ANDROID APPS

• Demos from workshop attendees (tablet and/or phone);
  • BATTERY MGMT Android 5 with Nexus 7
  • ANDROID DEVICE MANAGER (RCA/Walmart 7 inch) free app to remotely ring, lock, erase, or show your device on a map. (download from Google Play)
  • (switch HDMI cables)
• ANDROID patches FLAWS SUMMARY - many old Android devices are not patched by their vendor/manufacturer
• CONJURING the Most (5 key features) From Google Android 5
• ANDROID OS version USED BY VISITORSdata from "Google Play", week ending 4/6/2015 ; (in Jan, there was slow deployment Lollipop 5.0)
• MICROSOFT OFFICE NOW AVAILABLE on Android tablets (only ARM CPUs - non-Intel - and Android OS 4.4+)
• FLIPBOARD APP - Connect all sources: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, NYTimes, etc to easily flip through news & friends’ posts. Build a "personal magazine" to keep up on the stories that matter to you.

WEARABLES

• Mar24 NY Times OVERVIEW/VIDEO (Nike Fuelband)
• 6 CONSIDERATIONS for Designing a Wearable Device
• Where consumers WILL WEAR TECH

NEW:

• APPLE WATCH REVIEW: "You will want one, but you wont need one" (WATCH video near top of page); TEARDOWN; (SAME functionality; spend from $350 to $17K for the "bling"!)
• Apple Watch Secret History: “Apple decided to make a watch and only then set out to discover what it might be good for.”
• Watches change rapidly over next 5 years: Why the Time Isn’t Ripe for Smartwatches (WSJournal)
• FITBIT wrist devices (table of features; video of Fitbit "flex", and video of Fitbit "surge")

OLD:

• Sales of GOOGLE GLASS have stopped

FUTURE:

• Microsoft HOLO LENS PHOTO: youTubeVideo; (local COPY; COPY-brief) ; review;
•  EYE TRIBE (VIDEO) eyetracking -control with eyes- $100 developers kit available now; review
• Intel's PLANS for Wearables
• Best In Class IoA Security, with Wearables
• Blackberry software for wearables
• Wearable devices (low power), made possible by Android 4.4 (KitKat) (11/2013)
• Apple to build a car??

INTERNET OF ANYTHING (Smart Home)

• IoT Standards in state of flux
• High Interest, but deployment lagging
• IoT Quote
• Smart Home PRODUCTS at CES2015
• IoT and Security biggest topics at Feb,2015 manufacturing show
• Best In Class IoA Security
• The Hacker Hiding in Your Medical Device Security Concern
• Worlds Best Smart City (Lucent plans for Finance Tec-City project in India)
• Ubuntu Linux for IoT
• Tim O'Reilly "Internet of Things" (skip)
• IoT POSSIBILITIES
• SMART HOME (by Verizon)
• Why LED bulb with built-in WiFi repeater?

SECURITY

• WEAK SECURITY IN CARS' WIRELESS SYSTEMS (NYTimes, 2/8/2015)
• HOME SECURITY: "Smart Home (control4.com);
• SECURITY RISK: At CES, Jan 6, the head of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) predicted[text below]; NYTimes: Security L;Worried? use Home Protection via BitDefender Box L (firewall) $199; $99/year
• "Security of your Data Doesn't Matter to Smart Device Vendors at CES"
• "FTC Says Internet-Connected Devices Pose Big Risks", 1/28 NYTimes

• 2015 would be the year that “smart-home hacking” became a realistic threat" because of the dramatic increase in poorly secured access points. The multitude of startups “have not spent decades thinking about how to secure their products and services from hackers.”

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

• HARDWARE: NVIDIA 192 core GPU; Tegra K1 quad-core CPU (Smartphones/Tablets/autonomous driving - demoed at CES & manufactured by Delphi; Tegra commonly supports Android and "QNX" (Blackberry), the leading in-­car OS)
• OS:: Android applications, and EVEN ANDROID OS, run on top of Chrome OS (same Google mgmt for both Android OS & Chrome OS)

ROBOTS

• 4/5/2015 status

Current & Future Products (source = CES, etc)

• Samsung acquired "SmartThings" : app monitors motion sensors/presence & moisture detectors; control alarms, locks, lights, garage door openers, sprinklers, electronics. small appliances; AC/heating;
• BABY TECHNOLOGY: smart baby bottle monitors food intake; L MiMo Baby Monitor (item 4); smart baby bottle holder tracks nutrition ; smart diaper ; smart baby scale ; Huggies Tweetpee app ;
• HEALTH: smart fork L (for dieting) ;Emiota Smart "Belty"[L good for laughs]; smart exercise chair ; BlueTooth Enabled toothbrushes with 3D motion sensors ;
• NEST: Google integration plans L - NEST software improvements & alarm integration (existing NESTs received software update Nov, 2014)

GEE-WHIZ VIEW

• Smart Office (MIT Media Lab "City Office")
• IEEE Technology Forecast L [click last/bottom "resource": publication calendar for 14 journals] [Local-copy-highlights]
• Cisco Internet of Things L [play movie; then click "explore"]
• "Two bots were talking & BankofAmerica butted in" [scroll] L1 L2
• hitachi [local-text] "Smart Cities" [scroll] L