Genius of the Genius Bar

A good paragraph to ponder - link.

"When talking bricks and mortar in the electronics space, it’s impossible to overlook Apple stores. Now, the magic isn’t in the stores' simplicity. Or necessarily in the newest devices. The genius is, of course, in the Genius Bar. Apple stores are constantly overflowing because consumers don’t fully know what they are doing with the expensive, high-tech items they're gripping. They need advice, guidance, and education to further their experiences. Apple’s ability to upsell consumers through the Genius Bar is remarkable largely because it isn't technically on display."

Real Time Wind Speed Data

Link to the site.

The Era of Technological Determinism

The Road Ahead for Connected Vehicles https://t.co/B2XqBlKEF8

— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) July 28, 2017

The Golden Age of Innovation

Mind Game of the Week - How Would Jeff Bezos Run a [Fill in the Blank]?

How Would Jeff Bezos Run a Nursing Home? Implications for the Future of Medicaid https://t.co/UxumpD9E1N

— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) July 1, 2017

The Impact of AI on Sports Viewing

Wimbledon, IBM use Watson AI to help fans get more from matches https://t.co/fv95Uvdiy2

— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) July 1, 2017

A New Rule of 3s for Survival

My new rule of 3s for survival - - three weeks without food, three days without water, three minutes without air, and three seconds without an Internet connection!!  From Fast Company - the impact of the Internet in your pocket and how it changed everything.

"In 2007 we were still thinking, “Why would I want the internet in my pocket when I’m walking around? If I want to get on the internet I’ll sit down in front of my computer.” So 50 years from now, we’ll look back and see the iPhone as the demarcation point between when the web was growing, and the era when the web was ubiquitous and something where everybody, even your grandmother, is using it–not only daily, but on an hourly basis.

And 2007 is around the same time that Facebook was discovered by everybody. I think it’s really the combination of the iPhone/smartphone and the rise of social media that really leads to the internet as we understand it today. I’m looking out on the street in Manhattan right now, and seven out of 10 people walking by are looking down at their screen."

The Future of Home Care

The Genius of the iPhone

Put down the iPhone and appreciate its genius (and flaws) https://t.co/VNbJlBIklz via @bv

— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) June 29, 2017

Round One of the Driverless Revolution

From Medium - - might be where the initial wave of driverless investment is focused.

Your Future Garden

Not Looking Like Blade Runner 2049

The zombie robot argument lurches on: There is no evidence that automation leads to joblessness or inequality https://t.co/KiD9UchQZr

— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) June 11, 2017

A Paragraph to Ponder

From MIT Technology Review:

"When Lois Seed wakes up in the morning, one of the first things she says is “Alexa, what is the weather?” Seed, who is 89 and has low vision because of macular degeneration, finds it convenient to get weather information by speaking to the Alexa voice-activated assistant on her Amazon Echo. She also asks her Echo to tell her the time and to play classical music from her former hometown radio station.

“Life is more enjoyable [with Alexa],” she says, proving that the recent Saturday Night Live spoof about Alexa and seniors couldn’t be further from the truth."

The Future of Retailing?

Amazon's Bricks and Mortar https://t.co/Lzxrl3xb1w via @BlowhardEsq

— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) June 9, 2017

Car Code

From the New York Times - -

 

"Twenty years ago, cars had, on average, one million lines of code. The General Motors 2010 Chevrolet Volt had about 10 million lines of code — more than an F-35 fighter jet.

 

Today, an average car has more than 100 million lines of code. Automakers predict it won’t be long before they have 200 million."

Cyborg Dragonfly

A Paragraph to Ponder

From Trucks.com and the path to autonomous trucks - -

"Truck driving is among the deadliest occupations in America, with 745 drivers killed on the job in 2015, the latest year for which there is federal data. Trucking transportation occupations accounted for slightly more than a quarter of all work-related fatalities in 2015, more than any other U.S. job, according to an annual workplace fatality report from the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics."

A Story of Flutter

“Science busts the biggest myth ever about why bridges collapse” by @StartsWithABang https://t.co/YqX508mJPU

— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) June 5, 2017

The Trackers

From Fast Company - tracking the trackers that track you.

Engineering A Better Tattoo