Monthly Archives: December 2015

Netflix Socks

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If you’re like me, you fall asleep a few minutes after you start watching a Netflix movie. The convenience of watching one of your favorite show in the comfort of your home is the perfect recipe for zzzz. This is what I call the “ultimate relaxation situation.”

Apparently, I’m not the only one who can’t keep their eyes open. Netflix must know that this happens to thousands of others because the entertainment company created something called ‘smart’ socks.The socks sense when you fall asleep and automatically pause the show you’re watching. 

This sounds impossible, but Netflix explains that the socks use an accelerometer to tell when you’ve stopped moving. The socks contain an LED light in the cuff of the sock which begin to flash red toward the screen when you are immobile. If you move at all, it cancels the countdown.

This is going to change TV viewing forever.

Watch the video for a detailed explanation.
  

FYI Videos

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This is what my friend Rick Albuck did with his Hoverboard 


Great way to teach grandchildren fractions 


Harrison Ford Trumps Star Wars

  

iPhone 6 Plus photo by DigiDame 

  

 

You And Your Personal Medical Records

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I started a new assignment as a publicist recently. The topic is so important that I wanted to share it with you.

Imagine going to your local healthcare provider 10 times this year and discovering that on only eight of those visits was your provider able to correctly match you with your personal medical record. Such instances increase the risk that your doctor is making healthcare choices based on inaccurate information. Additionally, identification errors contribute millions of dollars in waste to the healthcare system.

This problem can’t be allowed to persist. The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, in partnership with HeroX, is ready to announce the official launch of the CHIME National Patient Identification Challenge. Through a $1 million global competition, they aim to find a patient identification solution that is private, accurate and safe. 

I will be organizing a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. this January so CHIME can announce the challenge. 

Here are their official corporate descriptions:

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is the professional organization for Chief Information Officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. CHIME enables its members and business partners to collaborate, exchange ideas, develop professionally and advocate the effective use of information management to improve the health and healthcare in the communities they serve.

HeroX exists to enable anyone, anywhere in the world, to create a challenge that addresses any problem or opportunity, build a community around that challenge and activate the circumstances that can lead to a breakthrough innovation.

I will let you know our progress. 

Max’s Take Away

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Our friend, Max Kahn, A student at Drexel University, visited with us today. We were discussing camera editing options on a smartphone, when Max reminded me to explore several selections I often forget about.

The three of us after breakast at Joe’s Stone Crab.

 

First click on the button on the lower right hand side. Then press the box with the lines right above the strip of pictures on the right side.

  

Then this will pop up.

   

You get to play with a bunch of new choices.

  

Check out contrast.

  

You probably never played with saturation before.

    

Black point was new for me.

  

Exposure brings new dimension.

  

Shadow gives you the final touch.


If anyone reading this can suggest available mobile apps for photo editing, please share. This is a new option for many of us. We are all taking more photos than ever before.

Tech College Students Try To Stop ISIS Recruitment 

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Image: ist.pdu.edu

DigiDame readers are so removed from college life that we have no idea what is going on campuses these days. I recently read a post on Re/code, a leading tech site, that was a real eye opener and I wanted to share it with you.

College students are being asked by the U.S. Government to help them with an anti ISIS plan on Facebook and YouTube.

The program is called Peer to Peer and students are asked to use “the same digital tricks of the trade to reach those at risk of being seduced by the camaraderie or sense of adventure or purpose that groups like ISIS promise.”

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter don’t actively search for ISIS content. Re/code said “they respond aggressively once they’re alerted to a threat or to a user promoting terrorism.” 

Something has to change, quick. 

You can read the Re/code story here.

I’m Finally A Bartender

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 Images from Perfect Drink 2.0 Smart Scale and App

I know some people are going to find this a bit strange, but I always wanted to be a bartender. I thought it would be fun to stand behind a bar, mix and serve drinks, and meet lots of new people. 

One big problem. I don’t drink, and I don’t know anything about making cocktails. My daughter took a bartending course years ago. I get a bit envious when I hear people talking about cocktail ingredients because I’m clueless. 

That’s why my ears perked up when I saw Steve Greenberg, the Innovation Insider,  demo the Perfect Smart Drink Kit on the Today Show yesterday. 

The Perfect Smart Drink kit tells you exactly how to make each cocktail, step by step. The kit contains a smart scale and app which lets you choose from hundreds of recipes. It retails at  $49.99.  All you do is follow the real-time pouring instructions and watch as a virtual glass fills on your smartphone or tablet.  The app tells you when to stop pouring and it automatically adjusts all the ingredient amounts for you. 

It’s as easy as that. I can become Joe, the Bartender, in no time.  

  
Image: freerepublic.com

I Get Some News From Facebook 

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Sensible Signs 

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We Met On The Internet

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Scott Rodwin and I met on the Internet. He answered my new business pitch and the rest is history. We have been promoting his invention, The Loop, a novel earbud holder, for a few weeks now.

Earlier this week, I discovered that the Boulder, CO, businessman and his wife Marsha, were vacationing in South Beach. We arranged a meetup and ended up spending time together over a two day period. The pictures and videos below were taken in Wynwood, Miami.

Scott and Marsha own Rodwin Architecture and Radiance Power Yoga in Boulder. They also have other projects going on, but I will get into that in a few weeks. Eliot and I are the same age as Scott and Marsha’s parents, but somehow we have a lot in common. The love of the Internet makes you ageless.  

Namaste

  

Marsha and Scott Rodwin

  

Yoga positions

  

Scott ‘s Strength

  

The Rodwin’s with Tony Goldman

  

Marsha’s move.

Unique Partners

  

Strong and beautiful positions

  

United Forever

  

Totally In Sync

 

Introducing The Net-Wielding Interceptor Drone  

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You need a drone to get a drone. That’s the philosophy of the police in Tokyo who were the first to realize that an innocent looking drone could turn out to be a carrier of explosives or poisons. The solution was a net-wielding drone interceptor that could hunt down suspicious quadcopters.

Watch the above demonstration.

Japan is actually planning for drone squads as the most efficient way to provide protection for a number of the city’s most important buildings, including the Imperial Palace, the National Diet (where Japan’s parliament meets), and the prime minister’s office.

The six-rotor interceptor drone is capable of casting a net several times the size of the drone being captured. The world is watching Japan to see if the net is a successful solution. Hope so. We need something, fast. 

Thank you Mashable for alerting me about this.

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