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Tool boxes & pouches used for physical computing

Posted on: July 5, 2015 /
Categories: Lectures

With this  boxes and pouches I want to cover the essential tools one might need for hands-on physical computing activities like creating and testing your prototypes or setting up your artworks at exhibitions. Often students are unsure which tools they should buy or might need and how to store them. This pouch is inspired by

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Paper: Scambaiters, Human Flesh Search Engine, Perverted justice, and Internet Haganah: Villains, Avengers, or Saviors on the Internet?

Posted on: May 26, 2015 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: ‘Scambaiters, Human Flesh Search Engine, Perverted justice, and Internet Haganah: Villains, Avengers, or Saviors on the Internet?’ Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: ISEA 2015, Vancouver, Canada. Abstract: In recent years, Internet users have been increasingly participating in so called digilantes or cyber-vigilante communities, becoming self-appointed avengers of justice who wade through

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Paper: ‘LET’S TALK BUSINESS’ – Narratives used in email and phone scams

Posted on: March 30, 2015 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: ‘Let’s talk business’ – Narratives used in email and phone scams Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: xCoAx conference 2015, Glasgow, UK. Abstract: 16th century ‘face to face’ persuasion scams adopted to letters, telephone, fax and Internet with the development of new communication technologies. In many of today’s fraud schemes phone

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Let’s talk business

Posted on: December 6, 2014 /
Categories: Recent works

[tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=”6″]   ‘Let’s talk business’ is a multi-channel audio installation that enables the visitor to listen to Internet scammers who try to lure potential victims into advance fee payments. Their phone numbers were extracted from a Scam Email database, analysed by country, and categorized by scam scheme. Once calling up, they had the chance

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A practical introduction to computer recycling strategies from Westafrican e-waste dumps

Posted on: September 1, 2014 /
Categories: Research, Workshops

  This workshop will be offering the participants both a theoretical and practical introduction to computer recycling strategies in Westafrican countries. The suburb area of Agbogbloshie in Ghana’s capital Accra has become the world biggest electronic waste dumping ground. In Western countries old computers have to be disposed in an environmentally responsible manner which can

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