Think of the shipping container as the Internet of things. Just as your email is disassembled into discrete bundles of data the minute you hit send,
Underneath the terminal s blacktop, a grid of 19,000 sensors help guide driverless robot trucks#GVS,
Bring on the drones!..Dancing is different for old people! For some, waaaay different!..Leap of faith, before anyone told them they couldn t fly!..
) There is no such thing as someone having a#oephotographic#memory#only very good memories. Even people with exceptional or autobiographic memories don t recall events with visual details precise enough to mimic a camera.
This is effective because things at the start and end of a study session last in your memory for a longer period of time.
When the timer rings, take a short break. 6. Improve Your Memory. Increase the amount of information that you re able to retain by applying memory techniques.
One of the best ways to remember information is by using acronyms. An acronym is simply an abbreviation that is formed by using the initial letters of a word.
These types of memory aids can help you to learn large quantities of information in a short period of time.
Eating breakfast has been proven to improve concentration, problem solving ability, mental performance, memory, and mood. Breakfast is the first chance the body has to refuel its glucose levels after eight to 12 hours without a meal.
Comprehension Concentration Abstract Thinking Memory Mental Fatigue Completing tasks One brain gym exercise is called#oebrain Buttons
The once-trendy virtual world Second life officially turns 10 years old this week. It s been years since its initial hype wave.
improving, and exploring a new virtual world; most of that zeal has gone since away. Indeed, lately 70 percent of regular users don t explore the world at all
and new tools like Google glass and the Oculus Rift emerge, it s easy to foresee a fairly broad desire for platforms that enable immersive, imaginative, real time interaction within a large community.
such as remote conferencing and architecture visualization, but only one consistently shows substantial and unique value:
Virtual worlds still entice SL cofounder Philip Rosedale (who stepped down as Linden Lab CEO a few years ago) just launched a new startup, High fidelity,
with the explicit goal of creating the next generation of virtual reality technology. And SL cofounder Cory Ondrejka, who went on to become Facebook s VP of Mobile Engineering
web-based 3d virtual world seemingly designed to specifically avoid all of Linden Lab s early mistakes and pitfalls.
Talented technologists like them maintain an active interest in virtual worlds for a similar reason that
the ongoing conviction that virtual worlds have the potential to be an important facet of mainstream culture.
It may finally be ready for the rest of the world Linden Lab will soon introduce a version of SL that runs on Oculus Rift, the widely admired virtual reality headset (which just secured $15 million in funding.
Using a fleet of surveillance drones, equipped with special infrared cameras, fires can be spotted during the earliest moments of a containment window,
signaling a fleet of extinguisher drones to douse the blaze before anything serious happens. Drones specifically designed for extinguishing forest fires have the potential to eliminate virtually 100%of the devastating fires that blanket newspaper headlines every summer.
Naturally there s a downside to eliminating forest fires altogether so how should we proceed? The True Cost of Forest fires In 2012 the U s. Forest Service had a budget of $948 million for fire suppression, a decrease of nearly $500 million from 2011.
the heat plume coming out of the back of the rocket produces a distinct heat signature instantly detectable by satellites tens of thousands of miles away with infrared sensors.
I can only assume today s technology is hundreds of times more precise than anything we were working with back then. 2007 NASA image of forest fires in California The above photo was infrared taken with thermal imaging sensors on NASA s Ikhana unmanned research
They recently purchased a state of the art airborne mapping system that included a Lidar (Light Imaging Detection and Ranging) system with integrated thermal sensors and high-resolution cameras.
Onboard thermal sensors record infrared measurements capable of showing heat loss in buildings and monitoring pipelines.
However, this same technology can be modified to work on flying drones to monitor fire activity on forestlands.
Oil exploration drone used in Norway Aerial drone technology is advancing exponentially and much of
high altitude aircraft, low attitude drones, or some combination of these, monitoring hotspots and instantly determining the danger level is well within our grasp.
Illustration of a fire extinguisher drone Final Thoughts I began this line of thinking looking for a solution to the wildfires we re currently experiencing here in my home state of Colorado.
Admittedly, managing a 24/7-drone fleet over our massively huge forestlands will be no small undertaking.
Surveillance drones will likely be separate from fire-suppression drones. Extinguishing a fire under several layers of tree canopy will also be a challenge.
Operating drones day and night through inclement conditions like wind hail, and rain will require an enormous effort.
