Transcript Have I got old news for you?

Have I got old news for
you?
A flippant personal view
Mick Davies
SCNF Core Group member
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Trust me, I know what I’m doing !
Don’t use CTax data
Let’s join up all our data entries
for other purposesOf course you’ll need
What data
Of course we’ve
to use Council Tax
standards?
data for other things! thought this
Privacy and Data Protection
Act 2007
through
Let’s not put this
conviction data into the
We never
system just yet – let’s
wanted a
file it in a box- for a few
great big
months.
new
Who needs Iris database
scans anyway?
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…and the answer is…
Pros
Cons
• Meeting increasingly high
expectations
• Providing better service
• Treating people as
customers
• Avoiding 44 contacts to
confirm details of a death
arising from a road accident
• Remove obstacles to
improving service
•
•
•
•
Big brother state
Cradle to grave database
Government snooping
Government “incompetence”
at linking systems
• Demonstrable Government
“incompetence” in handling
data
• Added complexity will cause
even worse service
You decide
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“The next ten years”
- BT’s Mystic Meg,
futurologist – Ian Pearson
BT’s 2005 Timeline is worth looking at
www.btinternet.com/~ian.pearson/web/future/2005timeline.doc
Smart yoghurt
Chips for Smelly telly
Chips for smart self diagnosis
Smart bacteria
Intelligent clothing
Smart skin
Smart “Best by” dates
Chips in players
Smart paint
Chips in footballs
Chips controlling cooking
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…but it also included

Cracking of public key cryptography within a
few seconds using networked zombie
machines by 2008 or so

Chips with 10 billion transistors by around
2011

Worldwide population of over 65s increases
by 1 million monthly by around 2008
And some of these are uncomfortably
close now!
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“The future is old” Prof. Alan Newell - Dundee
COST219ter
A project demonstrating that the EU really is focusing on
“design for all” concepts –
“Accessible design is basically good design”.
The project has published
“Towards an Inclusive future”
available at –
www.tiresias.org/cost219ter/inclusive_future/index.htm
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don’t forget the good old DDA
• It is unlawful for providers of services to discriminate
against members of the public on the grounds of
disability by:
– refusing to provide a service without justification;
– providing a service to a lesser standard without
justification;
– providing a service on worse terms without
justification;
– failing to make reasonable adjustments to the way
services are provided for disabled people;
– failing to make reasonable adjustments to the
physical features of service premises, to
overcome physical barriers to access.
• The latest Code of Practice came into force on 6th
December.
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This is where SNAPI fits in…
Personalisation of cards to suit user preferences
Drop back to default afterwards
Based on EN1332-4
Why don’t we include such personalisation on our
travel and banking cards?
It would not cost much,
would meet European standards,
Would help our DDA compliance,
but most of all it would include lots of folk
who are unable to use services at present.
We’re trying to make things happen in this space
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last but not least….
Kaisers supermarket in east Berlin has identified the
“Grey” market as one worth worrying about.
It has deliberately designed and promoted a store to
attract older people:
With magnifying glasses hanging in wide aisles to
help with the small print on labels and with outsize
labels,
With rest areas, massage chairs, and shopping
trolleys that can be used as seats,
As a meeting place with sofas.
This is the shape of things to come!
At least it is on a personal basis.
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seriously though…
Kaisers realised that 1 in 3 Germans will be over 50
by 2010.
But we have already arrived!
Current percentages of over 50’s
32.8% across the UK
42.8% on the Isle of Wight (top of the bill!)
This is set to increase by 30% by 2025
Giving us 44% overall!
maybe over 50% in the good old IoW!
Its only a matter of time for today’s designers
(32 years old now…!)
So we’d better design for it now.
Let’s work on it - Thanks for listening.
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