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Reading Recommendation: Creativity, by The Oat...
24-March-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
I’m a fan of The Oatmeal. It’s original, the creator has a unique- and cute, illustration style. It’s published at an irregular pace- whenever the author, Matthew Inman, has something to publish. Creativity can’t be rushed, which he elegantly posits in this rather long, beautifully-illustrated comic. Matt has a unique point of view. My own
Read MoreTracking your Runs
23-March-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
An overview of my three, favorite running apps- FITIV Pulse, Strava and MapMyRun. Each one has its strength, so I run with all three at once.
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Book Recommendation: The Design of Everyday Th...
19-March-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
Check out the quintessential book The Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman.
Read MoreAgents of Change
15-March-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
Society goes through an inflection point every generation or so. With COVID-19 as an Agent of Change, we may be at such a point. Let's examine what technology will help and how it will change as a result.
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The Connected Gym: Exploring the Benefits
9-March-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
The concept of a fully Connected Gym was set up in incremental stages from the easiest to the more complex. Tier 1 explained just setting up automated check-in, which also gives you check out. It can integrate with your existing system. In addition, if there is a wearable component, the act of checking in and
Read MoreThe Connected Gym: Tier 3- Sensor Fusion
24-February-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
In the previous articles Connected Gym, Part 1 and Part 2, we examined how to outfit your club with a system to allow automatic capture of workouts in the club using a smart watch and beacons. Part 1 described a minimum setup that has a clear set of benefits. Part 2 expanded that across the
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The Connected Gym: Tier 2- Adding Beacons
15-February-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
Part 2 of the Connected Gym series. Once you've got automated check-in, the next step is to expand the solution and cover the club. The benefit is a wealth of new analytical data to make your club more efficient and identify new sources of revenue, and most easily identify upsells.
Read MoreSmart Home of the Future
29-January-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
The ideal smart home of the future will be fully automated, learn on it's own, yet provide seamless override by the owner when needed.
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Becoming A Runner
16-January-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
From being the worst athlete in the world to loving running. How I turned something I hated into something I love.
Read MoreWiFi Sensing in the Smart Home
8-January-2020 By Jeffrey Cooper
I saw an interesting announcement today from Linksys regarding new WiFi sensing capabilities. Their Velop system can already be reliably used to detect intruders in your house. While currently they cannot tell the location of the person, they say they are working on this. They announced this week that the system is getting an upgrade.
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