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January 31, 2013
Volume 1, Issue 1
Banana Productions
Ateneo Graduate School of Business
Regis MBA Program
Infotech Section R46
Emerging Tech Ed EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION
From its early beginnings, education has evolved dramatically in last few centuries. Today,
the education sector falls into three broad sectors: K-12 which includes preschool, primary
and secondary schools, Higher Education which includes colleges and universities as well as
post-graduate degrees in fields like law, business and medicine and finally Vocational Educa-
tion which focuses on industry/profession-based learning. The advancement of education
has also heralded the advent of ancillary education services such as after-school tutoring,
charter schools, special or alternative education, educational content suppliers and profes-
sional development of administrators and teachers.
According to Wikipedia, “systems of schooling involve institutionalized teaching and learning
in relation to a curriculum, which itself is established according to a predetermined purpose
of the schools in the system.”
While majority of schools are owned and funded by the state, schools that operate inde-
pendently from the state are also increasing. Private schools are usually managed by private
institutions like religious organizations, business entities or socio-civic foundations.
However despite globalization and modernization, there is still disparity in the distribution
and availability of education globally. While some schools cost as much as $60K annually ,
there are still millions of kids worldwide who do not have access even to primary education.
In 2000, the United Nations enumerated as one of its Millennium Development Goal to
achieve Primary Education (UN). The program aims to “ensure that, by 2015, children every-
where, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.” In its
2010 report, while the UN has reported great strides in many countries, the target is unlikely
to be met citing inequality as one of the impediments towards achieving universal education.
This is just one example of inequality in education. There are several supply and demand
drivers of the education industry which impact its equitable distribution.
The demand drivers of education include availability of income or funds and the relative cost
of schooling options,
opportunity cost of
education, cultur-
al influences and
the support from
various units of
society like the
government and
private institu-
tions. On the other
hand, supply drivers include the availability of the educational resources like labor force and
structures, funding to keep schools operating and the constantly-changing changing cultural
dynamics.
With all these push and pull in the education industry, emerging technologies can help im-
prove the balance between supply and demand drivers so as to make education available to
more people despite the constraints surrounding their individual circumstances.
“The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows”
- Sydney J. Harris
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Text-to-Speech Technology .............2
Flexible LED Displays ......................4
Electronic Whiteboard .....................6
Stem Cell to Overcome Learning
Disability ...........................................8
Holograms in Classrooms ................10
Google glasses ...................................12
Gesture-based technology ...............14
3D Printing ........................................16
The team ............................................18
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST
Say goodbye to chalk dust with
interactive blackboards and flexi-
ble LED displays
Learn how stem cell and TTS can
address learning impediments
Make learning more fun with 3D
technology, Kinect and Google
glasses
"With the Kurzweil Reading Machine, I could read anything I wanted with complete privacy. It gave blind people the one thing that everyone treasures, which is independence."
Source:http://www.acapela-group.com/how-does-text-to-speech-work.html
In order to reproduce the natural sound of each language, a narrator records a series of
texts (poetry, political news, sports results, stock exchange updates, etc.) which contain
every possible sound in the chosen language.
These recordings are then sliced and organized into an acoustic database.
TTS system begins by carrying out a sophisticated linguistic analysis that transposes writ-
ten text into phonetic text.
A grammatical and syntactic analysis then enables the system to define how to pronounce
each word in order to reconstruct the
sense. We call this the prosody: it gives
the rhythm and intonation of a sen-
tence •A grammatical and syntactic
analysis then enables the system to
define how to pronounce each word in
order to reconstruct the sense. We call
this the prosody: it gives the rhythm
and intonation of a sentence.
Finally, the system produces infor-
mation associating the phonetic writ-
ing with the tone and required length
of the pronunciation. The chain of
analysis ends here and sound is gener-
ated by selecting the best units stocked
in the acoustic database.
TEXT-TO-SPEECH TECHNOLOGY
HOW DOES TTS WORK?
Speech synthesizer is a computer sys-
tem designed for the artificial reproduc-
tion of human speech.
Hardware-Software system that can
read text in the natural language and
can translate it to a sound
Simple Process: 1) Input text: data from
a word processor, standard ASCII from
e-mail, a mobile text-message, or
scanned text from newspaper. 2) char-
acter string is then preprocessed and
analyzed into phonetic representation.
3) Speech sound is finally generated
with synthesizer
Under development for several decades
but recent progress has now made TTS
affordable to a mass audience and
available on the internet as applications
or plug-ins.
