Heads-Up User Group (HUUG) Research Project

The “HUUGers”, six students from the MA English and undergraduate Systems Design Engineering programs, wore Focals by North smart glasses for three weeks while blogging about their experiences with the Continue Reading →

Critical Design Methods Student Project Showcase

The pieces below were submitted as final projects for Dr. Marcel O’Gorman’s ENGL701 Critical Design Methods Fall 2020 class. Despite the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, students used a Continue Reading →

A Program for Posthuman Fitness

By Andy Myles, MA XDM Transcending the limits of our fleshy husks: this attitude – that the fitness and wellness industry uses to target you – has a lot to Continue Reading →

Infrastructural 8-bit Games

For ENGL 799, Winter 2019: Critical Media Infrastructures, students submitted mini projects composed of several parts: they selected old pieces of media or technology that are no longer in use, Continue Reading →

Technically Buddhist

By Megan Honsberger, XDM MA Graduate. From the state which pioneered Zen Buddhism, California’s Silicon Valley has a new spiritual beacon: mindfulness. Technically Buddhist calls attention to the curious instances Continue Reading →

Waterloo Region Cyborgs

By Miraya Groot, XDM MA Graduate. How do pedestrians’ behaviours differ when they pass through Victoria Park versus Charles Street Terminal? Sitting in eighteen outdoor locations across Waterloo Region’s three Continue Reading →

mindflUX

By Megan Honsberger, XDM MA Graduate. With the advent of wearable technology like fitness trackers, XDM student Megan Honsberger’s mindflUX explores what it means to be online and continuously connected. mindflUX combines Continue Reading →

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Tech for Good (T4G) Declaration

Read about the six principles presented at the TrueNorth Festival to ensure an inclusive and equitable future for all

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CAFKA: Digital Rituals

Learn about our submission for CAFKA 2019: a ritual laying to rest of your old handheld devices, complete with a machine-generated eulogy, a 3D printing ceremony, and an e-waste gravesite dedication.