The document discusses emerging technologies and innovations relevant to libraries, including advancements in wireless communication, wearable technology, and the Internet of Things. It highlights the potential of new systems like super Wi-Fi, LiFi, and wireless electricity, which may transform library services and user experiences. The author, Michael Sauers, provides insights into how these technologies can be leveraged for improved content management and user engagement in libraries.

1. Technology in
Libraries:
What's Next?
Michael Sauers
Technology Innovation Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
Education Institute – 21 January 2014

2. The rules:
The Rules of Technology

3. These young people!

4. New-ish to libraries...

5. Content Management Systems

6. A/V Digital Converters

7. Tablets

8. USB Power Outlets

9. Wearables & The Quantified Self

10. Smart Watches

11. Personal data collection

12. Narrative Clip

13. MeMINI

14. Waze

16. Nest Thermostat

17. Nest Protect

19. Big Data

20. Crowdfunding

21. Library Box

22. 3D Printers

24. 3D Scanners

26. Wireless (Inductive) Charging

27. NFC
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Wireless communication limited to a few
centimeters.
Mostly used for payment systems at this
time.

28. HDMI Android Sticks

29. Dream Plug

30. RaspberryPI

31. Arduino

32. Leap Motion

33. On the horizon...

34. Razer Modular PC

35. Double Robotics Telepresence Robot

36. Faster WiFi
802.11a:
802.11b:
802.11g:
802.11n:
802.11ac:
802.11ad:
6 Mbps / 330'
11 / 390
54 / 460
150 / 820
1Gbps (under development)
7Gbps (spec only)

37. Gigabit Libraries Network
“Unlike traditional wifi, Super Wi-Fi (though currently capable of less data throughput) has
advantages both in a range measured in miles and in its ability to pass through walls, tree
and other obstructions. And yet like wifi, Super WiFi or TV White Space (TVWS) or simply
WhiteSpace, is also unlicensed radio spectrum, open and available to anyone with
certified equipment to use with no fees or permissions attached.”
CA: Humboldt County Library
CO: Delta County, CO
IL: Skokie Public Library
KS: Lawrence Public Library
KS: Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
KS: Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
KS: Manhattan Public Library
MS: Pascagoula Public Library
NH: New Hampshire White Space Consortium

38. Intel Edison

39. …baby monitor

40. Google Glass

41. 4K TV

43. Hold on to your socks!

44. 8K TV

45. The Internet of Things
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•
When everything is uniquely identifiable
and connected to the network.
via...
RFID
o QR Codes
o NFC
o WiFi
o
•
All contributing to "Big Data"

46. Google Smart Contact

47. Contact lens displays

48. You are your password

49. WiSee

50. Project Loon
Project Loon balloons float in
the stratosphere, twice as high
as airplanes and the weather.
They are carried around the
Earth by winds and they can be
steered by rising or descending
to an altitude with winds moving
in the desired direction. People
connect to the balloon network
using a special Internet antenna
attached to their building. The
signal bounces from balloon to
balloon, then to the global
Internet back on Earth.

51. 3GBPS "LiFi" via Light Bulbs
"The technology developed by HHI makes it possible to
use standard off-the-shelf LED room lights for data
transmission. Data rates of up to 800 Mbit/s were
reached by this optical WLAN under laboratory
conditions, while a complete real-time system
exhibited at trade fairs reached data throughput of
500 Mbit/s. The newly developed patent protected
components have now achieved a transmission rate
in laboratory experiments of over 1 Gbit/s per single
light frequency. As off-the-shelf LEDs mainly use
three light frequencies or light colors, speeds of up
to 3 Gbit/s are feasible."

52. Wireless Electricity over a distance
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WiTricity Corp. is...developing wireless electricity
technology that will operate safely and efficiently over
distances ranging from centimeters to several meters—
and will deliver power ranging from milliwatts to
kilowatts.
Direct Wireless Power — when all the power a device
needs is provided wirelessly, and no batteries are
required. This mode is for a device that is always used
within range of its WiTricity power source.
Automatic Wireless Charging—when a device with
rechargeable batteries charges itself while still in use or
at rest, without requiring a power cord or battery
replacement. This mode is for a mobile device that may
be used both in and out of range of its WiTricity power

53. Transfer data through your body
An “electrical device” that
you can either wear on your
body [that] uses the
wearer’s body part, like your
arm or finger, as a
“transmission channel” to
transfer data through direct
physical contact with
another device like a
computer, smartphone, or
even a game console and
controller.

54. Thank you!
Michael Sauers
msauers@travleinlibrarian.info
@msauers
+Michael Sauers
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