Has anyone ever seen the Google camera car riding around their neighborhood? I was taking care of my friend's kid the other day and the two-year old actually pointed it out to me. It's such a goofy scene -- mono-pod mounted camera on a rental car look-like passing through. It made me think about the traveling photographer's developing wagons made famous during the Gold Rush days of 19th century America. Wish I had been in on the making of the films!
Tyson's reference to the Internet Society was pretty interesting; after doing a little more reading on this group, it got me learning about their chapter model as well as their strongholds in Switzerland and the US. Fascinating.
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Engaging material regarding RFID. I wanted to know more about the technology from a collection management standpoint. Specifically, I was curious about RFID's capacity to store book reviews as well as recommendations -- the idea of being able to walk through an aisle of titles and have experiences similar to those of browsing online via Amazon intrigues me. From a critical standpoint, I wonder to what extent used book sellers embrace or go against RFID technology. Sure, WalMart is seen as a backer of the technology, but what about half.com or any other online used booksellers specializing in textbooks, etc? Additionally, but there be benefit that libraries would receive from ordering new books through sellers that include RFID tags on their merchandise? Would the roll of publishers change in any way?
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good question, will discuss in the class
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