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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 9 years, 4 months ago
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 9 years, 4 months ago
While autonomous cars are in the distant future, BMW has incorporated a remote control into the BMW 7 series cars. The remote control parking is a first for any production vehicle and allows you to park while not being in the drivers seat. This will allow drivers to be able to park in those tight spots they couldn’t get into before. We discussed a lot about autonomous cars in class but this new BMW feature raised some questions.
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I think this is a pretty cool development as far as autonomous cars are concerned. It’s very interesting, especially considering our class discussion, that features of autonomous cars are already being put into production. I’m sure we will see continuous developments in the near future.
As far as right now, I would still rather wait until everything is fully automatic.
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I think this is an interesting development in the autonomous car realm as well. I’m not sure I completely grasp the value it presents though. With autonomous cars, the value is presented by taking the need to drive away from the individual. This device simple parks the vehicle – something many companies have already instated with park assist features. I’m not sure if being outside of the car for park assist hold enough value for it to be adopted into the mainstream. I personally, would rather use existing park assist features and drive my own vehicle.
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Great article, Will. I think this is a great entry into the autonomous vehicle market for consumers who might be hesitant to adopt autonomous vehicles early on. Owning a vehicle that parks itself via a remote would seem to ease tensions consumers have towards autonomous vehicles. I think that, at least initially, autonomous vehicles will be met with some contention but I think technology like this will increasingly ease fears.
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I completely agree with Ryan. I think this product, if successful, will enhance the trust factor that people will have concerning the full automation of vehicles. If this form of automation proves to work, then it will only make it easier for people to really buy into the idea of fully automated cars. I know many people that struggle with the difficulty of parking in tight spots. For that reason alone, I think this is a feature that can benefit a lot of people.
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For me personally, I would not want to pay the extra money just to have the car park itself. I do agree that it is a step in the right direction for the autonomous car market, and individuals should become more attracted to the idea of purchasing an autonomous car sooner, however we all know that these cars still have at least a decade before becoming available to the public at a reasonable price that regular cars are priced at now.
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site Will Cummings 9 years, 4 months ago
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William Cummings commented on the post, Almost 1 Million People Bought Apple Watches in 1 Day, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
I think people will mainly use their apple watch for fitness and health reasons. I believe the initial benefit of being able to track health and other fitness events will be the main focus for people that are interested in buying the watch instead of the other features.
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 9 years, 5 months ago
Earthquakes can be deadly and cause tremendous damage, so why not be aware when they are about to occur. In the past, people would have no idea when an earthquake was about to occur. They would just have to be lucky enough to already be in an area that would keep them safe from any harm that could come their way. With new technology, there is an app called MyQuake that allows people to now track past and present earthquakes. Also, it allows them to be notified for early earthquake warnings in hopes of giving them a head start to protect themselves. Even though its not really helpful for us on the east coast, it is very beneficial for the west coast. This relates back to our class discussion about sensors and how they can potentially help and save lives.
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I think this app is a great idea. I had Hollywood vs Geology last semester, a gen ed science class and we discussed the possibilities of towns enacting multi-million dollar warning systems. However, it is difficult to predict exactly when an earthquake will strike. There could be several days of signs leading up to it and the likelihood of the earthquake could be extremely high, but sometimes it just might not happen. Having an app to send out warnings could be a great idea, especially in light of the recent unfortunate events that happened in Nepal. Hopefully this idea takes off and preventive measures will be enacted easier and faster in the future when it comes to natural disasters.
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 9 years, 5 months ago
Tesla says the next big software update will come out 90 days with an auto-steering function that will make the cars mainly autonomous on the highway. The feature will only keep the car within its lane at an appropriate speed, meaning there is no big leap. Each car built since October has the radar, sonar and other hardware needed to make this happen and the capability to combine all that data with navigation, GPS, and real-time traffic systems. The only thing missing is the software needed to tie it all together. The only thing is, experts don’t know if its totally legal to put on the road. What would u think if you were driving in the next 5 months and a autonomous car was next to you? How would you feel?
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It’s hard to say whether I would feel comfortable on the road with an autonomous vehicle as it is so early in development. If the technology does prove to be reliable, there is no reason this shouldn’t become mandatory for every driver. The first things I think about are that a progrom operating a vehicle cannot be distracted by their cell phones, by something they see on the side of the road, by eating while driving, or by intoxication, among many other examples. For these reasons alone the techonolgy could reduce car accidents and other related accidents significantly. It will be interesting to see the results of the first autonmous vehicles to hit the road as this could be one of the msot disruptive technologies we’ve seen yet.
