If you’re like almost two billion other people on this planet, you’ve been a user of Facebook. And, chances are fairly good, your profile was…
The OPLIN 4cast Posts
I’m generally not great at video games, not having the skills or the time to develop them, which means that I miss out on the…
Who can forget Pokémon Go? It wasn’t the first AR (augmented reality) app when it premiered in 2016, but it was certainly the app that…
OPLIN 4Cast #584: No psychics, but we’ll get to ‘Minority Report’ with computers
Posted in 4cast, and Algorithms
When I hear “machine learning,” my brain immediately goes to “artificial intelligence,” which movies like 2001 and The Terminator have led me to believe will…
OPLIN 4Cast #583: Still the same old VR, but now with more uses
Posted in 4cast, and Virtual reality
Last month, I presented a webinar concerning some developments in emerging technology. One of the topics I didn’t really cover was virtual reality (although I…
Lately, I’ve started using those one-touch responses my phone suggests for replies in text messages. Some of my friends do too, and when we notice…
In libraries, we’ve been aware of the term “digital divide” for quite some time. Traditionally, it has meant the difference between technology “haves” and “have-nots.…
Like many households (but not Laura’s), mine got a surveillance device smart speaker over the holidays. I like using it to play my audiobooks, which…
If you work in a public library, especially after school lets out, you might have noticed a trend with kids: playing video games is still…