Apple MacinTalk (1984): The first TTS
integrated into an operating system;
Windows (2000): Equipped with
Speech Application Programming In-
terface (SAPI)
Since 2001, several TTS systems have
been developed at UP’s Digital Signal
Processing Labs but needs further re-
finement for commercial application.
The Kurzweil Reading
Machine
“In 1975, we put together these
three new technologies we had
invented - omni-font OCR, flat-
bed scanners, and text-to-speech
synthesis to create the first print-
to-speech reading machine for
the blind. The Kurzweil Reading
Machine (KRM) was able to read
ordinary books, magazines, and
other printed documents out
loud so that a blind person could
read anything he wanted." – Ray
Kurzweil
Thirty-two years later, the Na-
tional Federation of the Blind
(NFB) and Ray Kurzweil have
created the world’s first portable
OCR device, that allows an ordi-
nary page of text to be photo-
graphed and subsequently trans-
lated into voice.
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Allan Goco
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TTS
Advantages
Assist persons with disabilities who may be vision impaired by reading text
Save eye strain - relax, sit back and listen
Save time - listen while driving, exercising or enjoying nature (mp3 con-
verter feature)
Help writers improve by listening to your work
Assist second language students by expanding their experience and under-
standing through listening to any text at any speed
(Source: http://naturalreadertutorial.blogspot.com/2011/10/advantages.html)
Disadvantages
Despite large improvements to create realistic, human-sounding voices,
Speech Synthesis can still sound a little unnatural –there is always a differ-
ence in terms of intonation and stress. In other words, it still lacks the
complexity of naturally occurring speech, resulting in 'dead' sound having
no emotions
(Source: http://callej.org/journal/7-2/Kilickaya.html)
Most art and other interactive learning assets, which include visual learn-
ing tools such as tables, graphs, toggle charts, and step animations, cannot
be read by the text-to-speech feature.
(Source: http://knowledgebase.pearsonschool.com)
APPLICATION IN
EDUCATION
Visually Impaired Students
Previous technology -
Pre-recorded audio
books on tape
First commercial TTS
software - Kurzweil
reading machine (circa
late 1970s)
Contains an optical
scanner, text recogni-
tion software
Cons: Very Expensive,
Used only in Libraries
Recent developments:
Hardware and software
prices have become
more affordable. Access
to the internet.
Deaf and Vocally Impaired
Students
Synthesized speech can
help students communi-
cate with people who
cannot understand sign
language
Reading Impaired Students
Dyslexics (reading im-
paired) students can
learn to read and write
even without supervi-
sion from a teacher.
Others
Teaching Tools
Telecommunications
and Multimedia
Intel has worked on Stephen Hawking's speech technology for over a decade; the scien-
tist, stricken by motor neuron disease, currently selects letters one by one by twitching
his cheek in time to a continually scrolling cursor.
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PMOLED Display Sample
PMOLED VS
AMOLED
PMOLED (Passive
Matrix OLED ) Dis-
play
It relates the way you
control (or drive) the
display. It uses a simple
control scheme in which
you control each row (or
line) in the display se-
quentially (one at a
time).
AMOLED ( Active-
Matrix Organic Light-
Emitting Diode) Dis-
play
AMOLED requires a
thin-film transistor
backplane to switch
each individual pixel on
or off, but allow for
higher resolution and
larger display sizes. This
individually pixel design
allows for better illumi-
nation control for a
brighter, higher con-
tract and more power
efficient display.
Because of this technol-
ogy, they made the dis-
play more thinner and
lighter. It is as thin as a
single finger when it
comes to TV & Comput-
FLEXIBLE LED DISPLAYS
Has two main families: those based on small molecules and those employ-
ing polymers. Adding mobile ions to an OLED creates light – emitting elec-
trochemical cell or LEC, which has a slight different mode of operation.
OLED is light-emitting diode (LED) in which emissive electroluminescent
layer is a film of organic compound which emits light in response to an
electric current. This layer of organic semiconductor is situated between
two electrodes.
OLEDs are used to create digital displays in devices such as mobile
phones, laptops, computers, tablets, handheld games, consoles and PDAS.
What is LED?
LED stands for Light-emitting Diode, it
is basically a semiconductor diode that
glows when a voltage is applied. It used
as indicator lamps in many devices and
increasing used for other lighting.
Advanced LED technology includes
PMOLED display, AMOLED display
and the Flexible AMOLED display,
which is the latest one.
