CS 855 Notes from Second Life Conversation

The project for the class – this is a working idea. Responses welcome.

Take a 2d view of the network and make it 3d so you can fly or teleport from one application or area to another. Take a diagram of all the NOC (network operations center), the infrastructure, databases, applications and any touch points. Cast can take the 2d information gathered by Cast of all the applications and hardware and database and prototype a 3d world of the applications.

Consider receiving or calling a person on another floor or in another city and instantly be in a face to face via teleport to have the conversation and see the gestures in person. Open an application and get teleported to the exact data you are searching for.

Multiple offices in the country, how about a group of branches that when they send in their business teleport right to the location it belongs.

I’m proposing to prototype this maybe in several connected worlds for the project.

Second Life is great. I flew a flying ship without crashing tonight. Great fun!

Mistakes are the windows of discovery

James Joyce - Fits well with our sentiment. Thought I would share.

carol

Links to inventors

Here is a link to some other predictions.
http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/tp/Future_Techno.htm

I read the interesting article on Fusion and found it understandable. It can be found here
Fusion Report 13 June 008
Amazing how a few failures can make so many discoveries.

From flying cars to Highway in the Sky. "If someone can think of it, it's probably being worked on."

Very interesting.

See you soon!

My Web 2.0 tools

I like to use Itunes to listen to the Dave Ramsey radio show.
I like the community on mytotalmoneymakeover.com
I use Wikipedia to get started with my searches
Secondlife.com for school although I haven't figured out how to get to other places yet.
Email - outlook at work Entourage at home
Haven't used Google docs yet but have used google maps and yahoo maps
My home page is Yahoo.com (in my browser)
I use Firefox and firebug at work and firefox at home since that is on the Mac.
For creating websites I've used Frontpage and Word.
I have an account on Ebay and with paypal.
I use SAP marketplace to log cases for Business Objects.
That's about it. See ya later.

My flight home

Ok. The plane from CS to Denver was on time and all was fine. It was packed as usual. We left CS at 10:15 am. Got into Denver for the flight to Sioux Falls. That flight left right on time at 1:04 pm. About half way through the flight the pilot gets on the intercom and announces we are turning back to Denver. There was a problem with the pressurization of the cabin. Big problem at 65000 feet, -10f degrees. We got back to Denver and they "found" us a new plane which was leaving around 3:30. Not too bad but there it is. The flight attendant was very nice, filling my wine glass from the first class bottle (3 times no charge). A little tipsy getting into Sioux Falls, but happy too.

Class on Saturday

Here is the table of Future technology we wrote during our brainstorming session. I found it interesting the similarities our list had compared to the table of Kahn's predictions on page 173 or the Fortune Seller book.

Our list:
Medical
Nano Parts
Cybernetics - Bio-Cyber Blend
Genetics
Improved med diagnosis and treatments including Smart Drugs – promoting longevity
Weather:
80% accurate Weather forecasts
Hurricane Beans
Pollution
Under Sea Living
Solutions to trash
Transportation
Inexpensive Alternative fuels
Defeat Gravity/ Hover cars
Cold fusion Power Generations
Teleportation
Distance Travel in space
Self healing highways
Computing
Quantum Computing
New frontiers in wireless
Cell phone projection/ input

There it is. The same issues we face today are the same ones that Kahn predicted would already be in place by the year 2000.

Residency

The classes have been very interesting and it is amazing how discussion makes you remember the major points of what you have seen or read. This week has been exhausting and exhilarating. The discussions in class have really made me think.

I'm missing Sunday session since my flight is at 10:00 AM and I need to leave for the airport to be on time. My son is providing transportation.

Sorry for missing the dinner tonight but I really needed time for my family.

I hope we will all graduate together in September. See you soon!

Sincerely,
Carol
605-553-2784

Wednesday July 16.

Well my boarding passes are printed and I am getting the last load of clothes dry so I can pack. I leave from Sioux Falls at 4 pm today and arrive in CS at 6 pm. I look forward to seeing everyone out there.
I'm getting addicted to TED. I like all the new devices for medicine and the concept that conservation of fuel. The $100 computer concept is exceptional. I really like the stories that these people tell.

See you all soon!

Carol

Introduction

About me
Hi all, my name is Carol
I live in Tea, SD and just moved there this past September. I have 2 kids and 2 grandkids.

My area of expertise in in Business Intelligence specifically Business Objects.

In 10-15 years we will need a better health care system with nano technologies repairing the body. I like the idea of a health monitor at home too. I feel we also need to be completely free from oil for fuel consumption.

New modes of transportation that are inexpensive for people to use that would save energy and be safe. Artificial Intelligence for business in making decisions.