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First, I find it crazy that Tesla cars built since October have had the ability to drive autonomously; all it needs is a software update that can unlock that feature. It is crazy to think cars are now getting software updates over the air, just like our phones do. I am a little skeptical about possible bugs that can occur in the software. If I had the option to allow this technology I think I would try it out, this feature is expected to increase the Tesla’s already amazing mileage. I remember in class talking about how only a few states have the rights to drive fully autonomous cars, so I would assume this can be potentially legal but I can also see how it might not be legal.
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Thanks for posting this great article. First of all, I do believe that this auto-steering function is one of the great upgrade software that can implement to car system. But I strongly disagree that this functionality should not be on the road yet. I remember that before all the electric car came-out, there were enough of road test by the model of S all-electric sedan. What we always have to concern is the safety. We all know that Autonomous driving modes would allow the driver to truly cast attention away from the road-possibly even disable steering-wheel control, eventually-and they would take some of these core active-safety features and driver aids and then allow either full vehicle-to-vehicle communication and vehicle-to-grid, allowing multiple layers of safety so that the car could truly drive itself. However, this feature should be tested enormous times so that everyone can believe auto-steering function is reliable to be on the road.
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This was a great post and and interesting article considering our recent class discussions. I think the legality of autonomous car features will depend on testing and the confidence level in its results. At this moment, I would not feel comfortable with these features being used while I was on the road. However, if there was sufficient evidence that these features were safe and effective, I would support the initiative of autonomous vehicles.
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 9 years, 6 months ago
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I think this technology could be a huge asset to many sports & athletic related fields. As an athleti, you are often blind to the inner workings of your body and can easy over exhert yourelf resulting in injury. I believe this device could help prevent small injuries and help predict the occurance of bigger problems. When reading about the device, I couldn’t help buthtink of the Cirque De Solil system which carefully tracks and monitors each performers health, inuries, & physical activity. In the curretn state, it is just a system of records which uses historical data to make predictions. Coupled with a technology such as OptimEye, they would be able to make highly accurate predictions of injury, recovery rates, & performer limitations. I would be interested to see how this could be used outsideo f the professional athletic realm.
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This technology would be great if it was put into the hands of the regular consumer. Imagine if a high school coach could have this and prevent his younger players from getting hurt and ending their career way too early. With this technology it would also be great for the players to monitor how they are doing. Most players always want to perform better than they did the previous day, but how can they measure that? With this new technology it can give players statists on how they did the previous day and they can determine what they need to do better. I believe this technology will not only help prevent many injuries but advance the quality of the game.
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 9 years, 7 months ago
It is often said that it’s not always the technology that is hardest to change because at times it can be the people involved. Since people are the ones who decide on the changes in IT, it’s more difficult to have influence on those who are making decisions to make or break a company. Four of the hardest things to change in IT are taking the company global, migrating to the cloud, changing domains, and bridges between IT and other business units. Going global can cause problems because it is a huge task of developing global processes, applications, and networks. Migrating to the cloud can cause problems because not everybody embraces a new ways of doing things. Some people need more time than others to adapt. Changing domain can be a hassle because customers are so use to the original one and everybody will have to be notified of the new domain. Also, sometimes it is difficult to get other business units on the same page as the IT. Can you think of any other changes that might be difficult to make in Information Technology?
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Thanks for posting this article.
Transforming into one another is one of the hardest thing especially in business strategy.
Going global can cause problems such as if the company is not perfectly plan for what they want to change of it. For example, a lot of company still backing up useless data forever. Like the stars of the show Hoarders, most people are data hoarders. The company want employees to back everything up. Including the databases they haven’t used in years. Even after they’ve moved to a completely new systems. The company also like to storing stuff forever. These stuffs makes the company holds off from going into global. They are storing stuff they couldn’t access or read even if they wanted to, because the necessary equipment doesn’t exist anymore or not thinking about it to change it. There are more hardest things to change in information technology and they should’ve be all aware of this transforming one into the other.
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 9 years, 7 months ago
We all know someone or have had our own password stolen for something you were trying to protect like an email account. We are in a new era where new technologies are being created and used to reduce the reliance of traditional passwords. For example, FIDO (Fast Identity Online) is a fast growing technology that has began to replace the traditional password system. There are still people who prefer to rely on the traditional system. FIDO helps to eliminate the ability to hack and steal a users password as easy as it done with passwords. This prompts me to ask: do you prefer the traditional passwords? Do you want to see more of FIDO used? Do you like the iPhone fingerprint scanner to unlock your phone? Also, the new iPhone fingerprint scanner has eliminated some of possibilities of people being able to see you enter your passcode to your phone if you had one to unlock it.
