Monday
May032010

Star Trek Here We Come

Have we reached a tipping point in the use of technology driven by the iPad?

The Ottawa Hospital has announced that it will be one of the first hospitals to go in with a big time trial on the iPad.

Wireless medical devices have reached a combination of reduced size, increased range, and amazing sophistication that changes will feel like the Star Trek medical tricorder.

Friday
Apr232010

Proof that the iPad has changed the game

When the iPhone was released, Microsoft's Steve Balmer laughed at it indicating that he did not think it would appeal to business customers. The iPhone has gone on to change every smart phone out there.

Apple announced the iPad on January 27, 2010, and the market began to change. The HP Slate had shown off at the CES in January 2010 by Steve Balmer, and it has now been withdrawn from the market.

With rumors of over a 1,000,000 shipped in less than a month, in only the US market, it will change the way people see computers.

Friday
Jan292010

Energy@Work goes live

Energy@Work is a Toronto based energy management company that acts as a facilitator of innovative energy management solutions. 

The original site for Energy@Work was developed in 2004 when the company launched, and had not kept pace with changes in technology. RKIL was engaged to refresh of content, appearance and functionality.

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Wednesday
Jan272010

iPad vs. The Knowledge Navigator

So the 2010 iPad is announced, how does it compare with the with the 1987 Knowledge Navigator concept piece for 2010?

The iPad has many of features that the Knowledge Navigator forecast, and some it did not.

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Thursday
Jan212010

Are We Going to Get the Knowledge Navigator?

In 1987 Apple Computer released a video of a concept titled the Knowledge Navigator where a university professor interacts with a tablet computer to gather information for his lecture. With the soon to be announced iPad from Apple is an interesting implementation of where they may be headed.

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