Hi, Kathleen,
I'm sorry the Yankees lost. The Dodgers did too. We lost to the Colorado
Rockies with a score of 8 to 1. Oh well. Can't winn 'em all.
Rosie
On 8/29/2016 9:03 PM, Panix wrote:
I think I may have somebody do my Facebook picture. Then I won't get that
message anymore. The other message I get is a message from this one lady asking
me to play candy crush or Farmville. It's really crazy. There's no way to turn
that off. Anyway tomorrow I have my appointment with the orthopedist. Let's see
how that goes. Well it's going to be a while before I do some long-distance
traveling. And I still don't know when I'm going back home. But that's OK
really. But anyway the laundry got done and I had veal Parmesan for dinner. It
was really good too. Honestly it really was. But anyway tonight I just listen
to the Yankee game and they play the Royals and that we lost 8 to 5. Not a good
score but oh well it's just a game anyway. So let's see how tomorrow goes with
the orthopedist. I don't know if I'm going to be able to continue therapy or
not. If I do it'll be in the hospital is it outpatient or satellite clinic. So
we'll just have to see how that plays out to. But anyway on Sep
tember 3 my mom my mom will be 90 and that something else. She was sent a
card with a great big cupcake on it. And she described it to me and it was
pretty good. Anyway I think she was remembering a lot of things in the past
now. But her faculties are still intact. But that's just how that goes. But
anyway we talked for a while on Sunday and that's OK. The conversation was
good. But I'm trying to get her to do something that she needs to do soon. But
anyway that's OK. But today I'm not in a lot of pain but just a little vet. And
I gave by 8 o'clock to put in the mailbox so that's one more to go back to the
library. But I'll sure be glad to go back to my permanent place. But I'm glad I
wasn't there last week because I had a water leak and they had to turn the
power water off. Oh boy. Anyway what can you do. But it seems like right now I
have a good connection and that's OK. But anyway other than that not much else
is going on here. But I still would like to get my picture taken and p
ut on Facebook and I'll probably do that soon.
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On Aug 29, 2016, at 10:03 PM, Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxx> wrote:You are subscribed to Ourplace (
Wow, didn't know those with KNFB readers could take pictures even if they're
totally blind. I get that Facebook message too and totally ignore it. Most of
the people I have friended are blind or are family members. I'm sure you'd
have to be sighted in order to work a lot of the newer technologies coming out.
We're only 1 percent of the country's population, and those of us who are
totally blind comprise far less than that 1 percent, most of whom can see but
go blind later due to diabetes, retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration.
Many of the children born with eye problems do have them fixed but they may be
visually impaired but not legally blind. Hope this helps. I hope one day you
can get an idea of how the 3D printer works. I gatherSan Francisco's
Lighthouse for the Blind must have one because they talked about burning maps
for people, and I think that's what they mean. They just moved into a new
building which is in a high-rise, and I think they occupy a coup
le of fl
oors in this building. You might want to check with the Lighthouse in
Manhattan or elsewhere in New York to see if they have a 3D printer, and if
they do, ask if you can see it.
Linda G.
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Well I would just like to see a 3-D printer. I don't think I'd want to own one
but I think I'd want to touch one. That would be really cool if I could.
Honestly it really would. But I don't know how some blind people take pictures.
Especially those that use the NFBK reader thing. So I don't know how they do
that. It would be interesting to find out. But I think I'd like to put one on
Facebook at some point. Because I keep getting a message asking me to add a
picture to my profile. And of course I don't know how to do that. But anyway
tomorrow I see. The orthopedist. Today my worker did my laundry. I mean I could
probably do it myself with these machines over here at labeled. The other issue
if you need cited assistance to fill the card. Because the machines are
accessible. We're supposed to get that type of machine in our building and they
claim we're going to get one that talks. All I can say about that is I'll
believe it when I actually see it. But that's basically how tha
t goes.
But I do miss the ham radio. Because I can't transmit. And I don't know why
either. The only thing I can think of is on on the lower floor and there's so
much metal and stuff in this building. Plus I'm not that far from the hospital
either and I think I'm fairly close to radiology. I think that's why my digital
player would go nuts sometimes. I would be totally asleep in the foyer would
start playing the book all by itself. It would rewind the book back to the
beginning. Knock on wood it hasn't done that for a while thank goodness. And
I'm really glad to. Because a couple times it did that it scared the heck out
of me. But I still would just like to see. What are 3-D printer would
sound like and what it would feel like. It would really be kind a neat. But
anyway Linda as far as the iOS 9 book I want to get the one for 10 because 10
is coming out soon. But I still would like to find a keyboard with fairly large
keys on it. And I still want it at some point go to Verizon
or the A
pple Store and look at the newer iPhones. But I probably won't do that for a
while. The place near my building where are used to go to to get my iPhone
updated his clothes because the landlord raise the rent. So if I need help
with the iPhone I have to go to the Apple Store. And I do get help going there
because that's a very dangerous crossing. And the thing that scares me is
eventually if there's electric cars will never hear them. Honestly that's
really crazy. I hope your shoulders doing a lot better. As far as the survey
situation I don't know what I'm going to do yet. Because Medicare won't let me
have anymore. So we'll just have to see how this all plays out on Tuesday. And
I also need to buy a new AM/FM radio. My boombox gave up the ghost. And I'd
like to find a radio with Diles if I can. But I'm not really sure they make
those anymore. I'd like to find one that has AM/FM CD and cassette if I can
find something like that. If I can't I'll just settle for the AM/FM. B
ut I'll
do that when I get home. I don't want to buy anything and then have a get lost
or stolen.