LED Display
It is a flat panel display, which us-
es light-emitting diodes as a video dis-
play sometimes used as form of lighting
for the purpose of general illumination,
task lighting or even stage lighting ra-
ther than display . Led Panel is a small
display or a component of larger dis-
play. Led panel is sometimes used as
form of lighting for the purpose of gen-
eral illumination, task lighting or even
stage lighting rather than display.
Using the LED Display, combine the
technology of display and the LED
lights come up with Display that can
change the way people think lights is
just for appliances and indicators.
FLEXIBLE AMOLED DISPLAY
TYPES OF OLED (ORGANIC LIGHT – EMITTING
DIODE DISPLAY
Because of high functionality, LED Displays have become more innovative,
smart and revenue-generating investments which results of producing
Flexible AMOLED Displays. OLED as being a new display of technology,
using light –emitting organic materials, beautiful and efficient displays can
be created. OLEDs are very thin and can be put on flexible materials
(plastic or metal foil) . So it’s possible to make bendable Flexible displays.
With developments in LED Technology, LED popularity and widespread
usage is anticipated to continuously rise, it is expected that, in the business
and education world.
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AMOLED Display Sample
ADVANTAGES:
Superior Viewing Angle: With the advent of OLED Displays, viewing angle could be
as large as 170 degree because they produce their own light which increases their view-
ing angle.
Flexible and Slimmer: Because it uses plastic instead of glass, an OLED screen is
thinner, lighter and more flexible. Average OLED display is 1.5 mm thick.
Good for eyes: Provides better viewing experience because OLED Displays have bet-
ter contrast, brightness and color aspects.
Low Power Consumption/Efficient in Energy: OLED displays consumes less
energy compared to other display screens. No backlit is required in the screens which is
advantage for use in portable gadgets.
DISADVANTAGES:
High Cost: The current production processes make it difficult and costly to produce
large displays so most are limited to handheld devices.
Short Lifetime: Screens are not for long use, this shorter lifetime is mainly due to blue organic material.
High Water Prone: OLED Screens are highly prone to water. Water can damage the organic materials of the displays.
Water damage may especially limit the longevity of more flexible displays.
Poor Sunlight Readability: OLED Display is hard to see in direct sunlight. So if you have open the lobbies where sun-
light reaches directly, you will not get benefit of viewing these screens.
Greater interest in learning: Using Tablet or PC, not only
interactive games but also teaching kids that can enhance
their knowledge. It will not harm the delicate eyes of the kids
since has no radioactive as the CRT Display.
Better presentation of information: Using projectors
and screens for teaching and power point presentations facili-
tate simultaneous viewing of information by a large number
of students. It also led to improvements in student attendance
and their attentive in the class. Using LED touchscreen for
more accurate teaching. It allows teachers and students to
write on the touch screen so learning becomes interactive and
engaging.
Make student’s life easy and convenient:
Using mobile device which is more thinner and more lighter
and also operates similar to computers. Since this gadget has
a wi-fi support, it offers various applications such as online
resources that have added the opportunity to take learning for
every student. With various applications installed in mobile
device, it helps students in various ways such as organizing
studies and schedule, enable to store and manage information
for homework
and research,
you can easily
keep up with
friends, pro-
fessors and
colleagues.
Using
AMOLED &
Flexible
AMOLED
Technology,
you can carry
it wherever,
whenever with clearer and more detailed graphics.
Easy access to information: Using the PMOLED &
AMOLED Technologies in laptops and tablets. Displays are
more convenient when it comes to learning. Having such
gadgets, inside or outside the classroom allows students &
teachers to access to website & other programs such as Mi-
crosoft Word, etc.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
APPLICATIONS OF LED TECHNOLOGY
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Denny Kim
Say goodbye to chalk clouds with interactive whiteboards.
INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO MAKE IWB WORK?
When we were in school, there were the traditional, painfully loud and
irritating blackboards and chalk. Sure, they made tremendous chalk
clouds.
Interactive whiteboard came in to existence and quickly replaced all
blackboards and chalk in schools all over the world thanks to develop-
ment of information and communications technology and monitor
An interactive whiteboard (IWB), is a large interactive display that
connects to a computer. A LCD or projector project the computer's
desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer us-
ing a pen, finger, stylus, or other device. The board is typically mounted
to a wall or floor stand.
BASIC STRUCTURE
Computer
Operating programs
Education software
Monitor
Touch screen
Network system
Connect with others
inside and outside of
classroom through in-
ternet and intranet.
