One of Intel’s anthropologists, Genevieve Bell, gave the keynote speech at the Australasian Computer Science Conference last year. After the conference, she was asked if it would be fair to characterize her job as reminding American technology experts that all Internet users aren’t Americans. Her frank reply:
“[T]hat’s certainly one way of thinking about […]

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The result of thousands of years in development, modern toothbrush technology has become quite sophisticated — and almost humorously complicated conglomeration of multicolored plastic, rubber, and bristles.
But it is not for everyone. In particular, toothbrushes must be replaced regularly and need to be disposed of properly because they are not recyclable or biodegradable. […]

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