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Human Computer Interaction (HCI) has always been concerned with designing technologies from a people-centred perspective. However what this means has changed radically over the years — each new technology wave brings different challenges for interpreting what aspects of H (human), C (computer) and I (interaction) matter.
Synopsis:
The movie is about Mr. T. E. Lawrence (Thomas Edward Lawrence) and his activities during the war. It shows us how he was playful and extremely smart. It also tells us various things about his personality and the type of person he was.
“I’m different.”- Lawrence
“One of the visions on my research group is to deliver novel visual and tactile experiences to users without instrumenting them with wearable or head-mounted displays. We achieve this by using ultrasonic speaker arrays and acoustic metamaterials to manipulate acoustic wave fronts that create haptic feedback and levitation based displays. For example, Ultrahaptics is our haptic feedback system uses ultrasonic speaker arrays to create tactile stimulations in multiple locations of the hand. This feedback is created in mid-air — so users don’t have to touch or hold any device to experience it. In this talk, I will present some of our recent projects on this topic and conclude with the use of acoustic radiation forces to create displays based on levitation.”
Film Synopsis: American Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) recently received his degree in engineering, but cannot find work. To make ends meet, he takes a job as a teacher in a rough London East End school populated mostly with troublemakers who were rejected from other schools for their behaviour. While the students at first see Thackeray as just another teacher open for ridicule and bullying, his calm demeanour and desire to see them succeed gradually earn him their respect. (www.google.com)
“His madness was killing us all.
It was the cause for the country’s downfall, the cause for my Mary’s downfall.
I needed her, to live, to stay, and to rule.
I loved her, more. More than a son loves a father.
Though it meant the end of an era, a king had to be killed.
Not in jealousy or ambition, but for the greater good.
But for love, love for the country, love, for the most beautiful queen.”