Radio / Wire
Projector (projector style)
Internal type / External
type
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Item Projector Style LCD Style
Composition Whiteboard + Projector Whiteboard
Size Wider than LCD Max. 84 inch
Screen Brightness Dark Bright
Viewing Angle Narrow Wide
Resolution Low High
Touch Finger, Pen Finger, Pen
TV No (extra purchase) Yes
Speaker No (extra purchase) Yes
Shape
Harry Yang
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
Advantages
Can help even technophobic teachers to use this medium with ease for presentations from
the front of the room.
Makes it easy for teachers to enhance presentation content by easily integrating a wide
range of material into a lesson, such as a picture from the internet, a graph from a spread-
sheet or text from a Microsoft Word file, in addition to student and teacher annotations on
these objects.
Allows learners to participate in group discussions by freeing them from note-taking.
Allows learners to work collaboratively around a shared task or work area.
When fully integrated into a learning object repository there is potential for widespread
sharing of resources.
When used for interactive testing of understanding for the entire class, it can rapidly pro-
vide learner feedback.
Disadvantages
Interactive whiteboards are more expensive than conventional whiteboards or projector
and screen combinations.
Its surface can become damaged, necessitating expensive replacement.
Front projection boards can be obscured by one or more users.
Free-standing boards (and their associated projectors) are more difficult to secure and
need to be realigned every time they are moved.
If multiple data entry is allowed, inputs can get jumbled, resulting in on-screen gibberish.
If remote access is allowed, some users may be tempted to send disruptive comments or
drawings to the screen.
APPLICATION IN
EDUCATION
In Office
Interactive white-
board makes presen-
tation and conference
effective and conven-
ient.
In School
Traditional black-
board can be replaced
with interactive
whiteboard.
They are used in a variety
of settings, including
classrooms at all levels of
education, in corporate
board rooms and work
groups, in training rooms
for professional sports
coaching, in broadcasting
studios and others.
Interactive white blackboard used in the classroom.
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Bone marrow transplant
UMBILICAL CORD
BLOOD STEM
CELL THERAPY
Newborn infants no longer
need their umbilical cords, so
they have traditionally been
discarded as a by-product of
the birth process. In recent
years, however, the multi-
potent-stem-cell-rich blood
found in the umbilical cord
has proven useful in treating
the same types of health prob-
lems as those treated using
bone marrow stem cells and
PBSCs.
Umbilical cord blood stem cell
transplants are less prone to
rejection than either bone
marrow or peripheral blood
stem cells. This is probably
because the cells have not yet
developed the features that
can be recognized and at-
tacked by the recipient's im-
mune system. Also, because
umbilical cord blood lacks
well-developed immune cells,
there is less chance that the
transplanted cells will attack
the recipient's body, a prob-
lem called graft versus host
disease.
STEM CELL THERAPY
Stem cell therapies involve more than
simply transplanting cells into the body
and waiting for them to go to work. A
successful stem cell therapy requires an
understanding of how stem cells work,
combined with a reliable approach to
ensuring that the stem cells perform
the desired action in the body.
Perhaps the best-known stem cell ther-
apy to date is the bone marrow trans-
plant, which is used to treat leukemia
and other types of cancer, as well as
various blood disorders.
Why is this a stem cell therapy?
Leukemia is a cancer of white blood
cells, or leukocytes. Like other
blood cells, leukocytes are made in
the bone marrow through a pro-
cess that begins with multi-potent
adult stem cells. Mature leuko-
cytes are released into the blood-
stream, where they work to fight
off infections in our bodies.
2 examples of Stem Cell Therapy:
Adult Stem Cell Transplant: Periph-
eral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell
Transplant
THE RECIPE FOR SUC-
HOW DOES STEM CELL THERAPY WORK?
Step 1: Define the problem
Step 2: Finding the right type of
stem cell
Step 3: Match the stem cells with
the transplant recipient
Step 4: Put the stem cells in the
right place
Step 5: Make the transplanted cells
perform. 8
“Stem-cell therapy is an intervention strategy that introduces new adult stem cells into damaged tissue in order to treat disease or injury.”
Initial clinical experience with somatic stem cell therapy may appear promising.
However, many questions regarding the potential risks have not yet been an-
swered. The amount of data and the knowledge of risks associated with the use
of stem cell therapy are expanding.
