The document discusses a tech orientation program for moms in its third week. It introduces the concept of technology being a tool that is agnostic but used by humans to accomplish tasks. It then discusses the internet as a powerful tool that can now be integrated into other tools, leading to the idea of the Internet of Things, which is made possible by distributed computing, pervasive networking, and cheap sensors, allowing the physical world and internet to be connected. It notes this will result in large amounts of data being collected from devices communicating in the cloud.

1. A Tech Orientation Program for Moms
Pilot | Week 3
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2. Hello.
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3. Technology is a tool.
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4. Technology is a tool.
It is inherently agnostic.
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5. Technology is a tool.
It is inherently agnostic.
Humans use tools to do stuff.
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6. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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7. The Internet is a really powerful tool.
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8. The Internet is a really powerful tool.
We’re now getting good at putting it into
other tools.
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9. The Internet is a really powerful tool.
We’re now getting good at putting it into
other tools.
==> The Internet of Things
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10. The Internet of Things is made possible by:
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distributed
computing
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pervasive
networking
cheap
sensors

11. Internet of Things <==> Physical World
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13. What does this mean?
:: Data :: Data :: Data ::
devices talk to
each other in
the cloud
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value in data
collected

14. We’re just at the beginning.
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15. Gartner Hype Cycle
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