Sunday, September 26, 2010
IST 195 - Week 4
RFID technology is truly an advance in the way our world operates in this day and age. If we can properly implement this technology to work for us, it can immensely help with data collection, and overall project coordination. In the Snow Problem, we can incorporate RFIDs into the sidewalk. In the not so distant future, almost all products sold (including say snow boots) will have built in RFID receivers. Use of this technology coupled with smart phone applications, and connected network access, data will flow seamlessly throughout the system. The data will then be calculated to fit the needs of the majority of the students commuting habits.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
IST 195 - Week 3 (Excel)
The Snow Problem
With the relative ease and and immense usability of software programs such as Microsoft Excel, we find that mundane and impossible tasks in the past are now very possible. After some quick formatting and organization of data in Excel, information and and calculations can be used to easily make rational financial decisions.
By inputting energy and cost data into Excel, we can calculate the effective rates and the efficiently budget our resources accordingly. We can uses the results to decide how much money and energy is needed to heat the coils versus how much we would need to spend to pay for traditional snow removal equipment and hourly labor wages
With the relative ease and and immense usability of software programs such as Microsoft Excel, we find that mundane and impossible tasks in the past are now very possible. After some quick formatting and organization of data in Excel, information and and calculations can be used to easily make rational financial decisions.
By inputting energy and cost data into Excel, we can calculate the effective rates and the efficiently budget our resources accordingly. We can uses the results to decide how much money and energy is needed to heat the coils versus how much we would need to spend to pay for traditional snow removal equipment and hourly labor wages
Monday, September 13, 2010
IST 195 - Week 2 (Connected)
(The Snow Problem) Technology that has been created in the last 40 years has proved to power our society to new levels. With the creation of the internet, and internet devices, we have seen countless applications which provide unprecedented practicality in the ever evolving 21st century. In a few short years, every device that requires a power source will be linked to the internet.
With this kind of connectivity between devices, difficult tasks will be manageable and easy. The heat coils in the sidewalk will have their own IP addresses, and with that, will have the ability to be controlled, and used from an open source program from any internet device. Students will be able to sync the heat coils to their class schedules so that the sidewalks are cleared off enough by the time they are ready for class.
With this kind of connectivity between devices, difficult tasks will be manageable and easy. The heat coils in the sidewalk will have their own IP addresses, and with that, will have the ability to be controlled, and used from an open source program from any internet device. Students will be able to sync the heat coils to their class schedules so that the sidewalks are cleared off enough by the time they are ready for class.
Friday, September 3, 2010
IST 195 - Week 1 (Snow Problem)
The Snow Problem
Problem: Snow covering the sidewalks on campus has to be cleaned off multiple times a day. This requires the university to spend the money on snow removal equipment as well as hourly wages for the workers to do the job.
Solution: Run heated coils under the sidewalks and roads. The heated coils will keep the pavement warm enough to melt snow as it falls, reducing the need for workers/snow removal equipment. As an added bonus, the energy required would come from a storage battery, in which the power would be generated from the spin bikes in Archibold gym.
The Charging Problem
Problem: Laptops are great, but with all of the computing power they use, they also burn through energy, requiring a charge. This is not a problem necessarily, if you have your charging cord with you and an outlet nearby.
Solution: Develop a technology comparable to Powermat Charging technology. So basically, every student's laptop (and eventually other devices) would have a built in charging receptor, and in all of the lecture halls/classrooms the desktops would act as the matching receptor. Therefore, students wouldn't need to carry around their cord, they would simply put down their laptop on the desk, and it would charge.
Problem: Snow covering the sidewalks on campus has to be cleaned off multiple times a day. This requires the university to spend the money on snow removal equipment as well as hourly wages for the workers to do the job.
Solution: Run heated coils under the sidewalks and roads. The heated coils will keep the pavement warm enough to melt snow as it falls, reducing the need for workers/snow removal equipment. As an added bonus, the energy required would come from a storage battery, in which the power would be generated from the spin bikes in Archibold gym.
The Charging Problem
Problem: Laptops are great, but with all of the computing power they use, they also burn through energy, requiring a charge. This is not a problem necessarily, if you have your charging cord with you and an outlet nearby.
Solution: Develop a technology comparable to Powermat Charging technology. So basically, every student's laptop (and eventually other devices) would have a built in charging receptor, and in all of the lecture halls/classrooms the desktops would act as the matching receptor. Therefore, students wouldn't need to carry around their cord, they would simply put down their laptop on the desk, and it would charge.
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