Out of Sight…

In this issue:

• Keep Cybersecurity in Your Sight
• To Shut Down or Not Shut Down?
• Technology to the Rescue!
• Time to Change
• Who Else Can Be Hacked?

Of all the senses in the human body, it can be argued that our sense of smell often evokes the strongest response in our minds.  The wrong smell can keep us from entering a room or trying a new food, but the right scent can be aesthetically pleasing and can trigger memories, evoking an emotional response to our environment in a way that no other sense can replicate.

There is a fun feature in Outlook that allows you to set up Electronic Business Cards for your contacts.  This is useful because it enables you to see a picture of your contact—putting a face to the name.
Adding a picture to your Microsoft Outlook contacts is easy

Go to the Outlook navigation bar and click the “People” icon
(the icon looks like two people standing near each other).
Under “Current View” click on the “Business Card” view.

“I want it so bad I can taste it!”  Have you ever felt that way or said that?  Most likely, the answer is “yes.”  Many people feel that way about new technology.  The excitement of a new technology rollout causes many to stand in line for hours, even days, to be the first to purchase the latest iPhone or other new gadget.

Most people think of the keyboard and mouse as the only means to enter information into a computer, but the list of input devices is surprisingly long.  Inputs include voice, touch, optical, and even environmental (e.g., heat) and spatial technology.  Are you taking advantage of all these potential methods to interface with your computer technology?
Technology Interfaces Via the Senses
Let’s take a closer look at a few.

Technology leaps to life as virtual capabilities gear up for mass market production—breaking into touch, taste, and smell in addition to sight and sound. Virtual Reality (VR) is the latest digital frontier, creating experiences that redefine our expectations of technology and unlocking potential benefits across the board.

“IT” Makes Sense

In this issue:

• The Touch, Taste and Smell of Technology
• Face to Face with Technology
• A Taste for New Technology
• Envisioning Contacts
• The Scent of Things to Come

Many people find it difficult to see small text on their computer screens. Some people fix this issue by making the text bigger or by enlarging the screen itself. However, the problem with those options is that they’re not real fixes—after changing the text size, one will need to change it back.

The very first computing machines from the late 1800s were created to do simple number tabulation. Today, handheld and portable computers, tablets and cellphones go innumerable steps further. They facilitate communication as well as entertain. Going forward these devices are rapidly becoming replacements for human interaction—not just between humans but between one individual and the real world.

Nearly 80% of what we humans learn from the world around us is mediated through vision.  A complex set of functions that derives meaning from optical input, vision helps us interpret and respond appropriately to our environment.  Today’s technology plays a vital role in expanding the limits of human sight for people with varying degrees and types of visual deficits.