Technology for Good – episode seventeen with Chris Kernaghan

Welcome to episode seventeen of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s episode we had SAP Cloud Architect Chris Kernaghan as a guest on the show. Chris is an old friend, and a fellow Irishman, so we had a great craic (a great time) discussing the stories, which were quite diverse this week, but primarily from the Internet of Things, and Connectivity spaces.

Here are the stories that we discussed in this week’s show:

Climate

• Weather-Related Blackouts Doubled Since 2003: Report

Renewables

• New Indian PM Narendra Modi backs solar to light every Indian home by 2019

Sustainability

• Dell Introduces New Packaging, Takes Greenhouse Gases Out of the Air and Builds PCs Reusing Plastic from Recycled Electronics

Connectivity

• Google is working with Ruckus Wireless to build a Wi-Fi network in the cloud
• Google Fiber: we don’t charge for peering, don’t have fast lanes
• Google Adds “Okay Google” Voice Search For All Chrome Users

Internet of Things

• Internet of Things’ network connects parking spaces and smartwatches
• SmartThings Update Brings You One Step Closer to Having the Jetsons’ Automated House
• BlackBerry launches Project Ion to join the internet of things

Cloud

• Microsoft, SAP Strengthen Ties With Mobile, Data, Cloud Partnership

Transportation

• The smart city project
• California approves test of self-driving cars on public roads

Mobile

• Quantum Random Number Generator Created Using A Smartphone Camera
• Smartphones now account for 87 percent of U.S. handsets
• The iPad’s next killer app: Osmo connects iOS kids’ games with the real world

Wearables

• Fitbit rules 50 percent of the world’s wearable market

Misc

• IBM Watson Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup Cognea
• The 6 challenges for the 2014 Longitude prize

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