RAILS Webinar on Innovative Technologies and Tech Trends
What are the current technology trends that everyone seems to be talking about? Join Brian Pichman of the Evolve Project as he leads us on a journey of technology and how you and your library can remain ahead as the world continues to innovate. Throughout this session, we will discuss various tech trends from home automation to robotics to wearables. Learn what “big data” and “data curation” are all about; discover gesture based computing, and what NFCs and RFIDs mean to us in the future. We will discussion how these technologies can impact libraries and which technologies we should embrace. At the end of this webinar; learn what is coming out in the future and also how you can stay informed of what’s up and coming. Presenter: Brian Pichman
With 2017 just around the corner; what are we looking forward to? Will self-driving cars be a thing? Would we finally get AI’s? Join Brian Pichman from the Evolve Project as he takes you on a journey of what the future of technology may be.
Skype talk given at the first Internet of Things meetup in Wellington on November 4th 2014.
http://www.meetup.com/Wellington-Internet-of-Things-IoT-Meetup/events/208303962/
How Web Design will reinvent manufacturingMike Kuniavsky
Picture a world where Amazon.com is a factory. Products are made as needed, based on direct input from users to designers and developers. Consumption directly drives production, and data informs design. If we weren't talking about physical products, this would sound a lot like Web/app interaction design, but the worlds of making atoms and bits are quickly colliding, and the implications are profound. By mapping what we have learned creating analytics-driven digital design to the physical world, we can change how everything is made, for the better.
With 2017 just around the corner; what are we looking forward to? Will self-driving cars be a thing? Would we finally get AI’s? Join Brian Pichman from the Evolve Project as he takes you on a journey of what the future of technology may be.
Skype talk given at the first Internet of Things meetup in Wellington on November 4th 2014.
http://www.meetup.com/Wellington-Internet-of-Things-IoT-Meetup/events/208303962/
How Web Design will reinvent manufacturingMike Kuniavsky
Picture a world where Amazon.com is a factory. Products are made as needed, based on direct input from users to designers and developers. Consumption directly drives production, and data informs design. If we weren't talking about physical products, this would sound a lot like Web/app interaction design, but the worlds of making atoms and bits are quickly colliding, and the implications are profound. By mapping what we have learned creating analytics-driven digital design to the physical world, we can change how everything is made, for the better.
Multi-Touch Tangible Interface; HCI trends, projects, and developmentJazmi Jamal
Lecture series on Multi-touch. Topic covers; History of HCI, Environment computing, Introduction to tangible interface, IT Project management, and multi-touch workshop. Created in Q1 2010
Talk from IoT World in Santa Clara, May 12, 2016. How to make IoT objects interoperable and adapble by adding JavaScript. Introduces XS6 open source JavaScript engine optimized for embedded development. Hat tip to Hallelujah the Hills for the epigrams.
Human Factors in Innovation: Designing for AdoptionJim Kalbach
The ultimate goal of innovation is user adoption: we want people to actually use the things we create in a way that impacts their lives. But building the better mouse trap guarantees nothing. In fact, history shows it's not the whiz-bang of technology but rather human factors that matter in the end.
This is where UX designers come in. Through empathy and understanding of people's needs and perceptions, we can increase the rate of adoption and reduce the risk of non-adoption. This is good for business.
From business strategy to execution, technology is woven into the fabric of how companies do business today. How well do you understand and leverage technology in your day to day operations? That’s your Digital IQ, and it’s essential to improving your job performance, enhance your role within your company and extract value from the technology in which your company invests. In this session, you’ll not only learn about 2015’s biggest business tech trends, you’ll be introduced to tools that will instantly boost your digital IQ (and impress your boss).
Learner Objectives:
1. Understand the newest business technology terms and trends.
2. Identify personal learning gaps and potential solutions.
3. Discover apps and web-based solutions for office inefficiencies.
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Introductory presentation for the two day IoT lab at hubraum in Berlin, sponsored by Intel, organised by WebVisions and delivered by Claro Partners.
IoT Labs bring together designers, developers, makers and strategists to learn, create and prototype people centred offerings in the Internet of Things . In only two days teams go from exploring the IoT to prototyping and pitching new IoT business ideas using Claro's tools like the IoT landscape, IoT canvas and need frameworks.