However, due to the large variation amongst the studies (e.g. study protocol,
patient population, het- erogeneity of the administered cell population, timing/
location of injection) it is difficult to extrapolate results from one study to an-
other, and also from one stem cell based medicinal product to another. Current-
ly, the most extensive clinical experience has been obtained with haematopoiet-
ic stem cells and mesenchymal stem/stromal cells. The clinical experience with
endothelial pro- genitor cells is also growing.
Scientists succeed through
stem cell therapy in revers-
ing brain birth defects
Enlarge New brain cells (green
stain) induced in the heroin dam-
aged brain by transplantation of
neural stem cells. Credit: The He-
brew University of Jerusalem Sci-
entists at the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem have succeeded in
reversing brain birth defects in
animal models, using stem cells
to replace defective brain cells.
Neural and behavioral birth de-
fects, such as learning disabilities,
are particularly difficult to treat,
compared to defects with known
cause factors such as Parkinson's
or Alzheimer's disease, because
the prenatal teratogen - the sub-
stances that cause the abnormali-
ties -- act diffusely in the fetal
brain, resulting in multiple de-
fects. Prof. Yanai and his associ-
ates were able to overcome this
obstacle in laboratory tests with
mice by using mouse embryonic
neural stem cells.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
STEM CELL THERAPY FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES
9
Klems Antonio
“While it may have been stuff for science fiction 30 years ago, 3D holo-graphic presence is not far from reality today.”
To make a hologram, you would need your
subject, a recording medium, a laser beam
which has the capability to illuminate the
subject (object beam) and illuminate the re-
cording medium (reference beam) and a
suitable environment that would allow the
interference pattern to be recorded.
Holograms are not new and are in fact more
commonplace than you think – just look at
your credit card. Holograms are widely used
in authentication like bank notes, payment
cards, tax stamps, event merchandise and
tickets and IT consumables like Epson’s
printers. Another application of holograms is
brand enhancement and differentiation like
in packaging resulting to improved sales in
various sectors where it was used.
However, what has been elusive is holographic tele-presence or full-motion 3D holo-
grams generated by a computer rather than being fixed in a static medium. Shown in
full-motion color and, these 3D holograms can change on the fly with input from a us-
er. More importantly according to Technology Review, “viewers who move around a
holographic video image will be able to see it moving from every side-a phenomenon
important to realism and one that many conventional eyeglass-based systems cannot
replicate.”
3D HOLOGRAPHIC PRESENCE
HOW DO HOLOGRAMS WORK?
Who hasn’t seen that iconic moment
from Star Wars where Princess Leia
appears in a faint 3D projection appeal-
ing for help from Obi-wan Kenobi?
While it may have been stuff for science
fiction 30 years ago, 3D holographic
presence is not far from reality today.
There have been several significant ad-
vancements in augmented reality par-
ticularly with holograms like Infinite
Z’s zSpace. Before we delve into these
new technologies, let’s first try to
understand what holograms are.
The principle behind holography can be
likened to a sound recording. A sound
field created by vibrating matter like
our vocal cords or a musical instrument
and it is encoded in such a way that it
can be reproduced later even without
the presence of the original source.
(Wikipedia)
WHAT IS HOLOGRAPHY?
In its website, Holophile, Inc, a
marketing company specializing
in holography and other 3-
dimensional imagery, holography
is a three-dimensional imaging
technique which makes use of
laser light to record the patterns
of light waves reflected from an
object onto the emulsion of light
sensitive film (or glass plates).
“When that film is developed, and
re-exposed to laser light (or nor-
mal incandescent light like most
holograms today), it re-creates --
in space -- all the points of light
that originally came from the ob-
ject. The resulting image, either
behind or in front of the holo-
graphic film, has all the dimen-
sions of the original object and
looks so real that you are tempted
to reach out and touch it -- only to
find nothing there but focused
light.”
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Jeanie de la Rama
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
The technology is still in its
infancy so there are still im-
provements that need to be
done to performance and out-
put. The images generated are
not yet as seamless and it re-
quires very powerful computer
to be able to process the algo-
rithms that enable the dynam-
ic behavior of holograms.
Aside from these, implement-
ing holographic tele-presence
is very expensive because of
the devices needed to make it
work. However as with any
emerging technology in the
past, holographic tele-
presence will become more
affordable and commonplace.
This emerging technology pro-
vides an option for a more
interactive experience and can be a substitute in the absence of real objects.
For example in the area of education, holograms can enable a more interactive
teaching and learning experience regardless of geographic boundaries. With
holograms, educators can deliver lectures on-demand to multiple classrooms.
