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A summary of the assignment for the theme sex.

The group started with taking a look at the exhibition with the theme sex. Different new technologies were exhibited. The technology they chose for the assignment was a set of sex toys, which could make people sexually interact without being close to each other. A wireless connection between the sex toys made this interaction possible.

The values chosen were intimacy and privacy. Sex is obviously related to these two values, because sex is an intimate activity between two persons and sex is something preferred private.

The top scenario was a case about a couple from which one went to study abroad. To have intimate activity/sex they chose to buy the sex toys. The solution seemed as they expected, but this top scenario turned into a flop scenario. After a night of playing with the sex toys, they discovered that they were not interacting with each other but with someone else. It turned out a neighbor had hacked the toy.

Because of the high level of intimacy a small breach in privacy can do a lot of harm. The whole story shows how the two values interact in different scenarios.

The video of the played scenarios is in the collection 'Filmpjes'.