Asian Roboticism: Connecting Mechanized Labor to the Automation of Work

Abstract This article reconsiders the present-day automation of work and its transformation of who we are as humans. What has been missing from this important conversation are the social meanings surrounding Asian roboticism or how Asians have already been rendered as “robotic” subjects and labor. Through this racial gendered trope, I assess whether industrial automation will lessen, complicate, or exacerbate this modern archetype. By looking at corporate organizational practices and public media discourse, I believe that Asian roboticism will not simply vanish, but potentially continue to affect the ways such subjects are rendered as exploitable alienated robots without human rights or status

An analysis of the effectiveness of a voice improvement program in a third grade class.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Averting Robot Eyes

Home robots will cause privacy harms. At the same time, they can provide beneficial services—as long as consumers trust them. This Essay evaluates potential technological solutions that could help home robots keep their promises, avert their eyes, and otherwise mitigate privacy harms. Our goals are to inform regulators of robot-related privacy harms and the available technological tools for mitigating them, and to spur technologists to employ existing tools and develop new ones by articulating principles for avoiding privacy harms. We posit that home robots will raise privacy problems of three basic types: (1) data privacy problems; (2) boundary management problems; and (3) social/relational problems. Technological design can ward off, if not fully prevent, a number of these harms. We propose five principles for home robots and privacy design: data minimization, purpose specifications, use limitations, honest anthropomorphism, and dynamic feedback and participation. We review current research into privacy-sensitive robotics, evaluating what technological solutions are feasible and where the harder problems lie. We close by contemplating legal frameworks that might encourage the implementation of such design, while also recognizing the potential costs of regulation at these early stages of the technology

Creative activities and skills for bright and gifted children to supplement the Scott, Foresman and Company new basic readers for grade two

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

INTERVENTIONS IN HUMAN RESOURCES RETENTION

Keeping the organization's best employees is one of the main purposes of human resources and management companies. Through the work, top employees are those who bring the highest sales, customers and quality products. In other words, they ensure the success of the company. However, if management does not appreciate business services, which would be why these experts did not find a better job in another organization? To counteract this momentum, the human resources department can use a set of "retention techniques" presented in this paper. Along with these techniques, there are ways of avoiding / resolving conflicts arising, so as not to generate conflict situations unsolvable and would result in leaving the institution for reasons other than professional. Human resources is very complex and the techniques and methods used in working with people are very large, different, however, applicable only in certain situations. Therefore, each specializing in human resources has to fold the situation and be able to recommend the best solutions for top management to get best results. How we select the right people and why we should help the most ambitious employees to develop their career are things whose importance becomes evident when a valuable employee resigns. Unfortunately, it is too late!human resources, retention, motivation, salary

Engine noise Signature for boat identification

This project, conducted within the framework of the European Union\u27s Civitas Mobilis, aims to develop an instrument capable of gathering data on passing motor boat traffic in a Venetian canal. The instrument uses neural networks to analyze the underwater sound produced by the boat engine, and thereby identify boat type. It is hoped that this data can be applied by the city of Venice toward measures to reduce the impact of moto ondoso, or motor boat wakes, on city infrastructure