Instructors can illustrate concepts with the aid of holograms and experts like
surgeons, engineers and architects even perform enhanced demonstrations. In
the absence of instructors or tools for instruction, holographic projections offer
HOLOGRAMS IN
EDUCATION
Zspace which was mentioned in
the earlier part of the discussion
has several collaborations with
the academia that leverages its
holographic computing technol-
ogy which transforms PC’s into
a virtual holographic computing
system and platform. One of its
application is in the research
being done by Dr. Remo Roh of
USC Dornsife College of Letters
and Sciences. “[Roh’s] laborato-
ry studies the role of structural
properties in protein-DNA
recognition and its consequenc-
es in biological processes such
as transcription, genome organ-
ization, embryonic develop-
ment, and human cancer. Visu-
alization of three- dimensional
structure is a key aspect of our
research, and they are very
grateful for the opportunity to
partner with Infinite Z, Inc. on
taking 3D visualization of mole-
cules and their complexes to a
next level.
Another use of this technology
might be more relatable for
most of us which is in the Dy-
namic 3D Stereo Visualization
of Physics Concepts through a
Hybrid Stylus Interface. The
project aims to develop a proto-
type application that lets stu-
dents explore various physics
concepts that are inherently 3D
in nature like torque, electro-
magnetism, etc. Users write
down mathematical equations
on the zSpace surface with the
stylus and have these equations
used to generate 3D visualiza-
tions that students can explore
with head tracked 3D stereo and
3D manipulation
Princess Leia’s 3D Hologram in Star Wars is not far from reality
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Project Glass is being developed by Google X Lab.
Release date
The product (Google
Glass Explorer Edition)
will be available in United
States Google I/O devel-
opers for US$1,500, to be
delivered in early 2013
and to consumers in the
last quarter of 2013 to
early 2014.
Testing Phase
The first Project Glass
demo resembles a pair of
normal eyeglasses where
the lens is replaced by a
head-up display.
The product began test-
ing in April 2012. Sergey
Brin wore a prototype set
of glasses to an April 5,
2012 Foundation Fighting
Blindness event in San
Francisco.
On May 23, 2012, Sergey
Brin demoed the glasses
on The Gavin Newsom
Show and let California
Lieutenant Governor
Gavin Newsom wear the
glasses.
On June 27, 2012, Sergey
Brin demoed the glasses
at Google I/O where sky-
divers, abseilers and
mountain bikers wore the
glasses and live streamed
their point of view to a
Google+ Hangout, which
was also shown live at the
Google I/O presentation.
GOOGLE GLASSES
The Google glasses will be connected to the Web via Android, most likely
through an Android smartphone in your pocket. The digital glasses basically
work by scanning the surroundings through a combination of eye movement
and voice recognition and display relevant information directly in the lens. For
example, if a person is in a suburban area, the glasses will display information
such as the nearest restaurants, train stations, bus stops, etc. In effect, the
glasses work as a wireless smartphone, briskly displaying relevant information
directly in the field of view. Social media notifications would most likely pop up
in your vision.
Eyeglasses or spectacles are
frames bearing lenses worn in
front of the eyes. They are nor-
mally used for vision correction
or eye protection. Eyeglasses im-
pact the lives of the students in a
way where their academic careers
depend on the availability and use
of spectacles.
Project Glass is a research and
development program by Google
to develop an augmented reality
head-mounted display (HMD).
Project Glass products would dis-
play information in smartphone-
like format hands-free and could
interact with the Internet via nat-
ural language voice commands.
The operating system software
used in the glasses will be Goog-
le’s Android. Project Glass is be-
ing developed by Google X Lab.
Google has patented the design of
the Project Glass.
ADVANTAGES
HOW DO GOOGLE GLASSES WORK?
Here are five of the features expected to appear on the new Google Goggles device.
Checking In. Any Google mobile device would not be complete without the ability to check
into locations through Google Plus. You simply check in using hand gestures.
Video Calling. The Google Glasses user can view transmitted video from another caller
from a small screen from inside the glasses.
Photo Sharing. The user simply asks the glasses to take a picture of an image ahead. The
Google Glasses users will be able to take hands-free pictures through using voice-activated
commands.
Music Playing. Users will be able to access the Google Music library from the glasses and
stream HD audio files from the cloud is a significant technological advancement.