ICOLIS 2014: Keynote Speakers David Nicholastulipbiru64
5th International Conference On Libraries, Information And Society (ICOLIS 2014), 4-5 November 2014, The Boulevard Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Theme: Library: Our Story, Our Time, Our Future
Keynote Speakers David Nicholas
Five Teams worked hard for two days to concept, develop, and produce IoT prototypes and business models - around the theme of Social Good. This was organised in association with Webvisions Conference. The slides are brief summaries of the teams' ideas.
Startupbootcamp Data & IoT and IoT lab - presentation at betahausClaro Partners Inc.
Presentation about the Startupbootcamp Data & IoT and IoT Labs - two initiatives from Claro Partners to help IoT entrepreneurs be successful with tools and mentoring.
What does the world look like in the year 2025? Digital living evangelist, Lindsay Smith, explores the communications and technology journey that has revolutionized the 21st century.
Are you ready for the changes that will come in this lifetime?
Creating successful partnerships with vendors and start upsBrian Pichman
Managing a partnership with vendors is a more effective strategy than building the typical client vendor relationship. A partnership is working together while a typical relationship is more just exchanging cash with product. Join Brian Pichman from the Evolve Project has he coaches you through building a strategic partnership with vendors, aligning yourself with start-ups, and working towards building a more focused approach in your day to day purchases. Brian will talk about the importance of win-win negotiation, networking, and how to work with your community to find extra funding, resources, or new programming ideas.
Multi-Touch Tangible Interface; HCI trends, projects, and developmentJazmi Jamal
Lecture series on Multi-touch. Topic covers; History of HCI, Environment computing, Introduction to tangible interface, IT Project management, and multi-touch workshop. Created in Q1 2010
Talk from IoT World in Santa Clara, May 12, 2016. How to make IoT objects interoperable and adapble by adding JavaScript. Introduces XS6 open source JavaScript engine optimized for embedded development. Hat tip to Hallelujah the Hills for the epigrams.
Human Factors in Innovation: Designing for AdoptionJim Kalbach
The ultimate goal of innovation is user adoption: we want people to actually use the things we create in a way that impacts their lives. But building the better mouse trap guarantees nothing. In fact, history shows it's not the whiz-bang of technology but rather human factors that matter in the end.
This is where UX designers come in. Through empathy and understanding of people's needs and perceptions, we can increase the rate of adoption and reduce the risk of non-adoption. This is good for business.
From business strategy to execution, technology is woven into the fabric of how companies do business today. How well do you understand and leverage technology in your day to day operations? That’s your Digital IQ, and it’s essential to improving your job performance, enhance your role within your company and extract value from the technology in which your company invests. In this session, you’ll not only learn about 2015’s biggest business tech trends, you’ll be introduced to tools that will instantly boost your digital IQ (and impress your boss).
Learner Objectives:
1. Understand the newest business technology terms and trends.
2. Identify personal learning gaps and potential solutions.
3. Discover apps and web-based solutions for office inefficiencies.
::
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Introductory presentation for the two day IoT lab at hubraum in Berlin, sponsored by Intel, organised by WebVisions and delivered by Claro Partners.
IoT Labs bring together designers, developers, makers and strategists to learn, create and prototype people centred offerings in the Internet of Things . In only two days teams go from exploring the IoT to prototyping and pitching new IoT business ideas using Claro's tools like the IoT landscape, IoT canvas and need frameworks.
ICOLIS 2014: Keynote Speakers David Nicholastulipbiru64
5th International Conference On Libraries, Information And Society (ICOLIS 2014), 4-5 November 2014, The Boulevard Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Theme: Library: Our Story, Our Time, Our Future
Keynote Speakers David Nicholas
Five Teams worked hard for two days to concept, develop, and produce IoT prototypes and business models - around the theme of Social Good. This was organised in association with Webvisions Conference. The slides are brief summaries of the teams' ideas.
Startupbootcamp Data & IoT and IoT lab - presentation at betahausClaro Partners Inc.
Presentation about the Startupbootcamp Data & IoT and IoT Labs - two initiatives from Claro Partners to help IoT entrepreneurs be successful with tools and mentoring.
What does the world look like in the year 2025? Digital living evangelist, Lindsay Smith, explores the communications and technology journey that has revolutionized the 21st century.
Are you ready for the changes that will come in this lifetime?
Creating successful partnerships with vendors and start upsBrian Pichman
Managing a partnership with vendors is a more effective strategy than building the typical client vendor relationship. A partnership is working together while a typical relationship is more just exchanging cash with product. Join Brian Pichman from the Evolve Project has he coaches you through building a strategic partnership with vendors, aligning yourself with start-ups, and working towards building a more focused approach in your day to day purchases. Brian will talk about the importance of win-win negotiation, networking, and how to work with your community to find extra funding, resources, or new programming ideas.
