Emerging Technologies in Education

January 31, 2013

Volume 1, Issue 1

Banana Productions

Ateneo Graduate School of Business

Regis MBA Program

Infotech Section R46

Emerging Tech Ed EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION

From its early beginnings, education has evolved dramatically in last few centuries. Today,

the education sector falls into three broad sectors: K-12 which includes preschool, primary

and secondary schools, Higher Education which includes colleges and universities as well as

post-graduate degrees in fields like law, business and medicine and finally Vocational Educa-

tion which focuses on industry/profession-based learning. The advancement of education

has also heralded the advent of ancillary education services such as after-school tutoring,

charter schools, special or alternative education, educational content suppliers and profes-

sional development of administrators and teachers.

According to Wikipedia, “systems of schooling involve institutionalized teaching and learning

in relation to a curriculum, which itself is established according to a predetermined purpose

of the schools in the system.”

While majority of schools are owned and funded by the state, schools that operate inde-

pendently from the state are also increasing. Private schools are usually managed by private

institutions like religious organizations, business entities or socio-civic foundations.

However despite globalization and modernization, there is still disparity in the distribution

and availability of education globally. While some schools cost as much as $60K annually ,

there are still millions of kids worldwide who do not have access even to primary education.

In 2000, the United Nations enumerated as one of its Millennium Development Goal to

achieve Primary Education (UN). The program aims to “ensure that, by 2015, children every-

where, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.” In its

2010 report, while the UN has reported great strides in many countries, the target is unlikely

to be met citing inequality as one of the impediments towards achieving universal education.

This is just one example of inequality in education. There are several supply and demand

drivers of the education industry which impact its equitable distribution.

The demand drivers of education include availability of income or funds and the relative cost

of schooling options,

opportunity cost of

education, cultur-

al influences and

the support from

various units of

society like the

government and

private institu-

tions. On the other

hand, supply drivers include the availability of the educational resources like labor force and

structures, funding to keep schools operating and the constantly-changing changing cultural

dynamics.

With all these push and pull in the education industry, emerging technologies can help im-

prove the balance between supply and demand drivers so as to make education available to

more people despite the constraints surrounding their individual circumstances.

“The whole purpose of education

is to turn mirrors into windows”

- Sydney J. Harris

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Text-to-Speech Technology .............2

Flexible LED Displays ......................4

Electronic Whiteboard .....................6

Stem Cell to Overcome Learning

Disability ...........................................8

Holograms in Classrooms ................10

Google glasses ...................................12

Gesture-based technology ...............14

3D Printing ........................................16

The team ............................................18

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST

Say goodbye to chalk dust with

interactive blackboards and flexi-

ble LED displays

Learn how stem cell and TTS can

address learning impediments

Make learning more fun with 3D

technology, Kinect and Google

glasses

"With the Kurzweil Reading Machine, I could read anything I wanted with complete privacy. It gave blind people the one thing that everyone treasures, which is independence."

Source:http://www.acapela-group.com/how-does-text-to-speech-work.html

In order to reproduce the natural sound of each language, a narrator records a series of

texts (poetry, political news, sports results, stock exchange updates, etc.) which contain

every possible sound in the chosen language.

These recordings are then sliced and organized into an acoustic database.

TTS system begins by carrying out a sophisticated linguistic analysis that transposes writ-

ten text into phonetic text.

A grammatical and syntactic analysis then enables the system to define how to pronounce

each word in order to reconstruct the

sense. We call this the prosody: it gives

the rhythm and intonation of a sen-

tence •A grammatical and syntactic

analysis then enables the system to

define how to pronounce each word in

order to reconstruct the sense. We call

this the prosody: it gives the rhythm

and intonation of a sentence.

Finally, the system produces infor-

mation associating the phonetic writ-

ing with the tone and required length

of the pronunciation. The chain of

analysis ends here and sound is gener-

ated by selecting the best units stocked

in the acoustic database.

TEXT-TO-SPEECH TECHNOLOGY

HOW DOES TTS WORK?

Speech synthesizer is a computer sys-

tem designed for the artificial reproduc-

tion of human speech.

Hardware-Software system that can

read text in the natural language and

can translate it to a sound

Simple Process: 1) Input text: data from

a word processor, standard ASCII from

e-mail, a mobile text-message, or

scanned text from newspaper. 2) char-

acter string is then preprocessed and

analyzed into phonetic representation.

3) Speech sound is finally generated

with synthesizer

Under development for several decades

but recent progress has now made TTS

affordable to a mass audience and

available on the internet as applications

or plug-ins.

