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Wednesday 21 November 2012

Notes on the connected world video.

WIRED are making massive advancements in `Medical technology such as sensors which monitor data coming from the body allowing us to live healthier and optimizing our medical outcome.
Ivy league universities are putting video's out allowing everyone to have access to this wonderful array of knowledge. Why should we settle for the teachers at our school when we can have the best teachers for each subject from around the globe.
On the brink of a networked society, in 1994 internet in San Francisco was taking off. A lot of companies starting investing and made a lot of money.
.com crash meant fortunes were lost over night.
Sound Cloud shares music across the web. Music industry huge destructive phase. Physical-digital.
CCP games MMO. Idea of digital currencies Facebook 3d world. Mobile entertainment.
57% more talk online than in real life.
48% of 18-34 year olds check Facebook first thing in the morning.
1/6 married couples met online.
8-18 year olds spend more than 7.5 hours a day with their mobile device.
Apliences over the internet. Crop monitors which tweet to indicate need for water or light.
Giving feed-back from consumer to creator.
Assisted living.