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* [http://www.todaytechnews.com/google-revamped-google-health-platform-with-user-friendly-dashboard.html]
 
* [http://www.todaytechnews.com/google-revamped-google-health-platform-with-user-friendly-dashboard.html]
 
* The Google health is a personal health record. Its been redesigned to be more user-friendly and focus more on wellness and fitness.  
 
* The Google health is a personal health record. Its been redesigned to be more user-friendly and focus more on wellness and fitness.  
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* Area of Impact = Health
 
* Area of Impact = Health
 
* If it is not too expensive then i think this is a very good idea.
 
* If it is not too expensive then i think this is a very good idea.
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*[http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/10/04/google-tv-site-launches-answers-a-lot-of-questions/]
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*The new google tv is coming soon and is supposed to rival tv brands like Samsung and Toshiba. The sony internet tv is going to cost around $200-300. These devices will be release in the upcoming month.
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*Stakeholders:Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Andrew Keen, and Jürgen Habermas
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*ITGS Social/ethical issue: Intellectual propery
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* Area of Impact: Entertainment
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* I would be very happy if i was able to obtain this device.

Revision as of 14:01, 5 October 2010

10/5/10

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  • The Google health is a personal health record. Its been redesigned to be more user-friendly and focus more on wellness and fitness.
  • It focus on people and machines.


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  • The Google ME was created to fight against other social networking such as myspace and facebook. To compete with facebook,the google me has created a program called wave which has abilities such as real time chat with voice and video. It's estimated that Facebook will overtake Google Me in the next year or two.
  • Stakeholders: Richard Smedley, Dan Smith, and Robert Marshall.
  • ITGS Social/ethical issue: People and machines, globalization and cultural diversity, and control.
  • This article relates to me by me wanting to try and join Google ME.
  • I would try it out to see if it's a good social network.
  • [3]
  • The federal institute of technology in Lausanne has created a new wheel chair which combines brain and messages with artificial intelligence. There are two webcam on the wheelchair machine which help manuver it from objects on the ground. It takes a week or two to master the wheel chair.
  • Stakeholder: federal institute of technology in Lausanne.
  • ITGS Social/ethical issue: People and machine.
  • Area of Impact = Health
  • If it is not too expensive then i think this is a very good idea.
  • [4]
  • The new google tv is coming soon and is supposed to rival tv brands like Samsung and Toshiba. The sony internet tv is going to cost around $200-300. These devices will be release in the upcoming month.
  • Stakeholders:Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Andrew Keen, and Jürgen Habermas
  • ITGS Social/ethical issue: Intellectual propery
  • Area of Impact: Entertainment
  • I would be very happy if i was able to obtain this device.