British and Danish artificial life researchers such as Rachel Armstrong and Martin Hanczyc are designing#oeprotocells#a mix of chemicals
Experimental projects are even testing how to dispatch farm drones (crop-spying quadcopters for example) that measure everything from reflectivity to water loss to optimize the efficiency of a farm s operations.#
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a relatively straightforward technological innovation#GPS-equipped free-range cows that can be nudged back within virtual bounds by ear-mounted stimulus-delivery devices#has implications that could profoundly reshape our relationships with domesticated animals,
in this case, apportioning) digital information under the influence of the various media technologies#satellite imagery, RFID tags, algorithmic glitches, and so on#through
Our discussion ranged from robotic rats and sheep laterality to the advantages of GPS imprecision and the possibility of high-tech herds bred to suit the topography of particular property.
The edited transcript appears below.#¢#¢#Nicola Twilley: I thought I d start with a really basic question,
A GPS SYSTEM in the device detects when the animal wanders into the 200m-wide virtual boundary band.
So that s the reason why we are using GPS satellites to define the perimeter of the polygon.
or other sensors and sent into earthquake areas or fires or where there were environmental issues that humans really shouldn t be exposed to.
everything we do can be stored in memory, so you can learn about each animal, and modify your stimulus accordingly.
Going back to something you said earlier about animal memory #and this may be too speculative a question to answer
#The other thing is that the consumer-level GPS RECEIVERS I have used in my DVFDEVICES do not have the capability to have the fixes corrected using DGPS,
But I think the variability in that GPS signal could be an advantage for virtual paddocks that spatially
and multimedia narratives to bring to life United states history. Using this technology, users are able to hold up their mobile phones
memory kits for those with Alzheimers; and activity kits and games for Activity Directors, including a Karaoke Machine.
and graphic novels convention for teens#oecombines hands-on workshops, cultural demonstrations, gaming (open play and tournaments),
and LEGO Robotics programs for youth. California alt+library:##oeour programming initiative designed for (but by no means limited to) people in their 20s and 30s.
New york Competitive LEGO robotics team (Fayetteville Free Library, Fayetteville, NY) Mad Men discussion group (Half Hollow Hills Community Library, Dix Hills and Melville
bee-size robots with the ability to lift off the ground and hover midair when tethered to a power supply.
The robot can now carry more weight. The project represents a breakthrough in the field of micro-aerial vehicles.
It had previously been impossible to pack all the things needed to make a robot fly onto such a small structure and keep it lightweight.
and the threat it poses to agriculture were part of the original inspiration for creating a robotic bee,
Harvard s Kevin Ma spoke to Business Insider about the team s progress in building the bee-size robot since publishing its Science paper last year.
Where are you a little over a year after it was announced that the first robotic insect took flight?
We ve been continuing on the path to getting the robot to be completely autonomous,
We ve been building a larger version of the robot so that it can can carry the battery, electronic centers,
and all the other things necessary for autonomous flight. BI: Last month, Greenpeace released a short video that imagines a future in which swarms of robotic bees have been deployed to save our planet after the real insects go extinct.
It s a cautionary story rather than one of technological adaptation. What is your reaction to that?
Will robot bees eventually be able to operate like honeybee hives to pollinate commercial crops? Ma:
But to do this the robots first need to fly on their own and fly very well. In theory, they would just have to come back to something to recharge their batteries.
But we re very early on in working this out. BI: When can we see Robobees pollinating flowers?
The robot can now now carry more weight. That s important for the battery and other electronics and sensors.
Once the robot can stay aloft on its own, we would be working on things like allowing it to perform tasks,
increasing its battery life, and making it fly faster. Then there are a whole host of issues to work out dealing with wireless communications.
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#8 big changes coming to agriculture by 2030 Farmers will own more than 1 drone by 2030.
On Monday, Iowa Farm Bureau s Economic Summit included a speech outlining big coming changes to agriculture in the years ahead.
He predicts that by 2030 we can expect to see the average farmer owning#1. More than 1 drone 2. Driverless tractors, trucks,
combines 3. Printed buildings (3d printing) 4. Packages delivered by drones 5. Farmers growing legal marijuana 6. Using vertical greenhouses for specialty crops above
#The future impact of the Internet of things can t be underestimated Internet of things The Internet of things (Iot) is a hot new buzzword.
When some people hear the term Iot they immediately associate it with a refrigerator reminding us to order milk
The problem with Iot is a lack of education marketing and PR. The majority of people have not been informed on what use cases are driving these astounding revenue predictions.
Sure we have heard all of connected cars, wearable devices, and appliances with sensors, but what has not been marketed enough is the real business value that thesethings create.
To further the cause of promoting awareness to the future impact of Iot, let s answer these three key questions:
What kind of data are these devices collecting? What are the different types ofthings or categories that are connected getting?
Iot Data There are a wide variety of data types that Iot can capture. One of the most common is location aware data.
