Futuring RFID Slideshow

This is a short video slide show of RFID future. I have some old chips to new and how it can and is already being used today. I hope you enjoy this short video.


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Socio Technical Plan Pocast

This is my plan for the next 10-20 years of implementing Radio Frequency Identification in humans. 


Socio Technical Plan for RFID Implementation

Podcast for Futuring RFID Chips

In the next 10-20 years we will see a wide implementation of RFID chips in humans. This plan is to help advance this technology where the chip can be widely used. The uses can be by medical, manufacturing, personal and corporate environments. This technology will give the employer and employee the capability of storing information that can be retrieved through a partnership which is secured.

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Cool Tool For Professionals

I was thinking of a cool tool that I can share with everyone. It is hard to find the right one to discuss and share cause I use a lot of them. The one that I will share with you is a cool tool that I have been using for a while is and it is Huddle. This tool is using Cloud Technology and is free to the public. It has allowed me to share and collaborate through my research with other colleagues in education, work and personal ventures, where collaboration is needed.

Here are some examples from Huddle on the uses of this tool;

Use Huddle for:

• Personal projects : Secure online file storage, view/edit Word .doc and Excel .xls documents online without buying the software, manage events, sports teams and co-ordinate friends/family.
• At work : Project management, team collaboration, document sharing.

Solutions for:

• Marketing : Store product artwork centrally. Share large files with your team, agencies and suppliers while controlling level of access. By-pass email system and avoid FTP servers.
• PR: Branded client extranet. Store all press materials. Post photography and share large files. Track changes to press releases. Provide coverage and reports.
• IT: Connect remote development teams. Central document repository. Separate workspaces for different projects. Use API to connect with code and testing tools.
• Consultants: Professional branded client extranet. Manage multiple projects securely from one interface. Store all documents online. Access anywhere.
• Professional services: Secure file repository with built-in workflows. Client extranet. Track changes, audit trail and automatic version control. Review and edit documents online.
• Publishing : Create/edit copy collaboratively. Review and comment online. Connect freelancers. Upload and store images centrally.
• Start-ups: Free alternative to your own fileservers. Central document storage accessible anywhere. No software needed to view/edit docs. All your data securely backed up.
• Company boards : Secure space for storing all board communications. Everyone has visibility. Track minutes, comments, changes and views. RSS and email alerts.
• Academic : Access from Facebook. Work on project documents together regardless of location. No word/excel software needed. Automatically store previous versions.
• Government : Policy discussion and collaboration. Connect teams inside and outside your department. Secure file storage. Document revisions, audit trails and approvals online.
• Media production : Pitch ideas. Store docs centrally. Control budgets. Script versioning. Shoot schedules. Audio samples. Offline edits. 

(www.huddle.com)

This tool gives the capability to share, edit and markup by selected people or a group of people you give access to. You are able to track the approvals by others and see what they say during the process. You can also select approval times by date to give everyone a deadline to complete. There are many features in Huddle that can help teams of all sorts and from around the world. The best thing is that this tool can be integrated with popular collaboration sites, an example is Linked In for professionals.

2011 Top Ten - The Futurist

Looking through the top ten of The Futurist from the World Future Society, there was a future outlook that I seen that really caught my eye. The number 10 on the list "We may not be able to move mountains with our minds, but robots will await our mental commands", where students at Northeastern University has successfully used brain signals to control a robot. I see this prediction as a good way for a lot of uses in the real world. Using this technology to help people with limitations can be a benefit to the future. To give some examples of the use, the university is going to be researching how they can successfully use brain input to control an artificial limb that uses just retina placement to pick up items, range of motion or to complete their normal functions that they do everyday.

There are some things that I think could affect the success of implementation. The cost of the limb could be a factor.How much would something like this cost to the general Public? The other contributing factor is what is needed to make something like this work? The hardware and software needed to move the limb to the appropriate location intended. I think once these answers have been addressed, the general public can move forward and utilize the advancements in this technology.

After reading this futurist forecast, I remember a discussion with a fellow colleague from the other day. We discussed how a person with limited disabilities can benefit in this situation. It is not just moving a limb in real life per say. I am going deeper as in retina movement and allowing handicapped people with no movement or confined to chairs to be able to move and being free again. Using a game based system like these at MMORPG , to allow people in these situation to walk, talk, fly and do other things which they are not able to do in real life.

Socio - Technical Plan Outline

Introduction - 10-20 year vision

In the next 10-20 years we will see a wide implementation of RFID chips in humans. This type of technology has been used as far back as 1998 from the first reported implant by Kevin Warwick. It is being used today through tracking freight cargo traveling around the world by air and sea.

Scope

This plan is to help advance this technology where the chip can be widely used. The uses can be by medical, manufacturing, personal and corporate environments. This technology will give the employer and employee the capability of storing information that can be retrieved through a partnership which is secured.

 
Purpose and Goals

As a partner in the implant technology, the users are able to update their own information. A partner can use the number on the RFID to access a secure site that will give personal information which is needed in many situations in life. This technology will allow importing of information of personal data which can reduce the cost of filling out information by hand and the time taken to complete.

Supporting Forces - what will help to realize it?

RFID is already accepted for use in tracking shipments in and from other distribution areas by Fed-Ex and UPS. The medical industry has accepted the use of this technology to help in severe incidents where patients are not able to speak or communicate. Stephen Hawkins is a prime example of how this type of technology can be used to help advance the illnesses. Implanting a chip in this way can and will be helpful in people with limited mobility’s.

Challenging Forces (risk) - what may hinder or block it?

There are challenging forces that impeded the wide spread of implementation of this technology. It is said that the early implants used in tracking animals caused cancerous tumors after a period of time. There is also an ethical and privacy issue that is causing problems in this area. People are afraid that this technology will give quick access to personal information through the scanners available to the partners. There are other concerns that testing of the implants in human subjects can cause companies developing the implants and equipment to falsify results.

Methodology (approach)

To approach the possible issues and challenging forces associated with the implants. This study will use the typical Delphi method and the modified NGT process. The panel will have access to all information to be able to release research statistics and gather information from the study to help refine the process and R&D on the study.

Analytical Plan - how will we recognize success?

To recognize success in this plan the study will need and preliminary success ratio before it can be called a success. What will be used is;

Subject types

1.      Diversified Denominations

2.      Blood Types (A,B, AB, O- Positive and Negative)

3.      Physical Abilities

4.      Age

5.      Sexuality

Ratios

0-50 percent - Failure

51 – 100 percent – Success

Anticipated Results - what will success look like in 10-20 years?

What we will see with the success of the study is; low cost in clerical, secure access to homes, business. The ability for manufacturing industries to track materials, allow employees to wave a hand to start work. Help in medical industry to save the patient’s life where communication is hindered.

Conclusion - Summary with observations

In conclusion, my plan will be able to help in all areas of life. The wide spread of this technology will be able to cut cost and make it easy for companies to obtain correct information and allow for medical enhancements to save lives.