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Two good news for Positive Technology followers. 1) Our new book on Human Computer Confluence is out ! 2) It can be downloaded for free here Human-computer confluence refers to an invisible, implicit, embodied or even implanted interaction between humans and system components. New classes of user interfaces are emerging that make use of several sensors and are able to adapt their physical properties to the current situational context of users. A key aspect of human-computer confluence is its potential for transforming human experience in the sense of bending, breaking...

In 1999, Joseph Pine and James Gilmore wrote a seminal book titled “The Experience Economy” (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA) that theorized the shift from a service-based economy to an experience-based economy. According to these authors, in the new experience economy the goal of the purchase is no longer to own a product (be it a good or service), but to use it in order to enjoy...

Predictive Technologies: Can Smart Tools Augment the Brain's Predictive Abilities?   Pezzullo, G., D'Ausilio, A., Gaggioli, A.  Frontiers in Neuroscience 10(186) · May 2016   ...

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have created a speech-to-text Android app for Google Glass that displays captions for hard-of-hearing persons when someone is talking to them in...