Calendar/Appointments Feature. Users can set the calendar so it always appears in one
of the screens on one of the lenses. This allows users to always have access to their current
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GOOGLE GLASSES
The Google Glasses user can view transmitted video from another caller from a small screen from inside the glasses.
The initial designs of the glasses may not be as appealing to the mass and seem quite fragile.
The retail price is too expensive for the average consumer.
It will raise safety concerns. Google glasses can potentially be a huge distraction in everyday
life - the concept of having information displayed in the field of view invites danger such as
in crossing the road and in driving.
It will raise privacy concerns. The possibility of the glasses being used as a medium to
browse through online profiles of strangers is worrying and opens up serious privacy issues.
The potential effect of the screen on the eyes.
People who already wear corrective glasses. How would they wear the Google glasses. One
way this could be done is by modifying normal glasses or personalizing the Google glasses
for specific prescription glasses.
Replacement for Instruction Man-
uals
Instruction manuals require a tedi-
ous back and forth. It would be
much easier if you could just down-
load the instruction file to your
glasses and have it run. This would
make troubleshooting home appli-
ances like washing machines far
easier.
Museum Tours
The audio recordings that museums
currently use to provide cheap
tours could be enhanced with visual
components.
For conference / lectures
When you are at a conference, you
could just record what you see as
you see it, and later, you can play it
back as desired.
A lot of awesome stuff can be done us-
ing Google glasses. They just give a di-
mension to everything that has been
done, and that opens a whole new
world of possibilities.
The Google glasses have certainly
caused a lot of hype and it remains to
be seen how they will be taken aboard
by the public once they are in the mar-
ket.
DISADVANTAGES
APPLICATIONS OF GOOGLE GLASSES
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Joy Ngo
“There was 40% im-provement in surgical
lap simulation for residents who played Nintendo Wii”
•Nintendo Wii®, is a gesture-based computer system. It has a wireless
controller that can sense position and motion
•Surgical trainees who played the Nintendo WII®, regularly perform
better laprascopic surgeries
•Helped gamers with their balance, coordination, range of motion, and
fine motor movements
•Goldstein (2008) Arizona, USA:
–16 residents
–8 played (play-group);
–8 did not play
–Play-group: 40% improvement of surgical lap simulation
•Highly promising in improving kinesthetic and fine motor
skills à skills important in surgical training
GESTURE-BASED TECHNOLOGY
NINTENDO WII AND SURGICAL TRAINING
Surgeons develop their skills
through years of medical training:
SURGICAL RESIDENCY
They acquire a special skill-set of
handling tissue organs and to ma-
nipulate it properly.
Residency requires the resident-
trainee to develop good hand-eye
coordination and fine motor
movements . The program hopes
to teach trainees to perform a
surgical procedures in the fastest
and easiest way possible .
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Karen Reyes
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
•Disadvantage: does not replace real-life operating room settings (far
from such)
•Highly promising in improving kinesthetic and fine motor skills à
skills important in surgical training
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3D Printing process
3D PRINTING
1. A 3 dimensional object is modeled by a designer using software such as CAD
2. The design is sent to the printer, and a printing material is selected.
3. The printer makes passes, releasing a small amount of material in a layer-by-layer pro-
cess.
4. Once all the layers have been added, the object is fully formed.
•A 3D printing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a
digital model.
•This is considered distinct from traditional printing method as this performs
removal of material by cutting and drilling.
HOW DOES 3D PRINTING WORK?
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Industrial Design
Industrial designer Samuel Nelson Bernier from Quebec created some beautiful lampshade.
Architecture
The use of prototyping and 3D Product Modeling that provides, though costly but faster finish
product.
Advantages
Enhanced Teaching Aide
Easier for the teacher to seize the inter-
est of his students.
Innovative student projects
Students will be able to produce realistic
three-dimensional mini-models of their
own structural designs.
Interactive class activities
There is a more room for interactive
activities among students that will result
into a fun, informative and will foster a
sense of cooperation to them.
Useful for all levels
3-D printers could be a very useful tool
for the designers and engineers of to-
morrow.
Ease of use
Easy to use software that won’t need any
complex programming requirements.
Disadvantages
Size Limitations
Large-sized objects often are impractical
due to the extended amount of time
necessary for a 3D printer to produce
the parts.
Costs
3D printers are considered an expensive
investment. It can cost up to 51,000
USD, exclusive of accessories and other
operation materials.
Imperfections
3D printer-generated object parts often
possess a rough and ribbed surface fin-
ish, which will result to an unfinished
look
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
Industrial Design
Industrial designer Samuel Nelson Bernier from Quebec created some beautiful lampshade.
