend Larry compared iPhones, various wait staff came over to show off theirs, it was instantly clear this is not a phone. It is a toy, a pet, an agent of social exchange, an outlet for creativity . . . and imagine my surprise when, in playing with one of the most lyrical and lovely Aps of all, the Ocarina Ap, I discovered a Duke connection to our beloved alum, Ge Wang, one of the students who worked with us long ago to create what would become ISIS (Information Science + Information Studies) and then would become HASTAC. Ge moved on to Princeton where he worked on PLOrk (the Princeton Laptop Orchestra) and now is at Stanford where he is part of SLOrk . . . and also has created the Ocarina Ap on your iPhone.

Submitted by Lynn Marentette on Jun 09, 2008, 06:36 PM

Three recent posts:

The new 3G iPhone: Expanding the Possibilities of Interactive Multimedia Communication

Submitted by jonathan.tarr on May 02, 2008, 05:08 PM

Appending the usual disclaimer that I don't work for or have any financial stake in the Apple Corporation, I'm going to blog briefly about the company today. Their influence on business environments without actually focusing on corporate sales is notable, as covered by BusinessWeek in their current cover story.  With a soundtrack by David Pogue!  Read on ...