Dr. Vic Perotti » Mobile

A timeline for the Internet of Things

vic — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:52:43 +0000

Well, the RIT Entrepreneurship Conference was a big success. Really big, I would say, for our region and our school. Among the many things I heard during the day was about physical things interacting with the Internet. There is a long history of this kind of thinking and ideas. Some highlights:

1999 Kevin Kelly’s New Rules for the New Economy advises “Embrace the Swarm” so that we might all consider how networking EVERYTHING creates a new paradigm

2005 Tim O’Reilly coins the term Web 2.0 to include several ideas. One that gets little mention is Software Above the Level of a Single Device. I usually refer to this when talking about hybrid Mobile/Desktop access, but really it includes ideas of how physical devices get linked into the web. Example is iPod.

2005 (November) Guitar Hero is released for playstation with guitar as interface

2006 (December) Nintendo Wii is released with innovative physical interface

2007 Nintendo Wii is labeled as the market leader of console games by the Financial Times

late 2007/early 2008 WiiFit is released to bring together fitness and gaming

2008 (March I hope) Shenoy and Perotti present at the Internet of Things conference in Zurich

More about the Treo 700P

vic — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:11:44 +0000

Well, after about 2 months, I can say that this is the best technology in my life. I’m getting mail, contacts, appointments and all else pushed from outlook to my phone at regular intervals with no freezing or problems. This thing is superb. No synchronizing ever. Verizon network coverage really is a huge improvement over Sprint.
OK now SANDRA, let me tell you something…I have been in the modern age since 2003 when I bought my first Treo. The freezing of your Treo 700W is attributable to your new operating system (Windows) on the Handspring- I mean Palm- hardware. It will probably work well in a few revisions. The Palm OS is proven, easy to use and is simple. What I read is that the Palm software Documents to Go actually does a better job than the Microsoft products for reading Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents on the cellphone. It sure works for me.

I did have false rings until I realized that I had the push thing set up WAY wrong. One simple adjustment and I have been in great shape. Now if I could just get it to sync to Backpack, my life would be complete.

May I recommend to those curious the Treocentral website. It includes about everything you might need to know to purchase, research, furnish or fix a Treo.
Vic

bluetooth meet evdo

vic — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:40:46 +0000

hey saunders folks, my laptop has bluetooth, right? I can’t figure out how to control it. someone help me so I can tether the treo to it and use evdo data access in pricey hotspots!

moblogging aint as easy is it might be. I’m waiting for the crazy fuels to fuel up my airplane. the treo browser gets slightly confused by wordpress.

Another Treo

vic — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:33:33 +0000

In November 2003, I was an early adopter of a new breed of technology- the smartphone. In my case it was the Treo 600, a Palm-OS offering from Handspring. A lot has changed since then. Palm bought Handspring just before splitting into separate software and hardware businesses. Oh, and smartphones became a huge success. Especially the Treo.

This device really changed the way I work. Instead of doing things in large batches, I could do them in small bursts. Waiting in line? Why not check email or chat? I realized at the time that we would all be connected soon…Always online. Not a wonderful future, but to me more or less an inevitable one. So began my research stream on mobile collaboration. I am analyzing the results of my first two experiments this summer. Look for an draft paper from me soon.

Today, I am told my new Treo 700p will arrive. It has EVDO networking for fast data rates on Verizon. It has a better camera, more memory and best of all it will accept all of my incoming calls without my doing quarterly surgery on the device. I am excited.

Vic