In this paper, we present YARMI, a collaborative, networked, tangible, musical instrument. YARMI operates on augmented-reality space (shared between the performers and the public), presenting a multiple tabletop interface where several musical sequencers and real–time effects machines can be operated.

This paper heralds a paradigm that serves as a reference model for organizations of networked agents. This paradigm suggests modular components that can be combined to form a network organization. For network centricity in this paradigm, I am introducing synergy and social capital as specific network effects that enhance performance at various levels of an organization and overall productivity.

Collaborative networks research has increased over the last years due to the advantages experienced by the enterprises that establish collaboration. In this paper, a set of relevant collaborative processes are identified in the literature and analysed considering their specific application in non-hierarchical manufacturing networks (NHN). Besides, collaboration within networked partners is enha...

Collaborative researches of three-dimensional molecular modeling can be limited by different time zones and locations. A networked virtual environment can be utilized to overcome the problem caused by the temporal and spatial differences. However, traditional approaches did not sufficiently consider integration of different computing environments, which were characterized by types of applicatio...

Much has been made of the shifting relationships of power caused by the forces of globalization. Through the intensification of social interconnections, we now can apprehend the world as a single place, aware of our own place and its relative location within the range of world experience. The media of communication are key players in this process, both as causes and outcomes. Like with other ar...

The present research examines how the match between encoding and recall contexts influences recall performance. Memory research has shown that recall performance can be impaired when a subset of the studied stimuli is presented at recall (the part-set cuing effect) or when the recall process is carried out in a collaborative way (collaborative inhibition effect). In 4 experiments we manipulated...

A significant opportunity presented by the availability of high-speed network access in the classroom is the ability to collaborate with remote students and mentors. To be successful, however, the design of tools to support collaborative activities must consider the unique constraints of the classroom. In this paper we discuss these constraints and overview the Virtual School, a collaborative e...

The increasing interdependence of economies across the world has stimulated the collaborative development of complex products implying wide ranges of groups. In this context, the collaborative development of products provides new challenges in distributed systems. It requires continuous communication and exchanges between teams of collaborators having different roles and using different tools. ...

The purpose of the study presented in this article aims at broadening our understanding of information and concomitant aspects of a non-bureaucratic organizational design. With current changes in organizational environments, the century-long domination of the bureaucratic organization is being shaken. New organizational designs have been proposed as alternatives to the bureaucracy, including th...

Collaborative Networked Organisations (CNO) face the same if not even harder problems when trying to transform towards a learning organisation. Small and medium sized organisations which still represent the motor for job creation in Europe often respond to market turbulence by engaging in nonhierarchical CNOs such as Virtual Enterprises. A proven method to support learning in distributed set-up...