July 7, 2004
A Remote Control for your Life
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An article by Charles Mann in the the MIT Technology Review.
Posted by Mizuko Ito at July 7, 2004 6:36 PM
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Comments
In fact, the study of remote control is not "new". In late 80s, there were a lot of researches about the ues of remote control, especially in communication studies. But it turned into the human factor (HCI) areas in the early 90s. But it became less and less important or I should say not so "attractive" to the researchers in recent years.
BTW, the article needs the username and password to login.
You can find a pdf version of the article here