Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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In transatlantic flight. Each passenger has a little screen and select the movie you see or hear the music. Even families who see the same movie I make everyone on your screen, at your pace. All plugged into their ears through headphones, when you take yours just hear the engines and the distant crackle of a bag of peanuts.

Yesterday on the train we all saw the same movie, but the sound individual. Contrary to what happens with football matches seen in company, this fragmentation of sound inhibits the expression of feelings, although the film had strokes of humor no one dared to laugh out loud, smile and a laugh uncontrollably and fleeting at best.

fragmentation to the complete individualization entertainment but has been occurring gradually, it was fast enough to be very clear, and shows various peculiar aspects. One first is containment, the inhibition of externalization of feelings that occur as just discussed. Another is the dependence of the headphones, while among teenagers have become an element of fashion and trends of miniaturization succeed or gigantification. It would be nice to go looking if this life is continually sounding false some effect, presumably harmful on the ears, not just evolved to that environment.

Last but certainly most important, is the confinement to the "comfort zone" personal: the selection of what you see and what you hear is based on existing criteria, and if done in a non-permanent exposed to the serendipity of finding something unexpected (and wonderful) as put on TV, or wherever. This idea is not mine, I read it to Psudópodo HERE. Then I copy literally a piece of your post that I found shocking:

"In the old days We were resigned (yet in many countries are) to the person with whom we share our lives was elected without contest our will: the parents arranged the marriages. Now would not tolerate that, although they tolerate our co-workers or people with whom we share a moment on the bus are not elected by us.

But increasingly, the transition that occurred at the life of the project is now producing at any times, we pass with whom we (speaking on the phone, but also listening to our music) and not to fortunate who has allotted us.

This looks good, but impoverishes us, cease to exist on input from direct experience that read Michael Crichton "

The previous transatlantic flight I did not had little screen, I spent much of the journey chatting with my seatmate, I did not know and I have not seen since then, although I remember much of the conversation. Now I turn to the small screen of the films doubting that you will remember in the future anything you see today.

Friday, April 22, 2011

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ears plugged by R & D Conference on Employment of People with Disabilities

On April 7 there was a day dedicated to the study of R & D for the employment of persons with disabilities. The stockings were organizing to Navarro Service Employment. Attendance was high, between 30 and 40 people representing special employment centers and other organized or sponsored related to the topic. Unlike other times, the press was not advised, nor the UPNA or by the organization as well as for uninvited went quite unnoticed.

day's program can be found here . In the inauguration ceremony were the Chief "in the industry" (as he said) José María Roig Aldasoro and Research Vice President Alfonso Carlosena.Como UPNA corresponds to an inauguration, the importance of this issue glossed d elas days for both Gobieno of Navarre, the one as to public universities, the other. All pleased with the synergy between the institutions in charge of the case.

Then I had to start me with the technical program, with the presentation that left "embedded" below. Yes, I know I start as always with this tricycle, but they are different audiences, and is very Fig. After Nestor Garay , UPV-EHU we presented its research and, above all, the Master Assistive Technology Personal Autonomy he leads. After the interesting networking that always accompanies this type cafes event, we turn to the second part of the day with three more papers:
Patxi Fabo of Job Accommodation , "Software tools for improving employment of people with intellectual disabilities", for I use a great Prezi we'll see if we can link here.

Xabier Valencia, Vicomtech , "URH as technology support the work adapted"

Amalia Ortiz, of Enne, "virtual animation as a tool to support employment of people with Disabilities


Thursday, April 21, 2011

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Watching TV together

Cuenda I woke up this morning, my youngest son (not the dinosaur ) was already there, watching TV. I saw a cartoon with a funny joke and gave a very slight smile, almost imperceptible. Then realized that I had entered the haitación and his smile was much broader and more natural, even laughed.

I never realized so clearly about why we like to get together to watch football or other sports on television. On the one hand we feel like giving free rein to our emotions and externalize freely but on the other hand, being alone is very rare (even silly) get to laugh, cry, raise his arms ... externalizing emotions. The emotions are externalized, as we speak, to communicate with other people, probably why we find it so strange to talk alone, and in the same package is non-verbal communication. So when we expect very excited about a show looking for company to facilitate the enjoyment of those emotions, without discomfort, and the strangeness of it alone and the need to restrain.

not need as much thought, but it has helped me enjoy even more Phineas and Ferb with sin.

The photo is of a group watching football in 3D, taken here