Indimate BSR: A $399 Blind Spot Radar for Motorcycles
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Product Design, Technology Mediation, Symbolic Consumption, Social Identity, Consumer Culture, Case Study
Sendai Bank: A Baby’s Weight Determines Their First Bank Bonus
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Brand Semiotics, Consumer Culture, Ritual, Social Identity, Default Effects, Retail Banking
Snapkin: A Photo Turns Meals Into Calorie Data
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Self-Tracking, Brand Semiotics, Social Identity, Digital Anthropology, Consumer Culture, Mediation, App
lang AI Gives Restaurant Phone Calls a Memory
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Voice AI, Hospitality, Restaurants, Conversational Agents, Personalization, Emotional Intelligence, Customer Experience, Automation
TikTok Turns the Feed into a Conversation: AI Agents and the New Grammar of Buying
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Social Commerce, Conversational Commerce, TikTok Shop, Shopping Assistant, Buy Direct, Algorithmic Consumption, Personalization, Consumer Behavior
Hydrophones: Tracking Explosions Across Coral Reefs
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Datafication, Material Culture, Algorithmic Classification, Mediation, Reference Groups, Case Study
Community Hydrophones: Listening for an Endangered Grouper in Mexico
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Community Identity, Brand Semiotics, Datafication, Symbolic Consumption, Mediation, Case Study, Fish Conservation
Thermal Drones: Tracking Elephants at Night in Kenya
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Digital Anthropology, Mediation, Datafication, Social Identity, Symbolic Meaning, Case Study
Amazon.ia: Satellite, Sensor and AI Data for Amazon Biodiversity
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Brand Semiotics, Platform Logics, Symbolic Exchange, Consumer Culture, Digital Anthropology, Case Study, Inteligencia Ambiental
TCL CrystalClip: Swarovski Crystals Meet Open-Ear Audio
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Symbolic Consumption, Brand Semiotics, Luxury Codes, Social Identity, Consumer Culture, Case Study, Earpods
Benjamin: Physical Controls for Learning Music on Video
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Affordances, Consumer Culture, Market Shaping, Brand Semiotics, Philosophy Of Technology, Digital Anthropology, Musicians, Learning
Apple: The iPhone Becomes a Deal Hunter
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Consumer Culture, Brand Semiotics, Social Identity, Datafication, Technological Mediation, Scarcity, Costs