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Google Goggles
3D printing
Skype and Net Neutrality
The iCloud
Carlson’s Law about innovation

We discussed Google’s visual search application for Android phones, called “Goggles”.  Using Goggles, I was able to take a picture of several items.  Goggles recognized each of the items and successfully initiated Google searches for web pages related to the items. Some of the items I tried were: The Temple T A ukiyo-e print in our house […]

Two articles from The Economist (sent by Glen Argyle).  The articles discuss the technology, how it works, and applications.  In addition, they discuss some of the issues.   For example — the potential posting of designs on the Internet and the protection of intellectual property.

http://www.economist.com/node/18114327

http://www.economist.com/node/18114221

Several European cell phone companies have blocked Skype or imposed special charges for Skype use.  Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype may change this.  Here’s an article from the New York Times discussing the issues . . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/technology/06skype.html

Recall the discussion in class about music distribution and Rhapsody. Steve Jobs announced the iCloud, a service which stores music, documents, as well as other media, and makes them available to a user’s PCs and other devices. According to Jobs  . . . “We are going to demote the PC to just be a device. […]

Curtis Carlson was quoted by Tom Friedman in the New York Times last week — .   Via Wikipedia:  “In a world where so many people now have access to education and cheap tools of innovation, innovation that happens from the bottom up tends to be chaotic but smart. Innovation that happens from the top down tends […]

Last week we discussed the Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ ATM problem in 2008 which was related to the integration of systems following a merger.   Seven Bank’s ATMs were expecting a Katakana character but were sent a Kanji character.   As a result many ATMs were shut down.  You can find the article at http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145754/atm_glitch_hits_systems_integration_at_major_japanese_bank.html […]

VATSIM is an organization which provides simulated air traffic control services.   The services are provided through user developed extensions to the Microsoft Flight Simulator, user-developed controller workstations, and a network of servers.  Using these services, a user piloting a virtual aircraft can file a flight plan and “fly” guided by other users who act as […]

In the following article, Earl Steven Raymond discusses open source development and why it can produce reliable software.   He discusses traditional hierarchical “cathedral”  development models vs. the “bazaar” model where users are part of the development community.  Quotable (from the article):  “Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”. If you have time, I suggest you […]

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Tom Friedman returned to MIT in 2007 and presented an update to The World is Flat. Here’s a video of his update:

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/519

The cost of a gallon of HP printer ink is $8000 making it more expensive than a first growth Bordeaux wine! A gallon of Chateau Lafite Rothschild costs about $2000 to $400 0 depending on the vintage. The article states that HP’s profit margin on supplies is 14-16%. If this is correct, some of the cost is […]

Grace Hopper, the person most responsible for modern programming languages, appeared on 60 minutes in the 80s. The interview included her famous nanosecond lecture. You can view the interview here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sUT7gFQEsY

We are Makers :  Dale Dougherty discusses innovation and invention (including do-it-yourself satellites). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlrB6npbwVQ Visual Search Technology: A demonstration of Google Goggles, which searches by analyzing photographs from Android phones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhgfz0zPmH4 Siftables: David Merrill discusses tile-size computers which can change the way people interact with computers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP0w9lZoLwU Sixth Sense: Pranav Mistry presents his sixth sense technology, which integrates gesture recognition, video projection, and […]

Jeopardy for Final.pptx

MIS 2901 Final Study Guide_Spring 2011.docx

If you want to watch them again, you can find the Technology Entrepreneurship Videos in the Cool Stuff area of this blog.

The No Place to Hide video can be found in the Course Documents area of this blog.

We are Makers :  Dale Dougherty discusses innovation and invention (including do-it-yourself satellites). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlrB6npbwVQ Siftables: David Merrill discusses tile-size computers which can change the way people interact with computers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP0w9lZoLwU Sixth Sense: Pranav Mistry presents his sixth sense technology, which integrates gesture recognition, video projection, and other technologies also to change the way people interact with computers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzKmGTVmqJs Headset Which Can Read […]

For Wednesday — Please view the No Place to Hide video prior to class.   You can find a link to the video in the Course documents area.  Be ready to discuss the use of technologies discussed in the video and also the privacy issues. Also review the Ethics and Crime slides.  There are two sets — posted in the […]

No Place to Hide can be viewed at http://digital.films.com/play/BVN2MV/ If you are off campus, you may need to use a proxy server.  The Temple Proxy Server is gate.temple.edu port 8080.  If you don’t know how to set it up, ask me or MIS Technology Support.  (Contact information can be found in the Staff Information category of this […]