Location based information typically comes from wearables like Google glass and Fitbit devices or from the location based technologies installed on our phones, tablets and GPS devices.
This data informs systems of where the device is located. Sensors report on conditions such as temperature, humidity, moisture, motion, velocity,
activity, sound, and much more. Sensors also can report on the health and conditions of machinery and measure things like pressure,
torque, load, and even measure chemical compositions. As you can see there is much more at stake here than what s in your refrigerator.
Iot Categories The Iot addresses a broad spectrum of business functions and opportunities. Some of the most common categories are supply chain management, location tracking, real time financial analysis, remote monitoring and maintenance, energy efficiency, business process automation,
Iot Use Cases CONSUMER EFFICIENCY The use cases that most people are familiar with are the ones targeting the home consumer.
While some still view these types of Iot devices as a luxury rather than a need
HEALTH CARE The category where I think Iot can do the most good is in health care.
Assisted living is another area where Iot is helping our elderly. The cost of nursing homes can be too much for some people that require assistance
TRANSPORTATION Iot devices and processes that allow us to move goods and people more efficiently will save millions of dollars
By now we have heard all about GE s smart jet engines that transmit over one terabyte of sensor data per flight.
Some cities are embedding sensors in parking lots so that commuters with an app on their phone can be notified of where an available parking space is,
These smart cities are utilizing sensors to save money and optimize processes in many ways.
AGRICULTURE AND MORE I have seen even a startup that utilizes sensors to monitor the health
and made me realize how diverse Iot can be. Summary We are just beginning to scratch the surface of
what is possible with the Iot, and the use cases are seemingly limitless. It will take time
and education before the general public catches on to the real value of Iot and sees it as more than a way to track your steps with Fitbit,
I believe the term Iot will be taken more seriously. We are heading towards a world where everything is connected
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#New LED light technology sheds light on the future of food LED growing lights, delivering sunlight whatever the weather.
Would it somehow be molded, pressed, 3d printed, or simply sprayed onto a form? The process I ve just described is what I callsituational futuring,
so here are some examples of starting points designed to begin the conversational thread of situational futuring. 1. 3d Ice Printers A 3d printer designed to work exclusively with ice could be used to make ice sculptures, ice containers, ice cubes with your favorite liquor inside
analyses will increasing be made in real-time through sensor networks that pull data over an extended period of time from our skin, organs,
6. Swarmbots Groups of flying drones that move like flocks of birds, schools of fish,
8. Driverless cars How long will it be before we see the first highway in the U s. to be designated as adriverless-cars only highway?
Self-Cleaning House This long-time dream of housewives is finally within reach as smart home technology,
combined with the Internet of things, begins to invade our lives. What are the current missing pieces and
But 3d printing of replacement bodies will likely be a quicker option. How long will it be before someone 3d prints their own replacement body,
Hyper-Individualized Medicine Professor Lee Cronin at the University of Glasgow believes we will soon be using 3d printers to replace traditional pharmaceuticals with hyper-individualized medicines that are printed specifically for the person at the time they ordered them.
Large scale 3d printing In April the Chinese company, Winsun Decoration Design Engineering, created the first 3d printed house.
Crowdsourced Court System If a court system were developed using crowdsourcing to form its jury decisions,
Who are some of todays best-known celebrities that would likely show up as downloadable personalities for your computer, car, or robot?
Robotic Earthworms The most valuable land on the planet will soon be the landfills because that is where we have buried our most valuable natural resources.
In the future, robotic earthworms will be used to silently mine the landfills and replace whatever is extracted with high-grade soil. 43.
Let s take another trip down memory lane, the year: 1992. You call your buddy from the landline
We have more computing power in our pocket than that necessary to put the first man on the moon.
Some now steer themselves using GPS. Monsanto s, loaded with data, can plant a field with different varieties at different depths
the Climate Corporation has set up a free data storage service for farmers, which others cannot access without the farmers permission.
And that raises a problem which affects big data in all its forms. Prescriptive planting could boost yields everywhere
#Top 15 emerging agriculture technologies that will change the world Automation will help agriculture via large-scale robotic and microrobots.
Sensors, Food, Automation and Engineering. Sensors help agriculture by enabling real-time traceability and diagnosis of crop, livestock and farm machine states.
Food may benefit directly from genetic tailoring and potentially from producing meat directly in a lab. Automation will help agriculture via large-scale robotic
and microrobots to check and maintain crops at the plant level. Engineering involves technologies that extend the reach of agriculture to new means, new places and new areas of the economy.
Of particular interest will be synthetic biology, which allows efficiently reprogramming unicellular life to make fuels, byproducts accessible from organic chemistry and smart devices.
