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Digital Respect - Bigger Than You Think

In this session we will look at broader aspects of digital respect - in terms of the larger world. We will examine questions such as

How do we pressure designers to make devices less disposable and more upgradable?

How do we show respect for the miners who deliver the raw materials for our devices?

What conditions do the factory workers live in?

How much do we let media and corporations decide how long it is before they have to replace our devices?

How much energy does a Google, Bing or Yahoo search really take?

What is the carbon footprint of a search?

How do we ensure that our devices get recycled properly when the time comes?

Our students are incredibly concerned, caring, capable people and they will be the ones to lead campaigns that show respect within their online communities and out to the world beyond. We need to be aware and make them aware.

Design

NEW - Project Ara update

- snap together phones -Google and Motorola Component Phone (concept video -1 --- demo video - 2)

Materials

Mining - Tantalum -Environmental and Human Costs of Technology -10 -- A TED talk by Bandi Mbubi

Do a Google search for Tantalum mining - where else is it mined?

Results of laws to reduce conflict materials from Congo

Manufacturing/Shipping

Production - SNL -The iPhone 5 complaint - 5

Where are our devices made and under what conditions? Many device manufacturers have poor records for treatment of labour and lack of environmental precautions: see ChinaLaborWatch and TheWorldOfChinese articles for example.