Games Invade Real Life

Jesse Schell: When games invade real life
http://www.ted.com/talks/jesse_schell_when_games_invade_real_life.html

Geocaching
Simpson show has contest
Red Balloons for DARPA

Ford Hybrid Car.  The more gas you save by going light on your gas pedal, the more green
leaves you are presented on the dashboard.

No grades, just experience points.  More homework gets done.

Sensors are everywhere.
Furby is disposable technology.  It had more computer power than the computers that landed
us on the moon.

Electric toothbrush can measure how long you brushed your teeth.

Cornflakes box has a game on it.
Take bus to get credit from government.
REM entertainment will give you points if you dreamt about the right thing during REM sleep.
Digital tattoo changes images.  You can sell your ads.
You get an Obama bonus if your kids do well at school.
Eye sensors give you points for watching advertisements on TV.
Sensors on Kindle book reader gives you bonus points

Our diary will be created by the records being kept by computers.  He thinks that our
grandchildren will know what we did because they will have access to this information.

Will this help us lead a better life?
Will we choose the books we read more carefully?


Chicago is linking to privately owned cameras.

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