Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Tomorrow’s cars will be way cool – at least from a techie perspective. And then there are some other perspectives. Let’s look at a couple of things coming down the pike.
Category: Notes From The Electronic Cottage
A weekly feature on electronic technology as it affects everyday life with Jim Campbell. Broadcast on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME every Thursday at 7:30 AM.
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/6/14
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
The Academy Awards are over and movies steeped in special effects and animation were big winners. Where were all those visual effects created? Increasingly, the answer is “not here.” The web has made it possible for call centers or tech support centers to be anywhere in the world. Now it is making it possible to outsource artistic and professional jobs as well. Are we thinking about what this could mean for economy and our daily lives? We’d better.
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/27/14
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Data breaches are an almost weekly experience these days, and resulted in over 12 million cases of identity theft in 2012. Could an “online digital guardian” reduce or eliminate identity theft and unauthorized charges on our credit cards? IBM thinks so. Should we think so too?
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/20/14
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Do you love to jump in the car on a summer’s day and drive off to nowhere special with the wind in your hair, feeling that you are free and no one knows where you are? If so, better do that soon because before very long, it will be pretty near impossible for the location of your car, now and over time, not to be known to others. Here’s why…
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/13/14
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Identity in the digital age is a new ball game. Digital technology offers great benefits, especially to those in parts of the world who have no way at present to prove their identities. And, of course, the flip side has the potential to create great harm. Let’s take a look at examples of both
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/6/14
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
On Feb. 11, there will be a “Day We Fight Back Against Mass Surveillance” on the Web (daywefightback.org) Why? Here’s a little background.
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/30/14
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Things move fast in the world of info tech. Here are some stories from just the past single week, and this is far from a complete list. Phew!
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/23/14
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
It’s yearly prediction season for all manner of things, and technology has plenty of predictors making predictions. Some of the most interesting predictions come from IBM. Their annual Five in Five list has been quite successful in looking at technologies that will change how we live our lives. If this year’s crop are correct, we’ll be living in a different world before long. See what you think.