Internet Activity 11: Jan Chipchase on our Mobile Phones

Jan Chipchase is researcher with Nokia. He travels the world researching how people actually use and, often, innovate upon existing technologies. In this talk, he discusses "street up" innovation; that is, how people from poor communities (in developing countries) distribute, re-engineer, and develop technological strategies to suit their specific needs.


Assignment:
Listen and take notes on the talk. We will play a game in class, so make sure you are familiar with the material. Here is the link to the interactive transcript.

Here is a link to his fascinating blog, Future Perfect. Chipchase makes daily observations and photographs spaces and designs that can either reflect or inhibit particular human behaviors.