[Futurism News 01.30.14]

• Northrop Grumman's Virtual Immersive Portable Environment (VIPE) Holodeck helps the Pentagon maintain troop readiness (Wired)
• Rediscovered: The Phaeton C.2, Porsche's 1898 electric car (CNET)
• An eco-friendly concept for preventing New York City from flooding (Al Jazeera America)
• Facebook reveals its creepy AI plans (Huffington Post)
• Meanwhile, how close are we to AI that can love? (CNN)
• Paramount first to take the plunge: All film stock out, all digital in (Fox News)

[Reflection 01: Dating and Technology]

Facebook, Foursquare, Snapchat, eHarmony, Tinder, and other social media sites, have revolutionized the ways in which people, particularly those under 40, approach dating. In this new world of high-tech dating, emoticons, relationships statuses, sexting, apps, user profiles, friend requests, and tagged photos, have dramatically altered the rules of engagement. Today, people have far more available information about potential mates than at any time in the past—just consider how common the practice of Googling someone is these days. But new technology also means new standards. Just what are the spoken and unspoken rules of dating in the age of social media? What are some of the potential pitfalls of dating via technology? For example, what must you contend with that older generations did not? Finally, where is all of this headed? How will all of this affect the way we look at sex, marriage, and relationships in the future?

Include at least two of the following in your discussion:

1. "A Definitive Etiquette Guide for Coules on Social Media" (Atlantic)
2. "10 Tips for Dating in the Social Media Age" (Mashable)
3. "Why the Future of Online Dating Relies on Ignoring You" (Forbes)
4. "How Facebook Ruined Dating (and Breaking Up Too)" (Buzzfeed)
5. "A Million First Dates" (Atlantic) 
6. "The Evolution of the Online Dating Experience" (UX Magazine)
7. "Headless Torsos: How Smart Phone Apps Have Changed Dating for the Worse" (Huffington Post)

Required:

• MLA Style
• Works cited 
• Two full pages in length

Due: Th 02.06

[Week 02: Tu 28/Th 30]

All assignments, including in-class essays, are due or take place on Thursdays.

Week 02: Tu 28/Th 30
Class: Introductions; Lecture—“Engaging Writing as a Process 2.0”

Upcoming:

Week 03: Tu 04/Th 06
Class: Multimedia presentation assignments; Lectures—“Building a Better Multimedia Presentation” Watch—Excerpts from Electric Dreams (1984)
Due: REFLECTION 1