Apple MacinTalk (1984): The first TTS

integrated into an operating system;

Windows (2000): Equipped with

Speech Application Programming In-

terface (SAPI)

Since 2001, several TTS systems have

been developed at UP’s Digital Signal

Processing Labs but needs further re-

finement for commercial application.

The Kurzweil Reading

Machine

“In 1975, we put together these

three new technologies we had

invented - omni-font OCR, flat-

bed scanners, and text-to-speech

synthesis to create the first print-

to-speech reading machine for

the blind. The Kurzweil Reading

Machine (KRM) was able to read

ordinary books, magazines, and

other printed documents out

loud so that a blind person could

read anything he wanted." – Ray

Kurzweil

Thirty-two years later, the Na-

tional Federation of the Blind

(NFB) and Ray Kurzweil have

created the world’s first portable

OCR device, that allows an ordi-

nary page of text to be photo-

graphed and subsequently trans-

lated into voice.

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Allan Goco

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TTS

Advantages

Assist persons with disabilities who may be vision impaired by reading text

Save eye strain - relax, sit back and listen

Save time - listen while driving, exercising or enjoying nature (mp3 con-

verter feature)

Help writers improve by listening to your work

Assist second language students by expanding their experience and under-

standing through listening to any text at any speed

(Source: http://naturalreadertutorial.blogspot.com/2011/10/advantages.html)

Disadvantages

Despite large improvements to create realistic, human-sounding voices,

Speech Synthesis can still sound a little unnatural –there is always a differ-

ence in terms of intonation and stress. In other words, it still lacks the

complexity of naturally occurring speech, resulting in 'dead' sound having

no emotions

(Source: http://callej.org/journal/7-2/Kilickaya.html)

Most art and other interactive learning assets, which include visual learn-

ing tools such as tables, graphs, toggle charts, and step animations, cannot

be read by the text-to-speech feature.

(Source: http://knowledgebase.pearsonschool.com)

APPLICATION IN

EDUCATION

Visually Impaired Students

Previous technology -

Pre-recorded audio

books on tape

First commercial TTS

software - Kurzweil

reading machine (circa

late 1970s)

Contains an optical

scanner, text recogni-

tion software

Cons: Very Expensive,

Used only in Libraries

Recent developments:

Hardware and software

prices have become

more affordable. Access

to the internet.

Deaf and Vocally Impaired

Students

Synthesized speech can

help students communi-

cate with people who

cannot understand sign

language

Reading Impaired Students

Dyslexics (reading im-

paired) students can

learn to read and write

even without supervi-

sion from a teacher.

Others

Teaching Tools

Telecommunications

and Multimedia

Intel has worked on Stephen Hawking's speech technology for over a decade; the scien-

tist, stricken by motor neuron disease, currently selects letters one by one by twitching

his cheek in time to a continually scrolling cursor.

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PMOLED Display Sample

PMOLED VS

AMOLED

PMOLED (Passive

Matrix OLED ) Dis-

play

It relates the way you

control (or drive) the

display. It uses a simple

control scheme in which

you control each row (or

line) in the display se-

quentially (one at a

time).

AMOLED ( Active-

Matrix Organic Light-

Emitting Diode) Dis-

play

AMOLED requires a

thin-film transistor

backplane to switch

each individual pixel on

or off, but allow for

higher resolution and

larger display sizes. This

individually pixel design

allows for better illumi-

nation control for a

brighter, higher con-

tract and more power

efficient display.

Because of this technol-

ogy, they made the dis-

play more thinner and

lighter. It is as thin as a

single finger when it

comes to TV & Comput-

FLEXIBLE LED DISPLAYS

Has two main families: those based on small molecules and those employ-

ing polymers. Adding mobile ions to an OLED creates light – emitting elec-

trochemical cell or LEC, which has a slight different mode of operation.

OLED is light-emitting diode (LED) in which emissive electroluminescent

layer is a film of organic compound which emits light in response to an

electric current. This layer of organic semiconductor is situated between

two electrodes.

OLEDs are used to create digital displays in devices such as mobile

phones, laptops, computers, tablets, handheld games, consoles and PDAS.

What is LED?

LED stands for Light-emitting Diode, it

is basically a semiconductor diode that

glows when a voltage is applied. It used

as indicator lamps in many devices and

increasing used for other lighting.

Advanced LED technology includes

PMOLED display, AMOLED display

and the Flexible AMOLED display,

which is the latest one.

LED Display

It is a flat panel display, which us-

es light-emitting diodes as a video dis-

play sometimes used as form of lighting

for the purpose of general illumination,

task lighting or even stage lighting ra-

ther than display . Led Panel is a small

display or a component of larger dis-

play. Led panel is sometimes used as

form of lighting for the purpose of gen-

eral illumination, task lighting or even

stage lighting rather than display.

Using the LED Display, combine the

technology of display and the LED

lights come up with Display that can

change the way people think lights is

just for appliances and indicators.

FLEXIBLE AMOLED DISPLAY

TYPES OF OLED (ORGANIC LIGHT – EMITTING

DIODE DISPLAY

Because of high functionality, LED Displays have become more innovative,

smart and revenue-generating investments which results of producing

Flexible AMOLED Displays. OLED as being a new display of technology,

using light –emitting organic materials, beautiful and efficient displays can

be created. OLEDs are very thin and can be put on flexible materials

(plastic or metal foil) . So it’s possible to make bendable Flexible displays.

With developments in LED Technology, LED popularity and widespread

usage is anticipated to continuously rise, it is expected that, in the business

and education world.

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AMOLED Display Sample

ADVANTAGES:

Superior Viewing Angle: With the advent of OLED Displays, viewing angle could be

as large as 170 degree because they produce their own light which increases their view-

ing angle.

Flexible and Slimmer: Because it uses plastic instead of glass, an OLED screen is

thinner, lighter and more flexible. Average OLED display is 1.5 mm thick.

Good for eyes: Provides better viewing experience because OLED Displays have bet-

ter contrast, brightness and color aspects.

Low Power Consumption/Efficient in Energy: OLED displays consumes less

energy compared to other display screens. No backlit is required in the screens which is

advantage for use in portable gadgets.

DISADVANTAGES:

High Cost: The current production processes make it difficult and costly to produce

large displays so most are limited to handheld devices.

Short Lifetime: Screens are not for long use, this shorter lifetime is mainly due to blue organic material.

High Water Prone: OLED Screens are highly prone to water. Water can damage the organic materials of the displays.

Water damage may especially limit the longevity of more flexible displays.

Poor Sunlight Readability: OLED Display is hard to see in direct sunlight. So if you have open the lobbies where sun-

light reaches directly, you will not get benefit of viewing these screens.

Greater interest in learning: Using Tablet or PC, not only

interactive games but also teaching kids that can enhance

their knowledge. It will not harm the delicate eyes of the kids

since has no radioactive as the CRT Display.

Better presentation of information: Using projectors

and screens for teaching and power point presentations facili-

tate simultaneous viewing of information by a large number

of students. It also led to improvements in student attendance

and their attentive in the class. Using LED touchscreen for

more accurate teaching. It allows teachers and students to

write on the touch screen so learning becomes interactive and

engaging.

Make student’s life easy and convenient:

Using mobile device which is more thinner and more lighter

and also operates similar to computers. Since this gadget has

a wi-fi support, it offers various applications such as online

resources that have added the opportunity to take learning for

every student. With various applications installed in mobile

device, it helps students in various ways such as organizing

studies and schedule, enable to store and manage information

for homework

and research,

you can easily

keep up with

friends, pro-

fessors and

colleagues.

Using

AMOLED &

Flexible

AMOLED

Technology,

you can carry

it wherever,

whenever with clearer and more detailed graphics.

Easy access to information: Using the PMOLED &

AMOLED Technologies in laptops and tablets. Displays are

more convenient when it comes to learning. Having such

gadgets, inside or outside the classroom allows students &

teachers to access to website & other programs such as Mi-

crosoft Word, etc.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

APPLICATIONS OF LED TECHNOLOGY

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Denny Kim

Say goodbye to chalk clouds with interactive whiteboards.

INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO MAKE IWB WORK?

When we were in school, there were the traditional, painfully loud and

irritating blackboards and chalk. Sure, they made tremendous chalk

clouds.

Interactive whiteboard came in to existence and quickly replaced all

blackboards and chalk in schools all over the world thanks to develop-

ment of information and communications technology and monitor

An interactive whiteboard (IWB), is a large interactive display that

connects to a computer. A LCD or projector project the computer's

desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer us-

ing a pen, finger, stylus, or other device. The board is typically mounted

to a wall or floor stand.

BASIC STRUCTURE

Computer

Operating programs

Education software

Monitor

Touch screen

Network system

Connect with others

inside and outside of

classroom through in-

ternet and intranet.

Radio / Wire

Projector (projector style)

Internal type / External

type

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Item Projector Style LCD Style

Composition Whiteboard + Projector Whiteboard

Size Wider than LCD Max. 84 inch

Screen Brightness Dark Bright

Viewing Angle Narrow Wide

Resolution Low High

Touch Finger, Pen Finger, Pen

TV No (extra purchase) Yes

Speaker No (extra purchase) Yes

Shape

Harry Yang


Advantages

Can help even technophobic teachers to use this medium with ease for presentations from

the front of the room.

Makes it easy for teachers to enhance presentation content by easily integrating a wide

range of material into a lesson, such as a picture from the internet, a graph from a spread-

sheet or text from a Microsoft Word file, in addition to student and teacher annotations on

these objects.

Allows learners to participate in group discussions by freeing them from note-taking.

Allows learners to work collaboratively around a shared task or work area.

When fully integrated into a learning object repository there is potential for widespread

sharing of resources.

When used for interactive testing of understanding for the entire class, it can rapidly pro-

vide learner feedback.

Disadvantages

Interactive whiteboards are more expensive than conventional whiteboards or projector

and screen combinations.

Its surface can become damaged, necessitating expensive replacement.

Front projection boards can be obscured by one or more users.

Free-standing boards (and their associated projectors) are more difficult to secure and

need to be realigned every time they are moved.

If multiple data entry is allowed, inputs can get jumbled, resulting in on-screen gibberish.

If remote access is allowed, some users may be tempted to send disruptive comments or

drawings to the screen.

APPLICATION IN

EDUCATION

In Office

Interactive white-

board makes presen-

tation and conference

effective and conven-

ient.

In School

Traditional black-

board can be replaced

with interactive

whiteboard.

They are used in a variety

of settings, including

classrooms at all levels of

education, in corporate

board rooms and work

groups, in training rooms

for professional sports

coaching, in broadcasting

studios and others.

Interactive white blackboard used in the classroom.

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Bone marrow transplant

UMBILICAL CORD

BLOOD STEM

CELL THERAPY

Newborn infants no longer

need their umbilical cords, so

they have traditionally been

discarded as a by-product of

the birth process. In recent

years, however, the multi-

potent-stem-cell-rich blood

found in the umbilical cord

has proven useful in treating

the same types of health prob-

lems as those treated using

bone marrow stem cells and

PBSCs.

Umbilical cord blood stem cell

transplants are less prone to

rejection than either bone

marrow or peripheral blood

stem cells. This is probably

because the cells have not yet

developed the features that

can be recognized and at-

tacked by the recipient's im-

mune system. Also, because

umbilical cord blood lacks

well-developed immune cells,

there is less chance that the

transplanted cells will attack

the recipient's body, a prob-

lem called graft versus host

disease.

STEM CELL THERAPY

Stem cell therapies involve more than

simply transplanting cells into the body

and waiting for them to go to work. A

successful stem cell therapy requires an

understanding of how stem cells work,

combined with a reliable approach to

ensuring that the stem cells perform

the desired action in the body.

Perhaps the best-known stem cell ther-

apy to date is the bone marrow trans-

plant, which is used to treat leukemia

and other types of cancer, as well as

various blood disorders.

Why is this a stem cell therapy?

Leukemia is a cancer of white blood

cells, or leukocytes. Like other

blood cells, leukocytes are made in

the bone marrow through a pro-

cess that begins with multi-potent

adult stem cells. Mature leuko-

cytes are released into the blood-

stream, where they work to fight

off infections in our bodies.

2 examples of Stem Cell Therapy:

Adult Stem Cell Transplant: Periph-

eral Blood Stem Cell Transplant

Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell

Transplant

THE RECIPE FOR SUC-

HOW DOES STEM CELL THERAPY WORK?

Step 1: Define the problem

Step 2: Finding the right type of

stem cell

Step 3: Match the stem cells with

the transplant recipient

Step 4: Put the stem cells in the

right place

Step 5: Make the transplanted cells

perform. 8

“Stem-cell therapy is an intervention strategy that introduces new adult stem cells into damaged tissue in order to treat disease or injury.”

Initial clinical experience with somatic stem cell therapy may appear promising.

However, many questions regarding the potential risks have not yet been an-

swered. The amount of data and the knowledge of risks associated with the use

of stem cell therapy are expanding.

However, due to the large variation amongst the studies (e.g. study protocol,

patient population, het- erogeneity of the administered cell population, timing/

location of injection) it is difficult to extrapolate results from one study to an-

other, and also from one stem cell based medicinal product to another. Current-

ly, the most extensive clinical experience has been obtained with haematopoiet-

ic stem cells and mesenchymal stem/stromal cells. The clinical experience with

endothelial pro- genitor cells is also growing.

Scientists succeed through

stem cell therapy in revers-

ing brain birth defects

Enlarge New brain cells (green

stain) induced in the heroin dam-

aged brain by transplantation of

neural stem cells. Credit: The He-

brew University of Jerusalem Sci-

entists at the Hebrew University

of Jerusalem have succeeded in

reversing brain birth defects in

animal models, using stem cells

to replace defective brain cells.

Neural and behavioral birth de-

fects, such as learning disabilities,

are particularly difficult to treat,

compared to defects with known

cause factors such as Parkinson's

or Alzheimer's disease, because

the prenatal teratogen - the sub-

stances that cause the abnormali-

ties -- act diffusely in the fetal

brain, resulting in multiple de-

fects. Prof. Yanai and his associ-

ates were able to overcome this

obstacle in laboratory tests with

mice by using mouse embryonic

neural stem cells.


STEM CELL THERAPY FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES

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Klems Antonio

“While it may have been stuff for science fiction 30 years ago, 3D holo-graphic presence is not far from reality today.”

To make a hologram, you would need your

subject, a recording medium, a laser beam

which has the capability to illuminate the

subject (object beam) and illuminate the re-

cording medium (reference beam) and a

suitable environment that would allow the

interference pattern to be recorded.

Holograms are not new and are in fact more

commonplace than you think – just look at

your credit card. Holograms are widely used

in authentication like bank notes, payment

cards, tax stamps, event merchandise and

tickets and IT consumables like Epson’s

printers. Another application of holograms is

brand enhancement and differentiation like

in packaging resulting to improved sales in

various sectors where it was used.

However, what has been elusive is holographic tele-presence or full-motion 3D holo-

grams generated by a computer rather than being fixed in a static medium. Shown in

full-motion color and, these 3D holograms can change on the fly with input from a us-

er. More importantly according to Technology Review, “viewers who move around a

holographic video image will be able to see it moving from every side-a phenomenon

important to realism and one that many conventional eyeglass-based systems cannot

replicate.”

3D HOLOGRAPHIC PRESENCE

HOW DO HOLOGRAMS WORK?

Who hasn’t seen that iconic moment

from Star Wars where Princess Leia

appears in a faint 3D projection appeal-

ing for help from Obi-wan Kenobi?

While it may have been stuff for science

fiction 30 years ago, 3D holographic

presence is not far from reality today.

There have been several significant ad-

vancements in augmented reality par-

ticularly with holograms like Infinite

Z’s zSpace. Before we delve into these

new technologies, let’s first try to

understand what holograms are.

The principle behind holography can be

likened to a sound recording. A sound

field created by vibrating matter like

our vocal cords or a musical instrument

and it is encoded in such a way that it

can be reproduced later even without

the presence of the original source.

(Wikipedia)

WHAT IS HOLOGRAPHY?

In its website, Holophile, Inc, a

marketing company specializing

in holography and other 3-

dimensional imagery, holography

is a three-dimensional imaging

technique which makes use of

laser light to record the patterns

of light waves reflected from an

object onto the emulsion of light

sensitive film (or glass plates).

“When that film is developed, and

re-exposed to laser light (or nor-

mal incandescent light like most

holograms today), it re-creates --

in space -- all the points of light

that originally came from the ob-

ject. The resulting image, either

behind or in front of the holo-

graphic film, has all the dimen-

sions of the original object and

looks so real that you are tempted

to reach out and touch it -- only to

find nothing there but focused

light.”

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Jeanie de la Rama


The technology is still in its

infancy so there are still im-

provements that need to be

done to performance and out-

put. The images generated are

not yet as seamless and it re-

quires very powerful computer

to be able to process the algo-

rithms that enable the dynam-

ic behavior of holograms.

Aside from these, implement-

ing holographic tele-presence

is very expensive because of

the devices needed to make it

work. However as with any

emerging technology in the

past, holographic tele-

presence will become more

affordable and commonplace.

This emerging technology pro-

vides an option for a more

interactive experience and can be a substitute in the absence of real objects.

For example in the area of education, holograms can enable a more interactive

teaching and learning experience regardless of geographic boundaries. With

holograms, educators can deliver lectures on-demand to multiple classrooms.

Instructors can illustrate concepts with the aid of holograms and experts like

surgeons, engineers and architects even perform enhanced demonstrations. In

the absence of instructors or tools for instruction, holographic projections offer

HOLOGRAMS IN

EDUCATION

Zspace which was mentioned in

the earlier part of the discussion

has several collaborations with

the academia that leverages its

holographic computing technol-

ogy which transforms PC’s into

a virtual holographic computing

system and platform. One of its

application is in the research

being done by Dr. Remo Roh of

USC Dornsife College of Letters

and Sciences. “[Roh’s] laborato-

ry studies the role of structural

properties in protein-DNA

recognition and its consequenc-

es in biological processes such

as transcription, genome organ-

ization, embryonic develop-

ment, and human cancer. Visu-

alization of three- dimensional

structure is a key aspect of our

research, and they are very

grateful for the opportunity to

partner with Infinite Z, Inc. on

taking 3D visualization of mole-

cules and their complexes to a

next level.

Another use of this technology

might be more relatable for

most of us which is in the Dy-

namic 3D Stereo Visualization

of Physics Concepts through a

Hybrid Stylus Interface. The

project aims to develop a proto-

type application that lets stu-

dents explore various physics

concepts that are inherently 3D

in nature like torque, electro-

magnetism, etc. Users write

down mathematical equations

on the zSpace surface with the

stylus and have these equations

used to generate 3D visualiza-

tions that students can explore

with head tracked 3D stereo and

3D manipulation

Princess Leia’s 3D Hologram in Star Wars is not far from reality

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Project Glass is being developed by Google X Lab.

Release date

The product (Google

Glass Explorer Edition)

will be available in United

States Google I/O devel-

opers for US$1,500, to be

delivered in early 2013

and to consumers in the

last quarter of 2013 to

early 2014.

Testing Phase

The first Project Glass

demo resembles a pair of

normal eyeglasses where

the lens is replaced by a

head-up display.

The product began test-

ing in April 2012. Sergey

Brin wore a prototype set

of glasses to an April 5,

2012 Foundation Fighting

Blindness event in San

Francisco.

On May 23, 2012, Sergey

Brin demoed the glasses

on The Gavin Newsom

Show and let California

Lieutenant Governor

Gavin Newsom wear the

glasses.

On June 27, 2012, Sergey

Brin demoed the glasses

at Google I/O where sky-

divers, abseilers and

mountain bikers wore the

glasses and live streamed

their point of view to a

Google+ Hangout, which

was also shown live at the

Google I/O presentation.

GOOGLE GLASSES

The Google glasses will be connected to the Web via Android, most likely

through an Android smartphone in your pocket. The digital glasses basically

work by scanning the surroundings through a combination of eye movement

and voice recognition and display relevant information directly in the lens. For

example, if a person is in a suburban area, the glasses will display information

such as the nearest restaurants, train stations, bus stops, etc. In effect, the

glasses work as a wireless smartphone, briskly displaying relevant information

directly in the field of view. Social media notifications would most likely pop up

in your vision.

Eyeglasses or spectacles are

frames bearing lenses worn in

front of the eyes. They are nor-

mally used for vision correction

or eye protection. Eyeglasses im-

pact the lives of the students in a

way where their academic careers

depend on the availability and use

of spectacles.

Project Glass is a research and

development program by Google

to develop an augmented reality

head-mounted display (HMD).

Project Glass products would dis-

play information in smartphone-

like format hands-free and could

interact with the Internet via nat-

ural language voice commands.

The operating system software

used in the glasses will be Goog-

le’s Android. Project Glass is be-

ing developed by Google X Lab.

Google has patented the design of

the Project Glass.

ADVANTAGES

HOW DO GOOGLE GLASSES WORK?

Here are five of the features expected to appear on the new Google Goggles device.

Checking In. Any Google mobile device would not be complete without the ability to check

into locations through Google Plus. You simply check in using hand gestures.

Video Calling. The Google Glasses user can view transmitted video from another caller

from a small screen from inside the glasses.

Photo Sharing. The user simply asks the glasses to take a picture of an image ahead. The

Google Glasses users will be able to take hands-free pictures through using voice-activated

commands.

Music Playing. Users will be able to access the Google Music library from the glasses and

stream HD audio files from the cloud is a significant technological advancement.

Calendar/Appointments Feature. Users can set the calendar so it always appears in one

of the screens on one of the lenses. This allows users to always have access to their current

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GOOGLE GLASSES

The Google Glasses user can view transmitted video from another caller from a small screen from inside the glasses.

The initial designs of the glasses may not be as appealing to the mass and seem quite fragile.

The retail price is too expensive for the average consumer.

It will raise safety concerns. Google glasses can potentially be a huge distraction in everyday

life - the concept of having information displayed in the field of view invites danger such as

in crossing the road and in driving.

It will raise privacy concerns. The possibility of the glasses being used as a medium to

browse through online profiles of strangers is worrying and opens up serious privacy issues.

The potential effect of the screen on the eyes.

People who already wear corrective glasses. How would they wear the Google glasses. One

way this could be done is by modifying normal glasses or personalizing the Google glasses

for specific prescription glasses.

Replacement for Instruction Man-

uals

Instruction manuals require a tedi-

ous back and forth. It would be

much easier if you could just down-

load the instruction file to your

glasses and have it run. This would

make troubleshooting home appli-

ances like washing machines far

easier.

Museum Tours

The audio recordings that museums

currently use to provide cheap

tours could be enhanced with visual

components.

For conference / lectures

When you are at a conference, you

could just record what you see as

you see it, and later, you can play it

back as desired.

A lot of awesome stuff can be done us-

ing Google glasses. They just give a di-

mension to everything that has been

done, and that opens a whole new

world of possibilities.

The Google glasses have certainly

caused a lot of hype and it remains to

be seen how they will be taken aboard

by the public once they are in the mar-

ket.

DISADVANTAGES

APPLICATIONS OF GOOGLE GLASSES

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Joy Ngo

“There was 40% im-provement in surgical

lap simulation for residents who played Nintendo Wii”

•Nintendo Wii®, is a gesture-based computer system. It has a wireless

controller that can sense position and motion

•Surgical trainees who played the Nintendo WII®, regularly perform

better laprascopic surgeries

•Helped gamers with their balance, coordination, range of motion, and

fine motor movements

•Goldstein (2008) Arizona, USA:

–16 residents

–8 played (play-group);

–8 did not play

–Play-group: 40% improvement of surgical lap simulation

•Highly promising in improving kinesthetic and fine motor

skills à skills important in surgical training

GESTURE-BASED TECHNOLOGY

NINTENDO WII AND SURGICAL TRAINING

Surgeons develop their skills

through years of medical training:

SURGICAL RESIDENCY

They acquire a special skill-set of

handling tissue organs and to ma-

nipulate it properly.

Residency requires the resident-

trainee to develop good hand-eye

coordination and fine motor

movements . The program hopes

to teach trainees to perform a

surgical procedures in the fastest

and easiest way possible .

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Karen Reyes


•Disadvantage: does not replace real-life operating room settings (far

from such)

•Highly promising in improving kinesthetic and fine motor skills à

skills important in surgical training

Caption describing picture or graphic

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3D Printing process

3D PRINTING

1. A 3 dimensional object is modeled by a designer using software such as CAD

2. The design is sent to the printer, and a printing material is selected.

3. The printer makes passes, releasing a small amount of material in a layer-by-layer pro-

cess.

4. Once all the layers have been added, the object is fully formed.

•A 3D printing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a

digital model.

•This is considered distinct from traditional printing method as this performs

removal of material by cutting and drilling.

HOW DOES 3D PRINTING WORK?

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Industrial Design

Industrial designer Samuel Nelson Bernier from Quebec created some beautiful lampshade.

Architecture

The use of prototyping and 3D Product Modeling that provides, though costly but faster finish

product.

Advantages

Enhanced Teaching Aide

Easier for the teacher to seize the inter-

est of his students.

Innovative student projects

Students will be able to produce realistic

three-dimensional mini-models of their

own structural designs.

Interactive class activities

There is a more room for interactive

activities among students that will result

into a fun, informative and will foster a

sense of cooperation to them.

Useful for all levels

3-D printers could be a very useful tool

for the designers and engineers of to-

morrow.

Ease of use

Easy to use software that won’t need any

complex programming requirements.

Disadvantages

Size Limitations

Large-sized objects often are impractical

due to the extended amount of time

necessary for a 3D printer to produce

the parts.

Costs

3D printers are considered an expensive

investment. It can cost up to 51,000

USD, exclusive of accessories and other

operation materials.

Imperfections

3D printer-generated object parts often

possess a rough and ribbed surface fin-

ish, which will result to an unfinished

look


Industrial Design

Industrial designer Samuel Nelson Bernier from Quebec created some beautiful lampshade.

