Good Data
Our goal as HI-SEAS crew is to get good data about food during the mission. So in addition to rehydrating food, cooking meals for six, and cleaning dishes, we will keep tabs on the ingredients we choose, the time it … Continue reading
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Why Study Food?
Fast Company has a nice write-up about the HI-SEAS mission and why food matters in space exploration. Jean Hunter, principle investigator for our food study and Cornell professor, explains it well: “When you eat the same thing over and over … Continue reading
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Tagged food, hi-seas, human space exploration, long-term missions, mars, simulated Mars mission, space exploration
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Yes, Mars
Well, mock Mars. On the side of a volcano in Hawaii. I am officially a member of the in-habitat crew for the HI-SEAS analog Mars Mission in 2013. Here’s an excerpt from the L.A. Times take on it: Thursday’s announcement … Continue reading
World Without Email
Electronic missives are a constant feature of the modern office. But how much does receiving and responding to email throughout the day steal our focus and stress us out? Researchers from the University of California Irvine and the U.S. Army … Continue reading
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Tagged chi, chi 2012, CHI2012, email, email overload, email vacation, email-free, human-computer interaction, office workers
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Computer-Human Interaction Conference 2012
The CHI 2012 conference is in Austin, TX this year, May 5-12. I’ll be reporting from the event, posting videos, interviews, and short write-ups of interesting projects. In the meantime, watch the video teaser below.
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Tagged austin, chi, chi 2012, computer-human interaction, conference, HCI, human-computer interaction, interactivity, multitouch, touch, touchscreen, tx
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