Believe it or not, and perhaps to my detriment, this is why I stopped at a desktop and a landline. <sigh> Russ Preston
On Oct 11, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Bill Rising wrote: > On Oct 11, 2013, at 16:14 , Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Oct 11, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Folks, don't know how many of you are aware of the "iBeacon" Apple >>>> incorporated into iOS7, it's really cool and going to revolutionize the >>>> way we shop. >>> >>> I vote uncool. >> >> There are plenty of cool ways this low-power Bluetooth will be used. One I >> read about a while back is companies like Disney will scatter Bluetooth >> receivers all over their theme parks and give low-power Bluetooth bracelets >> to kids entering the park. Using these, lost kids can quickly be tracked >> down. As a parent who once "misplaced" a 10-year-old at Disney World, I wish >> they'd had this eight years ago. > > Sure enough there will be useful usages. My feeling is, however, that once > the marketing people get their fingers in the pie (and they will, since it > seems that our economy is based solely on advertising), we will mostly > witness negative uses. Perhaps the rare positive uses will outweigh the > bounty of negative uses, perhaps not. > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
