Monthly Archives: January 2015

This Desk Will Tell You When To Sit And When To Stand

Posted by & filed under Biometrics, Competitive advantage, Hardware, health, obesity.

Description: Here’s a desk that can help you lose weight! Source: TechCrunch Date: January 11, 2015   Standing is better than sitting. Most of the time. Sometimes your body needs a rest and that’s where the Humanscale OfficeIQ powered by Tome comes to play. Tome’s Jack Sigal stopped by the TechCrunch broadcast booth to show me how… Read more »

This Drone Could Be Your Paparazzi

Posted by & filed under Artificial intelligence, Biometrics, Hardware, industry analysis, robotics.

Description: Samuel Burke, CNN Business Correspondent, discusses what could end up being a new type of “paparazzi”. Source: CNN Money Date: January 9, 2015 AirDog is getting closer to delivering the first batch of drones that can follow and film you on their own. Questions for discussion: 1. In what other types of industries might these… Read more »

Teachers Will Embrace Students’ Smartphone Addiction In 2015

Posted by & filed under education, industry analysis, iphone, smartphones, social impacts, technology, technology-centric classroom.

Description: Technology will be used as a more mainstream approach for education in 2015. Source: Tech Crunch Date: January 3, 2015     Of course, classrooms have been using computers for decades, but 2014 was a year when many schools began to adopt technology as an embedded, natural part of teaching and learning. As many schools have… Read more »

How Far 3D Printing Came in 2014 – And Where It’s Headed This Year

Posted by & filed under Business Intelligence, Competitive advantage, Hardware, industry analysis, technology, virtualization.

Description: As 3D printing becomes more and more of a reality, TechVibes takes a look at where it may go from here. Source: TechVibes Date: January 2, 2015 It’s kind of grown up in the past year-and-a-half,” say Andrew Finkle, the co-founder of Waterloo-based Structur3D, which sells 3D printers and develops technology for the devices. “People… Read more »

The Google Doctor Will See You Now

Posted by & filed under Functional Information Systems, Google, healthcare, industry analysis, national culture, Search.

Description: Google is attempting to alleviate the incorrect self-diagnoses of those googling symptoms and then jumping to conclusions about their health. Source: Mashable Date: October 13, 2014   It seems Google is trying to bring an end to all the fake “diagnoses” resulting from folks searching for their symptoms and arriving at the wrong conclusions — or… Read more »