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On Aug 29, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxx> wrote:ou
Kathleen, it would be nearly impossible for you as a totally blind I-Phone user
to take pictures without sighted help. It's one thing to open the camera and
quite another to focus it on whatever or whomever you want to take a picture of.
As for the 3D printer, I have heard a commercial for a non-traditional high
schoolwhich Google funds. This is a school which teaches its students about
technology and prepares them for getting jobs in the industry. 3D printers are
expensive to run, and no, they're not for home use. It would be very expensive
for a person to make his or her own shoes at this time because this is a
relatively new invention. 3D printers are made for small businesses and large
businesses who are inventing new products so that an inventor can essentially
draw the product design into the printer and then get an idea if the drawing
he/she has entered into the 3D printer is going to work. You'll have to wait
quite a long time before this is applicable for someone at home to use, and
even then, you probably wouldn't be able to afford the printer, let alone use
it to make your own pair of shoes. Don't get caried away by what you think is
awesome. Yes, it's neat that these are being made, but y
r idea f's
or the printer's application is similar to your going to the moon, even though
it's been done.
Linda G.
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Wow that was a neat article. I really liked it. Man I wish I could touch a 3-D
printer. I wish there was a way to blind people could use them. Then we could
print our own shoes and stuff. That would be a royal blast. I think I would
like it. Anyway I want to learn how to take pictures with the iPhone. I don't
know how to do it. Honestly I'd like to learn how. Because there are groups
that I'm on more people send pictures back-and-forth. And I'd like to put a
picture on Facebook. But I don't know if I can. I mean I asked a friend of
mine how to do it and he said figure it out for yourself. Why don't have the
patience to figure it out. Maybe when I go to the Apple Store they'll show me I
don't know. But as far as electric cars wow that sounds kind of scary. Because
we won't be able to hear them. Honestly that's really crazy. That's the kind of
car I got hit by one of those hybrid cars. The run on both gas and electric.
That's a scary thought. But honestly it really is. That
crazy.e
But anyway I think the yard. Not going to do that much tonight. Anyway
tomorrow I go see the orthopedist. Well I got my three months of therapy
through Medicare and the clinic won't let me have anymore because my visits to
run out. So now I'm probably going to have an argument with the orthopedist
about that. And I'm not thrilled about it either. Because I really want to stay
in therapy. So now I'm either going to have to go to a hospital is it
outpatient or just not do it. And that's really frustrating. I hate when
Medicare throws you out when you're not even finished. That's the way the
coast. Plus I talk to my mother on Sunday and she's bugging me about getting a
will done and if I want to get cremated to figure out how to pay for it. She's
been bugging me about this for months. And she has the idea in her head that is
a blind person I can't get life insurance. OK maybe that was true back in 1955
because she told me that she couldn't get it for me but I thought th
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out I was blind. Now that's changed. But she doesn't believe it. I guess you
can't argue with a woman it's almost going to be 90. So I'm not not even going
to try. I guess I'm going to have to talk to Social Security and find out if I
can get life insurance. Then she says she doesn't know if I can inherit money
from her because I would lose my SSI. I tried to tell her she should've put it
in a trust and she didn't. Oh well. I guess I'm going to have to talk to her
lawyer. Or find one here. And trying to get legal representation when you're on
a fixed income is not easy.
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interesting.
Sandy
1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all
photo paper worldwide.
Within just a few years, their business model
disappeared and they went bankrupt.
What happened to Kodak will happen to a lot of
industries in the next 10 years - and most people won't see it coming.
Did you ever think in 1998 that 3 years later you
would never take pictures on paper film again??? Yet digital cameras were
invented in 1975. The problem was that the first ones only had 10,000 pixels
and it took time to develop more definition in photos. So as with all
exponential technologies, it was a disappointment for a long time, before it
became way superior and became mainstream in only a few short years thereafter.
The above will now start happening with artificial
intelligence, health, autonomous and electric cars, education, 3D printing,
agriculture, jobs and many other important parts of daily life.
So ... Welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution or
should I say welcome to the Exponential Age.
Software
Software will disrupt most traditional industries in
the next 5-10 years.
Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any
cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world.
Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world,
although they don't own any properties.
Artificial intelligence
Computers will become exponentially better in
understanding the world.
This year, a computer beat the best Go player in the
world, 10 years earlier than expected.
In the US, young lawyers already don't get jobs
because IBM's Watson, where you can get legal advice (so far for more or less
basic stuff) within seconds with a 90% accuracy compared to 70% accuracy when
done by humans.
There will be 90% less lawyers in the future, only
specialists will remain.
So if you study law, stop immediately!!!
