http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41896 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:38:32 GMT 2013-05-23T10:38:32Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62251 BEING DIGITAL - Nostradamus for the Soul Datta, Shoumen Amorphous and near-fictional aggregation of relational applications with social media, networking and ebusiness services. Hypothetical seamless lifestyle scenarios highlight convergence of applications inevitable in the evolution of systems interoperability anchored by global conglomerates which may have the power to build open platforms and host the ecosystem of systems and cloud computing based analytics in order to serve emerging lifestyle attributes where relationship and real-time connections are key demands from customers who are global digital citizens. Nostradamus for the Soul is about BEING DIGITAL. The story consists of multiple converging layers which include daily activities, for example retail, utilities, banking, mobile marketing, health, energy and household paraphernalia. The sum of all or part may represent consumer lifestyle systems in industrialized nations. It is not a mattter of if but when these systems become commonplace and integrated in the fabric of our daily lives. These are, therefore, predictions in the same spirit that Nostradamus predicted the President Barack Obama's Town Hall Meeeting in the offices of Facebook on 20 April 2011. Lifestyle systems includes events today, which will be viewed as a turning point in world history in a manner similar to the first live national television broadcast in the US on September 4, 1951 when President Harry Truman's speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, California was transmitted. Today we open a new window on Being Digital - fait accompli? Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62251 2011-04-20T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62217 Energy Self-Sufficiency : Catalyst for Energy Agnostic Global Economy Datta, Shoumen ABSTRACT The concept of eAGE is easy to grasp if one appreciates the analogy of the distributed ability of computing at the hands of any individual who owns an iPad or notebook computer versus the ENIAC which weighed 30 tons. We propose development of energy products which could distribute the ability to manufacture energy in the form of domestic appliances to usher in micro-energy autonomy which may evolve as a segue to eAGE or energy agnostic global economy. Micro-energy autonomy may relieve the volatility linked to the price of fossil fuels, petroleum in particular. We propose to create tools and mechanisms which may not be restricted by intellectual property (IP) rights and disseminate the technology worldwide as a small business innovation. If individuals, households and small businesses are equipped to manufacture non-fossil renewable energy (for example, butanol) which is adequate for their needs (to power appliances and automobiles, lighting, heating, cooling) then we may suffer less from the vagaries currently associated with energy and fossil fuels. Carbon-neutral non-fossil energy sources may also help sustainability by reducing excessive emission of green house gases. A key outcome of microscale energy production capability is a potential paradigm shift where sourcing and distribution of energy is no longer controlled by a few global behemoths or cartels. We propose energy self-sufficiency or microscale energy autonomy as a pragmatic approach to distributed energy production through manufacturing of butanol and related liquid fuels. Microscale energy production may not be a panacea and may not alleviate all the ills we associate with fossil fuels but its impact on the environment may be quite significant. Microscale energy production can serve the global domestic demand of 7+ billion people and pave the way for energy self-sufficiency, albeit, in part. It is possible to implement microscale energy production with tools at hand. The potential of microscale energy production encourages us to remain cautiously optimistic about the scalability of the process which may eventually unleash macro-scale manufacturing of non-fossil fuel. The latter may boost an emerging energy agnostic global economy where development and freedom may be free from economic woes due to energy volatility and may no longer held hostage by the availability of energy resources or the threat of environmental embargo. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62217 2011-04-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59804 Energy 2050: Bio-inspired Renewable Non-Fossil Liquid Fuel Datta, Shoumen We propose an intelligent Energy Transparency model and a bio-inspired hypothetical mechanical mitochondria to optimize energy efficiency. iET seeks learning algorithms to build intelligence in order to pursue carbon-based savings. Unlike inGrid and its long term impact, an intelligent Energy Transparency (iET) portal may yield value within a short term. Profits from energy efficiency may not materialize without implementing the tools. Without quantitative analysis, policy provides poor guidance. With the help of analytics, policy issues may be formalized and aid the development of future intelligent systems. Development of data driven decision criteria and tools to interface with inGrid may in turn influence the evolution of the mitochondria. Building artificial neural networks (ANN) based tools may empower iET mediated pattern analysis for decision support. Non-vegetation related manufacture of glucose may emerge as a lucrative future line of business with further advances in metabolic engineering [18]. Nano chloroplast aided glucose-on-a-chip production may change the physical state of electricity from solar energy to the chemical state (chemical bonds). It may enable storage and transmission with minimal loss. This bio-inspired in vitro photosynthetic nano-chip may emerge as a disruptive innovation in solar energy capture and distribution. Hence, glucose, in some form or the other, may be essential as a carbon source for metabolically bio-engineered bacteria to produce non-fossil renewable liquid fuel for the future as we approach the fossil fuel depleted post-2050 era. Convergence of knowledge from the principles of transcriptional regulation in biology and medicine is enabling metabolic engineering in yeast and microorganisms to unleash the vast potential of manufacturing non-fossil renewable liquid bio-fuel. Fusion-fission (FuFi) and the hydrogen economy may not eliminate the need for liquid fuel in the post-2050 era when what could be left from the halcyon days of petroleum may be found only at the bottom of the barrel. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59804 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58972 Future Healthcare Datta, Shoumen Patients want answers, not numbers. Evidence-based medicine must have numbers to generate answers. Therefore, analysis of numbers to provide answers is the Holy Grail of healthcare professionals and its future systems. Lack of action due to paralysis from analysis of risk associated with the complexities in healthcare is no longer acceptable in view of spiraling costs. Generating data without improving the quality of healthcare service and extracting its value for business benefits will not provide the return on investment (ROI). Distributed data and their relationships are dispersed in multiple network of systems or system of systems (SOS). The role of data analysis is central. The comatose stage of the Information Age due to data overload and information overdose is predicting its demise unless new ideas emerge as its savior. The imminent death of the information age makes it imperative to better understand the systems age. The single most important system that deserves our attention in the twenty-first century is the healthcare ecosystem. The convergence of characteristics such as enterprise, innovation, research, and entrepreneurship (EIRE), often common in organizations with foresight in parallel with the vision to drive convergence of biomedical sciences, engineering, and information communication technologies, may act as the purveyor to advance healthcare for the progress of civilization. Contents Introduction Problem Space Background Existing EMR Data and Information Wireless Monitoring Molecular Semantics Auxiliary Space Potential for Growth Back to Basics Conclusion Acknowledgment References Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58972 2010-12-15T00:00:00Z