


Case #14 (Part 2): Your Smart and Autonomous e-Creatures
When is a designer, maker, or operator of autonomous smart device liable for damage or cost? How is the world changing with more autonomous digital entities?

Case #14 (Part 1): Perspectives on Technology, Post-Covid
CASE #14 (Part 1): LinkedIn’s Dan Roth asks speakers on where technology will be… and the world? INSIGHTS+OUTLOOKThe digital buzz may distract us from noticing a marked divide between HAVE DIGITIZED’s and HAVE NOTS. Yet as we connect “everything and everyone”, the problem is quickly global. The concern is not merely an untapped market potential:…

Case #13: Verizon Lays Out Its 5G Strategy
Telecoms are like highways in more ways than we’d admit: never the destination, nor even the view – yet there’s no getting there without ‘em. People think of 5G as merely faster phones. Verizon defines 5G in eight speed-throughput configurations that segment its markets.

Cases #11 and #12: Microsoft, HIBER, and our superconnected world
CASE 11: Microsoft Data Campus (Quincy): “Over a half-million server computers… more (data) than 50,000 libraries of Congress….” CASE 12: HIBER: Nano satellites for the first truly global IoT network. Great case study for private-partnering (e.g. with SpaceX) at new scales. INSIGHTS+OUTLOOK:Only 5-10% of internet data searchable; 90% unsearchable in the private Deep Web and…

CASE #10: You in a world of smart, interconnected and autonomous objects: are you master or passenger?
INSIGHT+OUTLOOK New Rules and Processes of coordination:Calling it an Internet of Things puts us off guard. Interconnecting autonomies logically lead to an internet of everything: all things, data, process, and people. Expect extensive partnerings and alliances, as we see in the autonomous electric vehicle case. Coordination and standardization lead to common platforms; but who sets…

Cases #08 and #09: Bots to Enhance, Extend, or Restore
CASE #8: ORCAM: a handheld smart device that seamlessly reads text for people with visual or reading difficulties. CASE #9: SKYDIO: Autonomous drone can see, understand its complex surroundings; plan and fly a path avoiding obstacles in close-proximity. INSIGHT+OUTLOOK: Virtual reality and Robotics:I have a Need. I either bring the Value (of the object or…

Cases #06 & 07: A John Deere Harvester and a MOFLIN AI pet?
CASE #6: John Deere X-Series: Smart Farming with GPS, AI, and IoT: autonomous equipment for use in the harshest conditions globally.CASE #7: MOFLIN: Your AI pet simulates a living animal’s emotions & development, for the human need for interaction, entertainment. Featured on the graphic, clockwise from top: John Deere, awardee; Samsung Ballie; MIT nanoemulsion gel;…

CASE #05: LUMI Keys: A Self-Directed Learning System
LUMI Keys: a self-directed music learning system integrated through sound, light, and color. INSIGHTS+OUTLOOK: The pandemic isolation has surely helped the market for personal entertainment and creativity. The LUMI is very directly hands-on, making for a fun way to learn and create music. An excellent application of technology and insights from gaming: fun challenges to…

Case #04: Samsung Note, aka the Pocket PC for Gamers?
Samsung puts a “PC in your pocket with power to do things unlike any PC”