Medicine
Watson already helps nurses diagnose cancer, 4 times
more accurate than human nurses.
Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that
can recognize faces better than humans.
In 2030, computers will become more intelligent than
humans.
Transport
Autonomous cars: In 2018 the first self driving cars
will appear for the public.
Around 2020, the complete industry will start to be
disrupted.
You won't want to own a car anymore, however, if you
do want a car, then electric cars will already start becoming mainstream by
2020.
Furthermore, cities will be less noisy because all
cars will run on electric.
You will call a car with your phone, it will show up
at your location and drive you to your destination.
You will not need to park it, you only pay for the
driven distance and can be productive while driving.
Our kids will never get a driver's licence and will
never own a car.
It will change the cities, because we will need
90-95% less cars for that.
We can transform former parking space into parks.
Today 1.2 million people die each year in car
accidents worldwide.
We now have one accident every 100,000 km, with
autonomous driving, that will drop to one accident in 10 million km.
That will save a million lives each year.
Most car companies might become bankrupt.
Traditional car companies still try the evolutionary
approach and just build a better car, while tech companies (Tesla, Apple,
Google) will do the revolutionary approach and build a computer on wheels. (I
spoke to a lot of engineers from Volkswagen and Audi; they are completely
terrified of Tesla.)
Insurance
Insurance companies will have massive trouble – This
is because without accidents, the insurance will become 100x cheaper.
Their car insurance business model will disappear.
Real Estate
Real estate patterns will change - Because if you can
work while you commute, people will move further away to live in a more
beautiful neighborhood.
Electricity
This facility will become incredibly cheap and clean.
Solar production has been on an exponential curve for
30 years, but you can only see the impact now.
Last year, more solar energy was installed worldwide
than fossil.
The price for solar will drop so much that all coal
companies will be out of business by 2025.
Water
With cheap electricity comes cheap and abundant water.
Desalination now only needs 2kWh per cubic meter.
We don't have scarce water in most places, we only
have scarce drinking water.
Imagine what will be possible if anyone can have as
much clean water as he wants, for nearly no cost.
Health
The Tricorder X price will be announced this year.
There will be companies who will build this type of medical
device (called the "Tricorder" from Star Trek) that works with your phone
taking your retina scan and will also be able to take your blood sample when you breath
into it. It then analyses 54 biomarkers that will identify nearly any disease. It will be
cheap. So, in a few years, everyone on this planet will have access to world class
medicine, nearly for free.
3D printing
The price of the cheapest 3D printer came down from
$18,000 to $400 within 10 years.
In the same time, it became 100 times faster.
All major shoe companies started 3D printing shoes.
Spare airplane parts are already 3D printed in remote
airports.
The space station now has a printer that eliminates
the need for the large amount of spare parts they used to have in the past.
At the end of this year, new smart phones will have
3D scanning possibilities. You can then 3D scan your feet and print your
perfect shoe at home. In China, they have already 3D printed a complete
6-storey office building.
By 2027, 10% of everything that's being produced will
be 3D printed.
Work
70-80% of jobs will disappear in the next 20 years.
There will be a lot of new jobs, but it is not clear
if there will be enough new jobs in such a short time.
Agriculture and food
There will be a $100 agricultural robot in the
future. Farmers in 3rd world countries can then become managers of their field
instead of working all day on their fields.
Aeroponics will need much less water.
The first petri dish produced veal is now available
and will be cheaper than cow produced veal in 2018.
Right now, 30% of all agricultural surfaces is used
for cows. Imagine when we don't need that space anymore.
There are several startups who will bring insect
protein to the market shortly. This will contain more protein than meat.
It will be labelled as "alternative protein source"
(because most people still reject the idea of eating insects).
Human feelings
There is already an app called "moodies" which can
tell which mood you are in.
Until 2020, there will be apps that can tell by your
facial expressions if you are lying.
Imagine a political debate where it's being displayed
when they are telling the truth and when they are not.
Bitcoin
This currency will become mainstream this year and
might even become the default reserve currency.
Longevity
Right now, an average life span increases by 3 months
per year.
Four years ago, a life span used to be 79 years, now
it's 80 years.
The increase itself is increasing, and by 2036, there
will be more than one year increase per year.
So we all might live for a long, long time, probably
way more than 100 years old.
Education
The cheapest smart phones are already sold for $10 in
Africa and Asia.
By 2020, 70% of all humans will own a smart phone and
that means that most will have the same access to world class education.
Business opportunities
If you think of a niche you want to go into, ask yourself,
"in the future, do you think we will have that?" If the answer is yes, you
should ask yourself how can you make this happen sooner?
THE 2 BIG CLUES
If it doesn't work with your phone, forget about the
idea!
Any idea that was designed for success using 20th
century thinking is doomed for failure in the 21st century.
Why don't you bury this mail somewhere on your
computer under the header “To be opened on 1 January 2025” and on this date (if
you are still around) look back to see how much of the above has come true. You
might be in for a huge surprise and you will not be able to say “Nobody warned
me that this was going to happen”.
If you are not around, then leave guidance to your
grandchildren to find the hidden file where they will probably have a wonderful
laugh at your expense for not listening to your own advice.
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