Never knew that early exposure to air pollution could alter our "genes." Beware: sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/…

Thank you Daisuke for quickly coming up with this helpful tool! If you are attending CHI 2021, please try this out. It works for me. :)

From Blocks project (dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/33…) w/ Anhong Guo, Ilter Canberk, Hannah Murphy and Andrés Monroy-Hernández to Shared AR LEGO experience w/ LEGO. 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

The New Spectacles is out today!

Calling professors and researchers: Shape the future of Co-located Social AR by applying to the 2nd Snap Creative Challenge! Get a funding of up to $100K and access to new AR Spectacles. Ping me if you have any questions! #AR #SnapCreativeChallenge2021 snapcreativechallenge.com

Calling all U.S. K-8 teachers of all subjects who have taught at least 1 formal class (during the school day) using #Scratch: Our team at #UDel invites you to take our 15-min survey for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card! Complete by Mon, Aug. 23: tinyurl.com/ScratchTASurvey

Join us this Thursday to hear from IBM research scientist and HCIL alum Zahra Ashktorab (Dr. Zahra Ashktorab). Zahra will share some of her ongoing research on Human-AI collaboration. Register for Zoom event here: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

So #chi2022 reviews are out; so here is a quick comment, just because participants were recruited from a non-westernized country (i.e., WEIRD society) does not automatically mean they do not speak/know English! Stop with the prejudice already!

These are the health benefits of good hydration: t.ted.com/N4aCNnX?

“As voice assistants become more ubiquitous, we need to know that they are reliable sources of information – especially when it comes to important public health matters,” says Grace Hong, a social science researcher at Stanford Medicine. stanford.io/30VhJSL

Consider reading this article.

Doing something is better than nothing, so start small and grow from there: t.ted.com/7SHjky8

Worth practicing "mindful walking." I think it doesn't always have to involve the physical action of taking footsteps. Instead, think step by step about these questions presented in this talk or your own for your lives.😌 Have a relaxing Sunday or Monday!

For my class prep: What are some of your favorite papers/talks on machine learning data & the values encoded within? Also looking for work that speaks to values around the *development* of the data. Technical papers also appreciated. =)

I never thought I’d have so much to say about appliances, but here we are! Watch part one of my accessible appliance journey! youtu.be/20z13XJ9aPA

Paid undergrad summer research opportunity at @Cornell_Tech and Columbia University in 🏙️NYC to work on 🧑‍🦯accessible AR/VR! Prior experience not required — we'll train you! Diversity in background & current school strongly encouraged. DM w/ Q's! Friends: please RT! xraccess.org/reu/

Highlighting work from Hernisa Kacorri, Kyungjun Lee, Jonggi Hong ...

"I am just one of millions of people who have been told that in order to fulfill my dreams, in order to contribute my talents to the world, I have to resist the truth of who I am." Watch @AmericaFerrera's full talk here: t.ted.com/2y5hbVL

Second order effects of the rise of large language models:

In case someone wants to read our paper, the following is a link to our paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2203.04282…