You have a maker-space; so what’s next? Join Brian Pichman from the Evolve Project as he walks you through how plan, market, and organize your programming events for your MakerSpace. Brian will also share successful programming ideas learn about programming regardless of library type. Allow your public library or school library to foster innovation and offer unique opportunities to encourage more patrons to interact, grow, and learn.
You have a Makerspace; so what's next? Join Brian Pichman from the Evolve Project as he walks you through how to plan, market, and organize your programming events for your Makerspace. Brian will also share successful programming ideas regardless of library type. Allow your public library or school library to foster innovation and offer unique opportunities to encourage more patrons to interact, grow, and learn.
Topics/Agenda:
* Ways to Organize Your Space
* Marketing Tips and Tricks
* Planning for the Future
* Programming Ideas for your Makerspace
Desired Outcomes:
After attending the webinar, you will have new ideas for your Makerspace to draw more attendees, see positive outcomes, and educate your local community (whether a school or public library) to foster more innovation and collaboration.
Driving Business Innovation through Technology Innovationaccenture
Speed matters in a digital economy. Customers expect products and services to be instantly available through whatever channel they choose. New competitors are springing up with a different mind-set and path to seize market share and turn the value chain of an established company, or industry, on its head.
If agility accelerates growth, innovation is the driving force to achieve it. Business innovation is digital innovation driven by new ideas and advances in technology. As technology leaders, CIOs have a tremendous opportunity to be relentlessly proactive in identifying how technology can create new value for the business.
Enhancing the User Experience with Smart TechnologiesJustin Denton
Everyone is talking about Smart Home this and Smart Home that, but how and why would I want to put something like this in my home? And how can I take advantage of this technology in the library? Through this webinar we will explore how to implement Smart Home technologies in the library to drive increased patron experience, drive return visits, and continue to increase overall engagement of the visitors.
There is a good chance that you have heard of artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain and bots. However, do you know what the implications of each of these technologies are? How it can and will impact your business in the near future? In this talk, we will discuss these technological trends, as well as a few others, that you will need to be familiar with as your association prepares to compete over the next few years. Let's take a peek into the future that is already here!
Technology trends 2018 and beyond | PLAN Tech Day ConferenceBrian Pichman
Over the last few years, we’ve seen technology evolve in new and exciting ways. Join Brian Pichman of the Evolve Project as he highlights this year’s biggest technology trends and what those trends mean for libraries. What changes are we expecting to see in 2018, and what will be a fad, and what will be the hot tech everyone is talking about? From drones to virtual reality, to creating and innovating, and crazy new inventions — you’ll be left with lots of great ideas, how to stay informed, and how to prepare for what’s ahead.
Trendcasting for 2018 what will the future of tech holdBrian Pichman
Join Brian Pichman of the Evolve Project as he highlights this year's biggest technology trends and what it means for 2018. What changes are on the horizon? What technologies should we hold out for? From drones to virtual/augmented reality, to creating, to innovation. Find out what is on the cusp and what will be the biggest trends of 2018.
The Digital Revolution Keeps on Giving (and Takig)Robin Raskin
Delivered at Dartmouth for their iLead program, this presentation looks at social networking, quantified self, internet of things and human input as the most important disruptors today.
Digital Transformation Major tech trends through the customer lens and relati...Larry Smith
Digital Transformation
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7 core technology trends: Mobility – Data – Social - Bots – Intelligence – Visualization – Things
This deck looks at some of the emerging technology trends in areas like IoT, big data, analytics, wearables, beacons, and contextual/anticipatory computing.
It has been said that Mobiles +Cloud + Social + Big Data = Better Run The World. IBM has invested over $20 billion since 2005 to grow its analytics business, many companies will invest more than $120 billion by 2015 on analytics, hardware, software and services critical in almost every industry like ; Healthcare, media, sports, finance, government, etc.
It has been estimated that there is a shortage of 140,000 – 190,000 people with deep analytical skills to fill the demand of jobs in the U.S. by 2018.
Decoding the human genome originally took 10 years to process; now it can be achieved in one week with the power of Analytic and BI (Business Intelligence). This lecture’s Key Messages is that Analytics provide a competitive edge to individuals , companies and institutions and that Analytics and BI are often critical to the success of any organization.
