Transcript Mobile Technology

MIS – 3030 Business Technologies
Mobile Technologies
New Business Horizons
Mobile Technology
Mobile technology is the technology used to communicate
with portable computing and phone devices. It can consist
of cellular communications, WiFi communications, and
Bluetooth communications capabilities.
Since the start of this millennium, a standard mobile
device has gone from being no more than a simple two-way
pager to being a mobile phone, GPS navigation device, an
embedded web browser and instant messaging client, and
a handheld game console. Many experts argue that the
future of computer technology rests in mobile computing
with wireless networking.
Cellular Communications
¤ Initially Geared for mobile phones
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Multiple cells
Multiple channels
Cover from .5 mile to 5 miles
Certain areas up to 25 miles
Hand off between cells
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Mobile Telephony
Text Messaging
Mobile Web Browsing
Geo-Location Functionality
WiFi Communications
¤ Initially Geared for PCs
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Allow devices to connect using 802.11 standards
Leverages “access points”
Indoors: 20m Outdoors: depends on “AP”
Different “flavors” A, B, G, N, ?
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Computer/PC networking
Mobile devices (tablets & phones)
Wireless devices (printers, etc)
IOT (household devices, alarm systems, etc)
Bluetooth Communications
¤ Initially built for data over short distances
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For creating “personal networks”
Devices are paired
Range is around 30 feet
Focused on portable equipment/devices
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Mobile phone ear piece
Computer head sets
Game consoles & controllers
Computer mouse & key boards
Replaced infrared (line of sight)
Specialized Applications
¤ Local Code on device to provide functionality
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Initially for productivity
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Email
Calendar
Contacts
Expanded functionality
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Leverage GPS
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Leverage Camera
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Mapping purposes
QR scanner / Bar code reader
Require “distribution platform”
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Google Play
Apple’s App Store
Amazon App Store
Windows Phone Store
Samsung / Nokia App stores
Changes to Business Practice
¤ BYOD (bring your own device)
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Employees already have their own technology
Users don’t want multiple devices
Network connectivity design changes
¤ Location Aware services
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Search results tailored to where you are
Targeted advertising (proximity based)
Directions to places
¤ Security Impact +/
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Data Loss via devices
Use as 2-factor authentication
New Business Horizons
Display Technologies
Display Technologies
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Head Mounted Displays
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A typical HMD has either one or two small displays with lenses and semitransparent mirrors embedded in a helmet, eyeglasses (also known as data
glasses) or visor. The display units are miniaturised and may include CRT,
LCDs, Liquid crystal on silicon (LCos), or OLED. Some vendors employ multiple
micro-displays to increase total resolution and field of view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b1ycwQIG7c
Heads Up Display
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A head-up display or heads-up display[—also known as a HUD—is any
transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away
from their usual viewpoints. The origin of the name stems from a pilot being
able to view information with the head positioned "up" and looking forward,
instead of angled down looking at lower instruments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUUTcrmhII&spfreload=1
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Autostereoscopy
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Autostereoscopy is any method of displaying stereoscopic images (adding
binocular perception of 3D depth) without the use of special headgear or glasses
on the part of the viewer. Because headgear is not required, it is also called
"glasses-free 3D" or "glassesless 3D".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zd5Zsq_ek8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzZk03O06wE
Holography
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Holography is a technique which enables three-dimensional images (holograms)
to be made. It involves the use of a laser, interference, diffraction, light intensity
recording and suitable illumination of the recording. The image changes as the
position and orientation of the viewing system changes in exactly the same way
as if the object were still present, thus making the image appear threedimensional.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIj2xEd_z78
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Adaptive optics
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Adaptive optics (AO) is a technology used to improve the performance of optical
systems by reducing the effect of wavefront distortions: it aims at correcting the
deformations of an incoming wavefront by deforming a mirror in order to
compensate for the distortion. It is used in astronomical telescopes[1] and laser
communication systems to remove the effects of atmospheric distortion,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwjZkeLgGZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yweM38Kkh3A
Augmented reality
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Augmented reality (AR) is a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world
environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computergenerated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related
to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is
modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by a computer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ojxzS1fCw