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I believe FIDO is a great option, it would require vast majority of authentication technologies. I believe fingerprints, iris scanner and other facial recognition’s would greatly benefits as a password authentication. Many laptops now even include fingerprint scanners and even apple are starting use them on phones and iPad. Many other companies are using them like Visa, Paypal and other fortune 500 companies. I love the new fingerprint scanner on my iPhone. Our generations has changed into making everything faster. Companies understanding that every seconds counts and with this finger print scanner on the iPhone, it saves so seconds and it’s much easier and safer.
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William Cummings commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 22, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think that sometimes everybody forgets about everything above us. My brother works for Lockheed Martin so I always hear about the new developments that have been happening on the ground. It is definitely an eye opener because you never really think that new technologies need to be created since it doesn’t really impact our day to day lives.
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William Cummings commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 22, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I found this article interesting because I have always wondered if this type of technology was possible but companies decided that it would benefit them to not use it. Just the whole idea of have the ability to replace parts freely would definitely change the technology industry. I am a huge iPhone advocate and how difficult it was to change…[Read more]
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William Cummings joined the group Hohne Sec 002 Group 1 9 years, 8 months ago
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site Will Cummings 9 years, 9 months ago
This week has been a pretty busy week for me due to basketball. I was not able to attend our regularly scheduled meeting with the BA’s and PM’s. I will get updated on their status when everybody returns from […]
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site Will Cummings 9 years, 10 months ago
This past Wednesday we had our regular scheduled meeting with our BA’s to discuss the status of the project. It was a pretty quick meeting this week because the BA’s were starting to work on their business rules […]
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site Will Cummings 9 years, 10 months ago
On Wednesday our PM’s met with the BA’s, unfortunately I was not able to attend. From what I have been told, the BA’s are working on their prototype and showed different displays on what they think the prototype […]
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site Will Cummings 9 years, 10 months ago
Our BA’s had another exam this week which caused for us to have little communication and not meet this week. As PM’s we have continued to work on our deliverables. I have planned to complete the quality […]
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site Will Cummings 9 years, 11 months ago
During our team meeting on Wednesday, the primary focus was to continue to determine what the BA’s wanted their prototype to look like. The original idea they started with has changed since they have went through […]
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site Will Cummings 9 years, 11 months ago
On Wednesday we met with one of our BA’s after our class. They others couldn’t make the time but they communicated that with us. We went over any questions the group may of needed to ask us about deliverables. […]
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site Will Cummings 9 years, 11 months ago
This week our team was not as productive as last week due to tests in each class for the PM’s and BA’s. Throughout this week we have still had good communication with them and they are on track with all upcoming […]
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William Cummings wrote a new post on the site Will Cummings 9 years, 11 months ago
Our team of BA’s have really got off to a great start and are well organized. Every member has done his required part and all seem to be on the same page. I have met with the PM’s and BA’s to answer any […]
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I think this idea can be a huge hit because it will lessen the workload of employees in Mattel and Autodesk and reduce risk. Before this innovation, companies had to think creatively to develop toys that they felt would appeal to kids. With this service, toy companies can observe 3-D printing toy trends and then base their next product off of what is the most popular. This idea can definitely help these two companies because it reduces the chances of them producing a product that flops once it hits the market. Lastly, it gives these companies the opportunity to observe others that may have a pattern of coming up with great ideas with toys for 3-D printing. Companies such as Mattel and Autodesk can then try to bring them into their businesses.
I really like this idea. Kids are the most innovative and creative minds there are when it comes to toys and building. They’re willing to try new things but they’re limited by the toys they have. Now with 3D printed toys, they can create anything they want which provides an endless amount of creativity. Lego tried this idea with their MINDSTORM line, and it has had some success. I think this idea could be even bigger.
I agree with Andrew and Bakari above. This could definitely be a big hit for these two companies. This kind of disruptive innovation would change the toy making industry, and could affect those who design the toys within the companies. However, it is a good thing that kids are coming up with the ideas for what they want to play with. One thing that I feel that could become an issue is copyright/patent issues with a toy that someone designs through these apps, but get no credit for doing so.