Architecture
The use of prototyping and 3D Product Modeling that provides, though costly but faster finish
product.
Advantages
Enhanced Teaching Aide
Easier for the teacher to seize the inter-
est of his students.
Innovative student projects
Students will be able to produce realistic
three-dimensional mini-models of their
own structural designs.
Interactive class activities
There is a more room for interactive
activities among students that will result
into a fun, informative and will foster a
sense of cooperation to them.
Useful for all levels
3-D printers could be a very useful tool
for the designers and engineers of to-
morrow.
Ease of use
Easy to use software that won’t need any
complex programming requirements.
Disadvantages
Size Limitations
Large-sized objects often are impractical
due to the extended amount of time
necessary for a 3D printer to produce
the parts.
Costs
3D printers are considered an expensive
investment. It can cost up to 51,000
USD, exclusive of accessories and other
operation materials.
Imperfections
3D printer-generated object parts often
possess a rough and ribbed surface fin-
ish, which will result to an unfinished
look
APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
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“The use of prototyping and 3D Product Modeling that provides, though costly but faster finish product.”
Sheilla Capuchino
KLEMS
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Ross Klem Antonio is currently the Training and Organizational Development Manager
of SL Development Construction Corporation, a Philippine-based company holding the
leading position in the power transmission line industry. She is also a Part-Time In-
structor at LiveIt Global Services Management Instiitute, an Ayala Company.
She was previously connected with Stream Global Services Incorporated where she
served as a Training Specialist for Sales and then moved to operations as a Sales Super-
visor for Hewlett Packard Malaysia and Singapore and then, finally as Manager for Mi-
crosoft Sales Asia Pacific handling Mircorsoft Marketing and Dynamics programs. She
is a Civil Service Professional and IELTS certified, a former researcher of the National
Security Council Undersecretary Virtus Gil, MNSA and a delegate in the 2nd ASEAN
Regional Forum on Cyberterrorism. She is a graduate of AB Political Science at De La
Salle University Dasmarinas with continuing education programs at Ateneo CCE and
UP Diliman School of Labour and Industrial Relations.
Sheilla Capuchino is a foreclosure job coach at JP
Morgan Chase & Co. She is jolly, fun to be with and
open-minded.
SHEILLA
Jeanie de la Rama is currently an SAP Service Delivery Manager for
Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific.
She graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the Ateneo de Ma-
nila University and is currently pursuing her MBA in the Ateneo Graduate
School of Business. Recently , Jeanie launched her crafts and handmade
business La Petit Cadeau.
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The team behind Banana Productions...
JEANIE
ALLAN
People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, I was until I took
up accounting in college. My Waterloo was in bean counting, so after grad-
uation I got involved in banking, financial consulting and more recently -
facilitating international trade in goods. I am currently a manager for Biha-
sa Brokerage, a leading provider of Customs Brokerage services. We pro-
vide expert advice and superior customer service. For your future require-
ments, please consider Bihasa Brokerage for your next import shipments.
DENNY
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Denny Kim is a manager at Hanjin.
Mary Joy Ngo is the Purchasing Manager of State Group of
Companies. A Certified Public Accountant, she is the overall in-
charge of the purchasing department for the State Group of
Companies.
She ensures that all purchases made meet the company’s stand-
ards and checks and approves purchase orders.
In her role, she negotiates price and terms with suppliers and
collaborates with other departments concerning purchase re-
quests. Finally, she provides appropriate guidance and support
to all subordinate staffs
JOY
Karen Reyes is an ophthalmologist at Cardinal Santos Medical Center.
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The team behind Banana Productions...
KAREN
HARRY
Graduated in law from Pusan National University in Korea
Fell in love with music in his school days
Was chief of male vocal ensemble, Sseolmool, the most famous one in the
University
Was International Department Chief / Deputy General Manager in Seonjin
Accounting Corp. in Korea
In charge of Adjustment of International Taxes Act and Tax Treaties;
Strategy for establishment and taxation for foreign company; and
Tax protest
Now..
Come to the Philippines from Korea following his wife who is on dispatched
duty in the Philippines
ABOUT BANANA
PRODUCTIONS
Banana Productions is
composed of Allan, Den-
ny, Harry, Jeanie, Joy,
Karen, Klems and Sheilla.
With their diverse per-
sonal and professional
background, they bring a
unique blend of flavor
like bananas do.
BANANA PRODUCTIONS
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