Methodology used is to teach analytic techniques through real world examples and real data with this goal to convince audience of the Analytics Edge and power of BI, and inspire them to use analytics and BI in their career and their life.
Internet of Things, Various Names, One Concept, History of IoT, Applications of IoT, Challenges and Barriers in IoT, Internet Revolution, Future of IoT, Impact of the Internet, Internet Usage and Population Statistics
The term “Internet of Things” refers to all those objects or
devices of everyday life that are connected to the Internet
and that have some kind of intelligence.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is one of the largest technology trade shows of its kind, featuring new product releases, updates, and a chance to experience the latest and greatest technologies from companies big and small. Join Brian Pichman of the Evolve Project who attends the show to spread the word about libraries to the exhibitors at CES, securing partnerships on behalf of libraries so that libraries may have more opportunities to innovate and bring new technology in for their patrons. Brian will share his experiences at CES 2022, sharing the top trends at CES, cool tech to watch for, and how this plays a role in libraries.
The Internet of Things - What It Is, Where Its Headed and Its ApplicationsJustin Grammens
This presentation covers the history of the IoT, its various phases in the Gartner Hype Cycle, why we should care about the IoT, specific industry segments, local Minnesota success stories and some closing thoughts... all on the Internet of Things. Interesting Google Trends and charts on future growth of the IoT are covered as key component as a well.
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Honestly, he’s helped me a lot over the years. But I can’t be selfish. I decided to share his expertise with you all! Turns out Brian does way more than I ever knew possible.
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Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
3. Staying Informed
• Follow / Network with those in fields you are most interested in
• LinkedIn
• Facebook (eh)
• Twitter
• Crowd Source Sites (Indiegogo and Kickstarter)
• Conferences
• CES
• SXSW Interactive
• Websites
• http://techcrunch.com/startups/
• http://www.forbes.com/technology/
• http://www.wired.com/
• http://www.cio.com/
• http://www.zdnet.com/
4. CES
• Consumer Electronic Show
• Previews of New Products / Product Announcements
• Showing off all their “tech” – hands on experience
• Runs the first full week in January
5. CES –
Largest Event Of Its Kind
• 3,600 Exhibitors
• 170,000 Industry Professionals
• 2.2 Million Square Feet
16. Hot Topics
• Maker Revolution
• From 3D Printers to Circuits to Robotics to Coding
• Connected Life
• Home Automation / Smart Houses
• Connected Self
• Wearable's for everyone
• Interactivity
• Touch and Gesture Based Computing
• Connectivity and Big Data / Data Curation
• Other Amazing Tech
52. Teach Kids to Program
• Hopscotch
Programming made easy No
typing. No syntax errors. Just
drag and drop blocks. Hopscotch
is an intuitive, friendly
programming interface designed
for everyone.
53.
54. BITS BOX
Program on a computer
and make a game for your
mobile device.
**Email me if you want to
demo a “hour of code”
event**
56. 56
• Safe To Fail
Environment
• Gateways To
New Ideas
• Provide New Tools
and Resources
• The Next Big
Entrepreneurial
Startup
• In school, your
younger
patrons are
not given
opportunities
to learn by
failure or
experimentatio
n
• You can spark
interest into
fields such as
engineering,
programming,
business
development
…and more
• Libraries are
about
providing
access. These
tools are not
always easily
accessible for
our patrons.
• What if your
library helped
launch the
next big super
star in the
competitive
tech
community?
Why Have This “Stuff” in Your Library?
57. Connected Life – Your Smart Home (or Library)
From Home Automation to Home Security
58. Home Automation
• Fridges that detect when you
are low on basic foods (eggs,
milk, etc)
• Stoves that can sense the
difference between a pan and
your finger
• Lets you search for recipes right
on the table
75. What does smart homes mean for libraries?
• A More Energy Efficient Library
• Heating/Cooling - based on room occupancy, outside temp, etc.
• Lighting / Dimming of lights – based on windows / motion
• A More Interactive Library
• Light Up sections of the library in different colors when patrons walk by (use
the LED Lights)
• A More Secure Library
• From Cameras to Locks to Motion Sensors. Room Reservation systems can be
locked till a patron gets texted the "unique" code to be let in during their
reservation
• A More Data Driven Library
• Build analytics based on movement, how frequently does one area of the library
get traffic versus the other. Count Patrons entering the door. Endless options.