Sensors Air & soil sensors: Fundamental additions to the automated farm, these sensors would enable a real time understanding of current farm, forest or body of water conditions.
Scientifically viable in 2013; mainstream and financially viable in 2015. Equipment telematics: Allows mechanical devices such as tractors to warn mechanics that a failure is likely to occur soon.
Collars with GPS, RFID and biometrics can automatically identify and relay vital information about the livestock in real time.
Crop sensors: Instead of prescribing field fertilization before application, high-resolution crop sensors inform application equipment of correct amounts needed.
Optical sensors or drones are able to identify crop health across the field (for example, by using infrared light).
Scientifically viable in 2015; mainstream in 2018; and financially viable in 2019. Infrastructural health sensors:
Can be used for monitoring vibrations and material conditions in buildings, bridges, factories, farms and other infrastructure.
Coupled with an intelligent network, such sensors could feed crucial information back to maintenance crews or robots.
Building on existing geolocation technologies, future swath control could save on seed, minerals, fertilizer and herbicides by reducing overlapping inputs.
Agricultural robots: Also known as agbots, these are used to automate agricultural processes, such as harvesting, fruit picking, ploughing,
With satellite imagery and advanced sensors, farmers can optimize returns on inputs while preserving resources at ever larger scales.
Further understanding of crop variability, geolocated weather data and precise sensors should allow improved automated decision-making and complementary planting techniques.
Robotic farm swarms: The hypothetical combination of dozens or hundreds of agricultural robots with thousands of microscopic sensors,
which together would monitor, predict, cultivate and extract crops from the land with practically no human intervention.
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#Post college towns teem with college-educated young adults, jobs Young adults spend leisurely time at Marion Square in Charleston, SC.
Jessica Duggan grew up in this starchy historic city in the 1990#s. She remembers field trips with her mother to the historic Battery neighborhood,
and played retro coin-operated video games. They re in Charleston to live in Charleston says Crowley.
Incredibly this technique requires little more than a store-bought battery. Called electrochemically mediated seawater desalination (EMSD) this technique has improved upon the current water desalination method.
Just as data storage and software development formed some of the Information Economy markets, things like sustainable energy and resource sharing are emerging as Purpose Economy markets.
But perhaps as importantly, he would need to find a solution for the incredibly expensive battery technology needed for the car to work.
Just the battery for an electric car costs more than double the price of an entry-level car in the market.
The battery range is still too short, the price too high, and their charging stations are limited mostly to corridors with high concentrations of early adopters (i e.
and connected to venture funding, a proximity that ultimately increased investment in batteries and renewable energy.
#The future of drones expected to transform agriculture 80%of the commercial market for drones will eventually be for agricultural uses.
Drones are moving quickly from the battlefield to the farmer s field. They are on the verge of helping growers oversee millions of acres throughout rural America and saving them big money in the process.
While much of the attention regarding drones has focused recently on Amazon and UPS seeking to use them to deliver packages,
much of the future for drones is expected to come on the farm. That s because agriculture operations span large distances and are mostly free of privacy
and users of drones and other robotic equipment, predicts that 80%of the commercial market for drones will eventually be for agricultural uses.
the drone industry said it expects more than 100,000 jobs to be created and nearly half a billion in tax revenue to be generated collectively by 2025, much of it from agriculture.
a Denver-based company that sells drones and analyzes the data collected on corn, soybean and other field crops.
Drones which range in cost from $2, 000 for a plane the farmer puts together up to around $160,
sensors and other technology controlled by a pilot on the ground. The sticker shock may be steep
Farmers also can use drones to tailor their use of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizer and other applications based on how much is needed at a specific point in a field a process known as precision agriculture saving the grower money from unnecessarily overusing resources
a corn and soybean farmer in Calhoun County in central Iowa, purchased a drone in 2013 for $30, 000 that is already paying dividends on his 900-acre farm.
While some farmers could join Johnson and buy their own drones, most are expected to hire companies that specialize in this niche market.
has positioned itself to sell drones in much the same way as General motors works with its dealers to peddle cars.
but said the firm is on pace to posttriple-digit growth in both hardware and (drone) sales.
Still, he said for drones to have a meaningful and long-lasting impact in agriculture, they need to be retrofitted with additional devices to collect more information such as thermal sensors to identify early signs of plant stress that can later be parsed,
analyzed and used by farmers. We need to do more than just generate pretty pictures, he said.
drone use has been relegated largely to the military, but law enforcement and other government agencies can apply to the FAA for special permission to use them in civil airspace.
This year alone nearly three dozen states are considering legislation that would place restrictions on drone use and data collection.
