July 25, 2017
Technology
June 26, 2017
DIY Google Home
Last year, I partnered with Steve Youngblood to make an Amazon Alexa on a Raspberry Pi. In January of this year, I teamed up with Liz Simpson to provide a DIY Alexa workshop for
June 8, 2017
My First Visit to Amazon’s Bookstore (Brick-and-Mortar Edition)
15 years after buying my first book on Amazon, I finally visited the physical Amazon bookstore. Isn’t it usually the other way around? I flew to Chicago for Memorial Day weekend to see friends,
May 31, 2017
5 Examples of Consumer AR & VR Available Today
In 2014, I posted that a renaissance was coming for virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR), and today (2017), I believe that to be true. In 2014, we saw Samsung and others lowering the
May 9, 2017
Georgia Tech Capstone Spring 2017 Recap
One of my favorite events at Georgia Tech is the semi-annual Capstone Expo. This is an event where students show off their senior design projects ranging from corporate sponsored to “make the world a
April 21, 2017
Will Atlanta become a Smart City?
Last week we had another packed house at the Wireless Technology Forum for the “Smart Cities of the Future” panel discussion with an expert panel of speakers. First of all, why are we talking
January 23, 2017
Mobile Commerce is Here
January 2015, at the mCommerce panel headlined by Ginger Schmeltzer and Chris Poelma, the panel concluded that mobile payment adoption would be driven in 2016 by EMV. We can debate if this prediction came
January 11, 2017