Technology in

Libraries:

What's Next?

Michael Sauers

Technology Innovation Librarian

Nebraska Library Commission

Education Institute – 21 January 2014

The rules:

The Rules of Technology

These young people!

New-ish to libraries...

Content Management Systems

A/V Digital Converters

Tablets

USB Power Outlets

Wearables & The Quantified Self

Smart Watches

Personal data collection

Narrative Clip

MeMINI

Waze

Nest Thermostat

Nest Protect

Big Data

Crowdfunding

Library Box

3D Printers

3D Scanners

Wireless (Inductive) Charging

• Wireless communication limited to a few

centimeters.

• Mostly used for payment systems at this

time.

NFC

HDMI Android Sticks

Dream Plug

RaspberryPI

Arduino

Leap Motion

On the horizon...

Razer Modular PC

Double Robotics Telepresence Robot

802.11a: 6 Mbps / 330'

802.11b: 11 / 390

802.11g: 54 / 460

802.11n: 150 / 820

802.11ac: 1Gbps (under development)

802.11ad: 7Gbps (spec only)

Faster WiFi

“Unlike traditional wifi, Super Wi-Fi (though currently capable of less data throughput) has

advantages both in a range measured in miles and in its ability to pass through walls, tree

and other obstructions. And yet like wifi, Super WiFi or TV White Space (TVWS) or simply

WhiteSpace, is also unlicensed radio spectrum, open and available to anyone with

certified equipment to use with no fees or permissions attached.”

CA: Humboldt County Library

CO: Delta County, CO

IL: Skokie Public Library

KS: Lawrence Public Library

KS: Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library

KS: Kansas City, Kansas Public Library

KS: Manhattan Public Library

MS: Pascagoula Public Library

NH: New Hampshire White Space Consortium

Gigabit Libraries Network

Intel Edison

…baby monitor

Google Glass

4K TV

Hold on to your socks!

8K TV

• When everything is uniquely identifiable

and connected to the network.

• via...o RFID

o QR Codes

o NFC

o WiFi

• All contributing to "Big Data"

The Internet of Things

Google Smart Contact

Contact lens displays

You are your password

WiSee

Project Loon

Project Loon balloons float in

the stratosphere, twice as high

as airplanes and the weather.

They are carried around the

Earth by winds and they can be

steered by rising or descending

to an altitude with winds moving

in the desired direction. People

connect to the balloon network

using a special Internet antenna

attached to their building. The

signal bounces from balloon to

balloon, then to the global

Internet back on Earth.

"The technology developed by HHI makes it possible to

use standard off-the-shelf LED room lights for data

transmission. Data rates of up to 800 Mbit/s were

reached by this optical WLAN under laboratory

conditions, while a complete real-time system

exhibited at trade fairs reached data throughput of

500 Mbit/s. The newly developed patent protected

components have now achieved a transmission rate

in laboratory experiments of over 1 Gbit/s per single

light frequency. As off-the-shelf LEDs mainly use

three light frequencies or light colors, speeds of up

to 3 Gbit/s are feasible."

3GBPS "LiFi" via Light Bulbs

• WiTricity Corp. is...developing wireless electricity

technology that will operate safely and efficiently over

distances ranging from centimeters to several meters—

and will deliver power ranging from milliwatts to

kilowatts.

• Direct Wireless Power — when all the power a device

needs is provided wirelessly, and no batteries are

required. This mode is for a device that is always used

within range of its WiTricity power source.

• Automatic Wireless Charging—when a device with

rechargeable batteries charges itself while still in use or

at rest, without requiring a power cord or battery

replacement. This mode is for a mobile device that may

be used both in and out of range of its WiTricity power

source.

Wireless Electricity over a distance

Transfer data through your body

An “electrical device” that

you can either wear on your

body [that] uses the

wearer’s body part, like your

arm or finger, as a

“transmission channel” to

transfer data through direct

physical contact with

another device like a

computer, smartphone, or

even a game console and

controller.

Michael Sauers

msauers@travleinlibrarian.info

@msauers

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