Looking at the Nature of Ideas Through New Lenses

Abstract

The current issue shows how looking at current practices and research a bit differently can enhance new knowledge and create new advantages. The first article looks at the human experience of smart home technologies of the future. Looking at the concept of flow in relation to games is the focus of the second article. The third article looks at the learnability of complex systems. The final article extends the current research on the technology acceptance model by testing the relationships between perceived enjoyment, ease of use, usefulness, and intention to use for "dual" systems, those information systems used for both utilitarian and pleasurable purposes. Research such as this demonstrates the social benefit of looking at current science and current human needs through the lenses of many disciplines, as well as creativity, openmindedness, and the potential for the future. Good ideas are needed for human progress, but even good ideas can be enhanced, rethought, and taken to a new level when society looks at the ideas from a new stance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)