Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’ political agendas. Some smaller platforms are using design to support democracy.
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18F was the US government’s in-house technology consultancy, lauded for saving taxpayer money and improving services. Here’s what it did − and what’s now lost.
New health technologies raise complex economic, social, environmental and safety concerns. Just as greenwashing tarnished sustainability efforts, ‘responsibility washing’ threatens health innovation.
It’s easy for researchers to fall back on using test subjects from the communities around them – students and employees. Branching out is key to avoiding technology that fails certain populations.
Developers with disabilities are in the best position to build accessible technology, but they face a Catch-22 – most technology design tools themselves are not particularly accessible.
Technology firms should use more design fiction to explore and avoid potential negative consequences, such as AI bias.
Each device is complex in its own right, and trying to use them together in many different settings makes things even more complicated.
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Professor of User Experience Design, University of Hertfordshire
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Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
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Head of Art and Design, University of Hertfordshire
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Senior Research Analyst, Fieri Research Program on Responsible Innovation in Health, Université de Montréal
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Senior Research Advisor, Center for Public Health Research, Université de Montréal
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Professor of Health Management, Evaluation and Policy, Université de Montréal
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
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SUNY Distinguished Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo
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Assistant Professor of Public Administration & Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame