Great article on National ID Cards. Its unlikely to happen in my mind, but would go a long way toward a uniform interface to authenticate in a large number of ways.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/two-id-cards/
Friday, March 26, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Interoperabe loyalty - why not?
If you are like most people, you have a number of cards in your wallet or purse - all for the purpose of identifying yourself to a merchant and receiving points, discounts, and other things. My wallet is twice as thick as it needs to be, and my girlfriend has at least twice as many cards.....
Why doesn't an entrepeneur create a smart loyalty card or APP that allows people to have one card with all the numbers, identifiers, points totals, etc all in one place? This would be great for consumers, and likely save the merchant a ton of money overall in terms of processing them. As they developed, offers could be loaded into this entity instead of into my work email.
This could be a powerful idea!
Why doesn't an entrepeneur create a smart loyalty card or APP that allows people to have one card with all the numbers, identifiers, points totals, etc all in one place? This would be great for consumers, and likely save the merchant a ton of money overall in terms of processing them. As they developed, offers could be loaded into this entity instead of into my work email.
This could be a powerful idea!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Battery technology
www.autonews.com/article/20100316/VIDEO/303169968/1219
Great video on common battery charging technology - Japan aiming at global standard!
Great video on common battery charging technology - Japan aiming at global standard!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Interoperable Rant.....SUNPASS
One of best government sharing programs is EZ-PASS - throughout almost all East Coast States, paying tolls on the highway is a breeze no matter where you are. You zip through all the toll booths, and the EZ-Pass system takes care of you pretty well in my experience.
Not so in Florida - their "SunPass" is completely incompatible with everything apparently, so I spent the week spending an extra 5 minutes or much more bottled up in a side lane paying manually. No interface to anything.
Come on Florida, get with the 21st Century!
Not so in Florida - their "SunPass" is completely incompatible with everything apparently, so I spent the week spending an extra 5 minutes or much more bottled up in a side lane paying manually. No interface to anything.
Come on Florida, get with the 21st Century!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Next Generation 9-1-1 - anybody seen it?
DOT has been "working" on a Next Generation 9-1-1 for years, with little apparent success or results. If you Google "next generation 911" nothing from DOT is visible. If you go to Google news, nothing from the Federal Government shows up?
I'm going to drill into this - I tried to get involved several years ago, and was basically told that "we have our best people working on it, no need for you to get involved". I was also told that project trials were "on the way" and imminent.
If you don't understand the gravity of the problem, you can only call 9-1-1 on the phone, and even then, if you are using a mobile phone, they might not know where you are. Too many calls to operators at any one call center can overwhelm them, rendering 9-1-1 useless for a period of time while they are cleared. 9-1-1 has no interaction in most cases with 3-1-1 and other community hotlines - causing further confusion.
You can't text 9-1-1, you can't email 9-1-1, and you sure can't twitter 9-1-1 if you see an accident with injuries right in front of your eyes. You also can't be notified digitally if there is a cloud of noxious, poison gas 2 miles down the road - almost all 9-1-1s do not publish their calls for service digitally to either trusted constituents who have been vetted, or to the public.
Houston is one notable exception - their 9-1-1 feed is available to all the community vendors out there. Excellent work on their part, and it should be incorporated into all PSAPs (public service answering points).
Much more to follow, I'm going to make it my part time passion to get some answers on this one.....
I'm going to drill into this - I tried to get involved several years ago, and was basically told that "we have our best people working on it, no need for you to get involved". I was also told that project trials were "on the way" and imminent.
If you don't understand the gravity of the problem, you can only call 9-1-1 on the phone, and even then, if you are using a mobile phone, they might not know where you are. Too many calls to operators at any one call center can overwhelm them, rendering 9-1-1 useless for a period of time while they are cleared. 9-1-1 has no interaction in most cases with 3-1-1 and other community hotlines - causing further confusion.
You can't text 9-1-1, you can't email 9-1-1, and you sure can't twitter 9-1-1 if you see an accident with injuries right in front of your eyes. You also can't be notified digitally if there is a cloud of noxious, poison gas 2 miles down the road - almost all 9-1-1s do not publish their calls for service digitally to either trusted constituents who have been vetted, or to the public.
Houston is one notable exception - their 9-1-1 feed is available to all the community vendors out there. Excellent work on their part, and it should be incorporated into all PSAPs (public service answering points).
Much more to follow, I'm going to make it my part time passion to get some answers on this one.....
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