93. The Personalized Data Life
• Most children have a digital
identify before they are born
• Data (Information About Us) is
being collected more rapidly than
before
• By our own doing
• Checking In, Photos with Geo Tags,
Location Based Services, Tweeting,
Facebooking, Wearable Technology,
Doctor Records accessible online,
credit accounts, online stores, etc.
94. Personalized Computers
• The cost of a computer is considerably less than what it was years ago.
• Computers/Tablets are being designed with a single user in mind; since
it is completely customizable and affordable to a specific person
• Chromebooks
• Windows 8/10:
95. Public Computers?
• We need to think about security of data
• Since information about “us” is connected between accounts
• Do people want to be using a non-personalized computer?
• “I don’t have my apps I use to do what I want”
• “I need to see weather/stocks/news on my homepage” – and their
information preferences are only saved on their own devices
99. Training
• We are in a good position to train our patrons of new technology;
allow them to experiment and learn
• Educate on safe use. With the increase of hacking and the
decrease in proper computer safety training; the threats are real.
122. RFID
Radio-frequency identification
• Electromagnetic Fields transmit
data
• Can contain any kind of data
• Can be read WITHOUT a direct
line of site
• Some use batteries, others collect
energy through electromagnetic
energy
• Concerns:
• Are small enough to be implanted
with very little notice
• How easy is it to access data?
123. NFC
Near Field Communication
• Allow for (typically smart phones)
to communicate to one another in
close proximity
• Transfer Photos, Contacts, Etc
• Uses similar communication
technology that RFID uses
125. Wireless AC
• The latest and greatest
wireless signal
• Allows for speeds faster
than your typical LAN speed
• Able to cover much larger
areas
126. Z-Wave
• Communication “standard” for home
automation devices
• Low powered, much lower frequencies than
wireless / bluetooth
• Is used to send small packets of
data/instructions
• Commonly used for Home Devices. Similar
to “ZigBee” yet ZigBee devices aren’t
always cross manufacturer compatible.
129. What’s this talk about
“Big Data”
• Technology is being used to identify trends in our lives. This data
is being curated and collected.
• This can help us with:
• Identifying health trends
• Saving Time or Energy
• Increase efficiency in our lives
130. The world's technological per-capita capacity to store information has roughly doubled every 40 months since
the 1980s;as of 2012, every day 2.5exabytes (2.5×1018) of data were created
1 EB = 1024petabytes = 1million terabytes = 1billion gigabytes.
A full 90 percent of all the data in the world has been generated over the last two years
135. Drones
• Lots of Options
• Big vs Small
• Camera
• Flight Time
• http://myfirstdrone.com/tutorials/buying-guides/want-to-buy-a-
drone-5-things-you-should-know-before-you-buy/
Little rolly ball toy that you can control with your smartphone. You could roll one of these little things up to people you want to engage with—maybe an easier way to approach people than walking up to them. Attracts attention, people want to talk and know about it. A great way to break the ice with kids and teens.
http://getoku.com/
OKU
Pre-order for $249.95, a special discount over the launch price of $299.95.
What's in the box: Along with OKU, you will receive a docking station and a special carrying case.
Shipping late Spring 2015 to USA / North America and to Europe/Asia in 2016.
Not ready to buy yet? Subscribe to our mailing list on http://getoku.com/ and get to know us more!
OKU is iOS compatible. Android availability is coming late 2015. (Sorry, Android users, but we'll get a version to you as soon as possible!)
Tobii Eye X - Eye Tracking software
The technology is simply a tiny wireless chip and sensor wedged between two pieces of normal contact lens material. The example use case given in the post describes how tough it can be for diabetics to check and manage their glucose levels, and how a smart contact lens could measure glucose through tears once every second and relay that information back to the wearer. Going forward, Google foresees even being able to embed LEDs into these lenses to alert the wearer if a measurement, like glucose, hit a critically low or high level.
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-developing-smart-contact-lens-can-measure-glucose-levels-tears
A group led by Jang-Ung Park recently embedded an inorganic light-emitting diode directly into an off-the-shelf contact lens. They were able to do so by developing a transparent, highly conductive, and flexible mix of graphene and silver nanowires. And after testing these lenses on rabbits — animals with eyes similar to our own — they found no negative effects or irritation.
The display was only one pixel across, but it served as a good proof-of-concept. The same sort of technology, once refined and developed further, could result in displays similar to what's being achieved with Glass.
This new type of hybrid transparent and stretchable electrode could eventually lead to flexible displays, solar cells, and entirely new kinds of electronic devices.