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Irresistible Bargains: Navigating The Surveillance Society, Robert M. Pallitto Dec 2016

Irresistible Bargains: Navigating The Surveillance Society, Robert M. Pallitto

Robert M Pallitto

Agents in contemporary societies are faced continually with choices regarding engagement with technological artifacts. They can choose to engage or decline engagement after considering the costs and benefits in each case. However, certain aspects of the surveillance society may be irresistible in a number of ways, so that refusal to engage with them is not a realistic option. The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT), particularly as embedded in “smart city” initiatives, helps to make surveillance technologies potentially irresistible. After laying the conceptual groundwork for discussing irresistible bargains, this essay offers a two-part normative critique, focusing on the asymmetrical …

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Self-Assembled Gels From Biological And Synthetic Polyelectrolytes, Paul Calvert, Skander Limem, Don Mccallum, Gordon G. Wallace, Marc In Het Panhuis Mar 2013

Self-Assembled Gels From Biological And Synthetic Polyelectrolytes, Paul Calvert, Skander Limem, Don Mccallum, Gordon G. Wallace, Marc In Het Panhuis

Gordon Wallace

Inkjet printing of alternate layers of anionic and cationic polyelectrolytes allows organized gels to form with structures similar to those made by layer--by-layer dipping methods but very much faster. Structures of gels formed using slow and fast inkjet printing systems are compared using elemental analysis, swelling and diffusion kinetics as characterization methods. After printing and washing, most sodium or chloride counter-ions are last from the gel, leave only the polymer complex. The swelling properties of the printed and washed gel depend on the deposition rate and on the ratio of the two polymers as originally printed. The synthetic polyelectrolytes reported …

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Inkjet Printing Of Self-Assembling Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels, Skander Limen, Donald Mccallum, Gordon G. Wallace, Marc In Het Panhuis, Paul Calvert Mar 2013

Inkjet Printing Of Self-Assembling Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels, Skander Limen, Donald Mccallum, Gordon G. Wallace, Marc In Het Panhuis, Paul Calvert

Gordon Wallace

Inkjet printing of alternate layers of anionic and cationic polyelectrolytes allows organized gels to form with structures similar to those made by layer-by-layer dipping methods but very much faster. Structures of gels formed using slow and fast inkjet printing systems are compared using elemental analysis, swelling and diffusion kinetics as characterization methods. After printing and washing, most sodium or chloride counter-ions are lost from the gel, leaving only the polymer complex. The swelling properties of the printed and washed gel depend on the deposition rate and on the ratio of the two polymers as originally printed.

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