Social Hacking: Appropriating Interaction Technologies – ITP Spring Show 2016

Decodelia

Rob Ryan — Mon, 16 May 2016 18:02:17 +0000

Melanie Hoff

A Chrome extension and glasses set that obscures your web content.

http://www.artdelicorp.com/2016/04/03/decodelia/

Description

Decodelia is a chrome extension that changes the colors of your web content. Relying on principles of basic color theory, your screen is rendered indiscernible without color tinted glasses. Freely browse without fear of judgement or loss of privacy from those around you.

Classes

Social Hacking: Appropriating Interaction Technologies

ColorFood app

Rob Ryan — Tue, 10 May 2016 21:28:03 +0000

Jamal Combs, Osama M Sehgol

ColorFood is an App that takes one look at you and makes food recommendations nearby. It stereotypes based on ethnicity. It's meant to provoke discussion and laughs around race, food and culture. This is a project by Osama Sehgol and Jamal Combs.

http://osamasehgol.com/final-social-hacking/

Description

Using a webcam/phone camera the apps takes a look at you, detects your pixel value and compares with a database of faces. Within a threshold it assigns an ethnicity to you and then makes restaurant/takeout recommendations
The project is currently in prototype stage and we plan to have a finished build for spring.

Classes

Social Hacking: Appropriating Interaction Technologies

Future Waterfront

Rob Ryan — Tue, 10 May 2016 21:27:49 +0000

Crystal Brusch

Sea levels will rise more than six feet in the next hundred years. This project uses augmented reality to visualize climate change and lets you plan ahead for a glorious waterfront home. Will what you see inspire you to change the future?

https://itp.nyu.edu/thesis2016/project/crystal-brusch

Description

Sea levels will rise more than six feet in the next hundred years and South Florida is especially at risk. The region is a canary for the United States, but the area’s plans to survive climate change are out of touch. Miami Beach recently started to raise roadways, but a two-foot boost in height will not keep the roads dry through the century. This project aims to get people to think long-term and start a hard dialogue between residents and politicians. The first part engages residents through a satirical mortgage application while educating them about the spatial and temporal threats from sea level rise. The second part encourages residents to visually map future flooding with augmented reality and demand infrastructure that prevents or lessens flooding.

Classes

Social Hacking: Appropriating Interaction Technologies, Social Hacking: Appropriating Interaction Technologies, Thesis