Lawmakers say they feel compelled to start working on the issue as a wave of drones are starting to be considered for purposes ranging from finding missing children to delivering pizzas,
and others have protested the way the U s. military uses drones for operations overseas, they concede the technology could be beneficial for some with the proper oversight.
There are good uses for drones, I m not saying there s not, but we need to get a handle on it,
As farmers press ahead using drones, there is some uncertainty over how much flexibility the federal government has given really agriculture to use the aircraft.
Even farm operators and drone companies are divided over how much authority they have been given to fly the aircraft.
Later this year, the FAA is expected to propose rules for drones weighing less than 55 pounds.
Until then, the agency said some operators will continue to incorrectly assume they can operate drones under the guise of existing model aircraft rules
whether a farmer who decides to use his own drone to survey as part of his effort to run his business
The FAA does not allow drones to be used for commercial operations unless they apply for a special exemption.
Government and universities can operate drones as long as they get a waiver and fly them within a specific area.
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International has been pressing the FAA to allow limited drone use for some operations like farmers
As federal regulators struggle to define how drones can be used for commercial purposes, many countries around the world have loose guidelines for how these devices can be used.
Drones are being used for agriculture in a slew of countries including Canada, Australia, Japan and Brazil.
told farm conference attendees in January that farmers should begin learning how to use drones rather than wait until the FAA acts.
These sensors are not new, however, researchers say this color-changing tag would be much cheaper than previous devices
but these little sensors cost less than one cent per tag to make, according to researchers. The technology has been patented in China, according to the media release,
A recent article in The Economist quotes Bill gates as saying at least a dozen job types will be taken over by robots and automation in the next two decades
Super Baby Advocates Commercial Drone Industry The U s. Congress has mandated the FAA develop a plan to incorporate drones into national airspace by Sept. 30,2015.
Drone Classification Gurus Different laws will apply to different classifications of drone vehicles. 41. Drone Standards Specialists 42.
Drone Docking Designers and Engineers 43. Operator Certification Specialists 44. Environmental Minimizers Sound diminution engineers, visual aesthetic reductionists, etc. 45.
Drone Traffic Optmizers 46. Automation Engineers 47. Backlash Minimizers Ever new technology has its detractors
this perhaps more than most. On the path to a trillion sensors Our Trillion-Sensor Future Industry experts are now projecting that we will reach 1 trillion sensors in the world by 2024,
and 100 trillion by 2036.48. Sensor Inventors, Designers, and Engineers 49. Data Stream Organizers 50.
Failure Point Assessors 51. Data transmission Optimizers 52. System Anthropologists 53. Data Actuaries 54. Last Milers People who specialize in bridging the gap between where the data fields end
me action figure 3d printing 3d printing was named recently by Goldman sachs as one of eight technologies destined to creatively destroy how we do business.
3d printing will be bigger than the Internet. 55. Automation Auditors Assessing what parts, processes, and systems can be automated. 56.
3d printed Clothing Fashion designers, Material Specialists, and Stylists 63. Organ Agents 3d printed organs are now being created
and are in hot demand. 64. Manufacturing Process Consultants 65. Maintenance Guys Redefining our relationship withthings Internet of things Seventy-five billion is the number of devices that Morgan stanley has calculated will be connected to the Internet of things by 2020.
That s 9 4 devices for every one of the 8 billion people that will be on earth in only seven years.
Big data Social media, blogs, web browsing, and company s security systems are all generating enormous quantities of data,
Achieving more streamline data storage in the future will require de-duplication specialists who can rid our data centers of needless copies and frivolous clutter. 75.
Backlash Minimizers 3d printed Houses Contour Crafted Houses Many people think of contour crafting as 3d printing for houses,
Driverless Everything Driverless technology will initially require a driver, but it will quickly creep into everyday use
This image will become a distant memory as automated machines, drones, and swarmbots enter the pictures.
Swarmbot and Drone Operators and Managers 135. Plant Educators An intelligent plant will be capable of re-engineering itself to meet the demands of tomorrow s marketplace.
Robotic Earthworm Drivers The most valuable land on the planet will soon be the landfills
In the future, robotic earthworms will be used to silently mine the landfills and replace whatever is extracted with high-grade soil. 147.
Time Hackers If we think cyber terrorists are a pain it will seem like nothing compared to devious jerry-riggers who start manipulating the time fabric of our lives. 150.
Memory Augmentation Therapists Entertainment is all about the great memories it creates. Creating a better grade of memories can dramatically change who we are
the 2010 Makerbot s Thing-O-Matic 3d printer gave birth to desktop manufacturing. Automation is no longer the domain of the elite few
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