Anchor>> Our first guest has many many titles but the favorite we like to give her is
RIT Alumn!
Katie Linendoll and Intel Futures Steve Brown both joining us
this morning. Hi guys!
Hey we just heard from the Consumer Electronics Show and one of the
buzzwords to come out of all of it... one we have kind of heard
- but we saw an explosion of it -
Smart this smart that smart this I feel stupid asking, but
what does it mean when you've put "smart" on the label? How is it gonna change the way
we live?
Katie>> Yeah, you're not kidding and from smart homes
to now we're talking about Smarter Cities... I think this in a very exciting time and
we talk about now self-driving cars we're talking about drone
you can actually help better monitor public safety and we're also even talking
about smarter jogging trails!
Imagine going out in the morning and taking a run and also just telling you
where zero allergens are.
I think it is interesting time to be in, and a lot of people are like "this is too Jetsons!".
Intel just took a survey and they said that 40 percent of individuals are
looking forward to Smarter Cities
and actually think that we're gonna see them within this decade.
Anchor>> So we're seeing the technology to make this stuff happened that's coming out at the Electronic Show
already?
Katie>> Yeah we're definitely seeing really cool technology and Steve will actually tell you
about this egg!
Believe it or not a smart egg that can help on things like the smarter
jogging trails.
Steve>> Okay I've got some show-and-tell with me yes is this is a little egg.
It's a simple little device. It has got some electronics inside which sniffs the air
constantly so if you have breathing difficulty, if you are asthmatic or other
breathing problems,
this could be a lifesaver. We've been doing some studies
and I come from Portland Oregon we've got a couple hundred of these deployed
and it allows people who have breathing problems look at a map in the morning
and figure out
which way should I go jogging or which way should I take my asthmatic child to school?
We actually had a mother who was taking her kid to school - and he has real
breathing problems -
and she would look on the map - and because there weren't these sensors,
the quality of the data was really poor. So we deploy this across the city and now
has really good information
and the route that she takes to school -to take her kid to school -
can be the difference between him having a good day and him taking a trip to the
hospital.
So these could be really lifesaver for people. We're talking about a 1000 of these
deployed all around the world Anchor>> Do you think Portland is on the cutting edge?
Do you think more cities are doing this and if they're not now will be doing so soon?
Steve>> I think so, but this isn't something that cities are doing. This is something that
individuals are doing.
These eggs are available - you can get them online - you go to
airqualityegg.com A couple hundred bucks and you can be part
of this whole network of eggs sniffing the air!
And figuring out and helping your community.
It's just a really nice way to participate. So you can look on a map and
you can see you egg light up and
see it sending data out Anchor>> Wow! Cool stuff! Of course
we've been talking about cars you drive... you know... glasses you wear... watches you
wear... there's so much out there. What do you guys want to focus on?
Katie>> There is so much out there and I think you hit the one we're most excited about
which is self-driving cars which is a big buzz word these days and you know
it's exciting too because US regulators actually just proposed just
about a week ago
the possibility for cars to intelligently communicate back and forth
with each other
and you think about what this could do with traffic and accidents and carbon
emissions
having sensors inside cars and allowing cars to really as he called it gossip
between each other
could be better for all of us. Intel Labs are actually working on a number of
technologies, so it's not just talking about it actually implementing them
and seeing these technologies firsthand. Anchor>> Okay still
you guys see this and go, "oh that's so cool." Sometimes the rest of us see it and go
"Oh my gosh, that's so scary!" Is there a down side, I mean i there a scary part to this?
Steve>> Yeah I mean people initially when you say
these cars are going to be talking to each other and the city's gonna be intelligent they've
seen
a few too many Hollywood movies because Hollywood is great at entertaining us with
it
to get the future but really I think people it's like my job to figure out
what are the good side things what's the future we do want to build
and we'll avoid the Hollywood stuff. And 60 percent of
people when you tell about the stuff they're a bit concerned about privacy and
those issues.
Once you explain what the benefits are of the stuff the fact that is my car shares
its location
and then we got smart parking meters my car can negotiate a parking spot and
drive
to the parking space that's now booked for me. People go, "That's something I want."
It's the same with drones. Having drones, drones is it that the evil D word, "death
machines from the sky" is what we think about
with these things. These can
really help first responders. If you are a fireman
you do not want to run into a burning building without as much
information as you can get.
If a drone could go ahead of you, locates where the people are
that need help, understand how hot,
where hot spots are in the rooms and being able to
throw a fireball in there as you can see on the
the clip that's running here, to sense the environment and give
all the information to the fire response people so they could have a
much safer way
rescuing people, dealing with the issue at hand. Similarly with ambulances,
ambulances can't always get across town quickly,
to be able to have a drone that could fly and have a
defibrillator or medication that an individual needs because they're in
trouble.
Once you explain that to people,
60 percent of people are like, "Oh yeah, bring the drones, this is a great thing."
Anchor>> Wow. After covering Hurricane Katrina and seeing all the trouble getting help
to the places that it need to get to, wow,
fascinating. I know people are going to want to learn more especially maybe moms, like
asthmatics like you were talking about earlier.
DailyLounge.com, that's where we should go? Steve>> Yeah there and also Intel.com/newsroom
will tell you all about the egg if you wanna actually
see the map and purchase the egg yourself airqualityegg.com
Anchor>> All right, cool, we appreciate your time. Steve, thanks, and Katie,
way to represent Rochester! Katie>> Thank you Jennifer