1. Technology in
Libraries:
What's Next?
Michael Sauers
NELS Annual Meeting
18 September 2013

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. Square

9. Smart Watches

10. Personal data collection

11. Memoto

12. Nest Thermostat

13. Waze

15. Big Data

16. Crowdfunding

17. Library Box

18. 3D Printers

20. 3D Scanners

22. Wireless (Inductive) Charging

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

24. HDMI Android Sticks

25. Arduino

26. RaspberryPI

27. “This tutorial will show you how to
use your Raspberry Pi as a WiFi
access point that blocks ads by
default for any devices using it. This
is really neat in that it would work for
your Android or iOS device, your
Xbox 360, TiVo, laptop, and more
without needing to customize any of
those devices other than to use your
Raspberry Pi as the access point for
WiFi. Using an ad-blocker can be
useful for conserving bandwidth,
helping out low-power devices, or for
keeping your sanity while browsing
the web!”
Ad Blocking access point

28. Sensordrone Turns Your Smartphone Into a Carbon Monoxide
Detector, Non-Contact Thermometer, Gas Leak Detector, Lux Meter,
Weather Station, Diagnostic Tool, Breath Analyzer, & More...Much,
Much, More!
Sensordrone

29. On the horizon...

30. 802.11b: 11 / 390
802.11g: 54 / 460
802.11n: 150 / 820
802.11ac: 1Gbps (under development)
802.11ad: 7Gbps (spec only)
802.11a: 6 Mbps / 330'
Faster WiFi

31. “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
Gigabit Libraries Network

32. “It's been a long time coming, but word hit
the street (in German) that Gembird is
going to launch their EnerGenie ePP2
e-reader at the IFA conference next
week. Actually, e-reader is not the right
term. Rather they call it an "e-paper
printer", based on its capability to
function as a printer. It works by
connecting the reader, uh, printer, to a
computer via USB, where it's then
being recognized as a printer. When
you print a document, it will be
automatically stored onto the device.”
EnerGenie ePP2 e-paper “printer”

33. Leap Motion

34. Google Glass

35. 4K TV

37. Hold on to your socks!

38. 8K TV

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

40. Contact lens displays

41. You are your password

42. WiSee

43. 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.

44. "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."
3GBPS "LiFi" via Light Bulbs

45. • 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
Wireless Electricity over a distance

46. 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.

47. michael.sauers@nebraska.gov
@msauers
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