Design 263 App Design HW 4
Secondary Research
Article 1: “From staying in touch to sleep tracking, how to get the most out of your smartwatch”
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/25/helpdesk-smartwatch-how-to-guide/
This article is about what smartwatches can give us. The differences and similarities of Samsung’s, Apple’s, and Google’s smartwatches. It is mentioned in the article that if you are very concerned about privacy people, then smartphones are not suitable for these people. Because it will record your physical condition. If you only want to receive notifications from phone calls and text messages, you may not need such an expensive smartwatch. A smartwatch of $100 can do it. These are all depending on your specific needs to purchase.
Article 2: “Here are all the ways your boss can legally monitor you”
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/08/20/work-from-home-computer-monitoring/
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, employees of many companies work remotely from home. The executives of the company worry about employees being lazy and not working. So now there are many tools that can monitor employees. These tools are very scary. They can see what web pages employees have viewed, their e-mail, and the speed at which they respond to emails. They can even hear the employee’s home office environment through the computer’s microphone, and the privacy of the employee’s family will also be heard. This monitoring makes the privacy of employees become smaller and smaller.
Article 3: “A music therapist seeks to tap into long-lost memories”
This article is about the influence of music on people. The Music therapist Alaine Reschke-Hernández found that the memories that music brings to people are not affected by memories. Elderly people with dementia and normal people listen to the same music, and their emotions may be different, but the time that affects them is the same. Alaine wants to apply this method to the treatment of Alzheimer’s.
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