Sustainable Good Life and Technology Lectures
This exciting new series will be available on the University of Michigan’s YouTube channel…and…
If you are in Ann Arbor, you can see the lectures live at the U of M Engineering School.
Sustainable Good Life and Technology by Prof. Jasprit Singh
The Good Life: Senses as Motivators for Technology
We examine seven layers of “the good life:” physical wellness, creativity and beauty, balance and harmony, emotional connections, self-awareness, and purpose and belonging. Since Nature does not hand us the good life, we build technology to alter Nature and ourselves to create the good life. A key to creating and enjoying the good life lies in our senses. We will examine seven layers of senses and explore how technologies can enhance them.
January 27, 2012 (1st lecture of 6)
Fridays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm Room 1500 EECS Bldg. (University of Michigan campus)
Contact: Jasprit Singh 2400 EECS, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 Phone: 734-834-0507 Email: singh@umich.edu
Jasprit Singh (PhD Physics, University of Chicago, 1980) explores using semiconductors for technologies that form the basis of “The Knowledge Age.” His additional research interests blend technology and ideas from yoga to explore new designs and practices intended to answer the question, “How can the intersection of best lessons in technology and yoga reduce the gap between knowledge and action?” The answers would lead towards practices and technologies that enhance mindfulness.