Architecture

The use of prototyping and 3D Product Modeling that provides, though costly but faster finish

product.

Advantages

Enhanced Teaching Aide

Easier for the teacher to seize the inter-

est of his students.

Innovative student projects

Students will be able to produce realistic

three-dimensional mini-models of their

own structural designs.

Interactive class activities

There is a more room for interactive

activities among students that will result

into a fun, informative and will foster a

sense of cooperation to them.

Useful for all levels

3-D printers could be a very useful tool

for the designers and engineers of to-

morrow.

Ease of use

Easy to use software that won’t need any

complex programming requirements.

Disadvantages

Size Limitations

Large-sized objects often are impractical

due to the extended amount of time

necessary for a 3D printer to produce

the parts.

Costs

3D printers are considered an expensive

investment. It can cost up to 51,000

USD, exclusive of accessories and other

operation materials.

Imperfections

3D printer-generated object parts often

possess a rough and ribbed surface fin-

ish, which will result to an unfinished

look

APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING


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“The use of prototyping and 3D Product Modeling that provides, though costly but faster finish product.”

Sheilla Capuchino

KLEMS

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Ross Klem Antonio is currently the Training and Organizational Development Manager

of SL Development Construction Corporation, a Philippine-based company holding the

leading position in the power transmission line industry. She is also a Part-Time In-

structor at LiveIt Global Services Management Instiitute, an Ayala Company.

She was previously connected with Stream Global Services Incorporated where she

served as a Training Specialist for Sales and then moved to operations as a Sales Super-

visor for Hewlett Packard Malaysia and Singapore and then, finally as Manager for Mi-

crosoft Sales Asia Pacific handling Mircorsoft Marketing and Dynamics programs. She

is a Civil Service Professional and IELTS certified, a former researcher of the National

Security Council Undersecretary Virtus Gil, MNSA and a delegate in the 2nd ASEAN

Regional Forum on Cyberterrorism. She is a graduate of AB Political Science at De La

Salle University Dasmarinas with continuing education programs at Ateneo CCE and

UP Diliman School of Labour and Industrial Relations.

Sheilla Capuchino is a foreclosure job coach at JP

Morgan Chase & Co. She is jolly, fun to be with and

open-minded.

SHEILLA

Jeanie de la Rama is currently an SAP Service Delivery Manager for

Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific.

She graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the Ateneo de Ma-

nila University and is currently pursuing her MBA in the Ateneo Graduate

School of Business. Recently , Jeanie launched her crafts and handmade

business La Petit Cadeau.

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The team behind Banana Productions...

JEANIE

ALLAN

People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, I was until I took

up accounting in college. My Waterloo was in bean counting, so after grad-

uation I got involved in banking, financial consulting and more recently -

facilitating international trade in goods. I am currently a manager for Biha-

sa Brokerage, a leading provider of Customs Brokerage services. We pro-

vide expert advice and superior customer service. For your future require-

ments, please consider Bihasa Brokerage for your next import shipments.

DENNY

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Denny Kim is a manager at Hanjin.

Mary Joy Ngo is the Purchasing Manager of State Group of

Companies. A Certified Public Accountant, she is the overall in-

charge of the purchasing department for the State Group of

Companies.

She ensures that all purchases made meet the company’s stand-

ards and checks and approves purchase orders.

In her role, she negotiates price and terms with suppliers and

collaborates with other departments concerning purchase re-

quests. Finally, she provides appropriate guidance and support

to all subordinate staffs

JOY

Karen Reyes is an ophthalmologist at Cardinal Santos Medical Center.

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The team behind Banana Productions...

KAREN

HARRY

Graduated in law from Pusan National University in Korea

Fell in love with music in his school days

Was chief of male vocal ensemble, Sseolmool, the most famous one in the

University

Was International Department Chief / Deputy General Manager in Seonjin

Accounting Corp. in Korea

In charge of Adjustment of International Taxes Act and Tax Treaties;

Strategy for establishment and taxation for foreign company; and

Tax protest

Now..

Come to the Philippines from Korea following his wife who is on dispatched

duty in the Philippines

ABOUT BANANA

PRODUCTIONS

Banana Productions is

composed of Allan, Den-

ny, Harry, Jeanie, Joy,

Karen, Klems and Sheilla.

With their diverse per-

sonal and professional

background, they bring a

unique blend of flavor

like bananas do.

BANANA PRODUCTIONS

Contact us at :

[email protected].

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