So I currently work at a motor manufacturing company, in the IT department.
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As you may know, I have been involved in posting on Twitter, along with my colleagues, various pieces of information in an attempt to verify the usefulness of microblogs for knowledge management purposes. In order for this to be successful, one must be able to search for he information they require.
In my experience, a lot of students use the hashtag #usefulinfo, this means that they found that particular piece of information useful, excellent. but when searching for something, it is not the most helpful of hashtags. My suggestion for any organisation wishing to implement a microblog for their knowledge management purposes must also provide a list of search terms that are recognized enterprise-wide so that posters and searchers alike can be involved in productive knowledge management. Various organisations have started using Twitter for knowledge management, so I decided to have a look and see what all the hype is about.
I am currently involved in a module for my B Com Honours degree on campus which entails the usage of twitter as a knowledge management tool. Twitter allows people to post anything up to 140 characters, some people say that this is too little to get your point across, however I feel it is just about right as it forces you to keep your message concise and to the point. Students post information and are encouraged to use relevant hashtags, so that other students can search for the information they require via these hashtags. Hacktivist group Anonymous has declared that they will kill facebook on November 5, yes on Guy Fawkes' night. The reason? Age old privacy issues. Advances in robot technology has allowed a team led by Dr. Jan Peters at The Robot Learning Lab in Germany to create a robot that that can mimick human ovements and play a game of ping pong. They started of by teaching it how to play the ball in a cup game by holding the robot arm and doing the motions, thus the robot "learns". Have a look at the awesome video below. New battery technology has been developed using nano structued metal foams. This allows a prototype laptop battery to be charged to 90% in just 2 minutes. If this technology is commercialised, it will allow ordinary smartphones to be charged in only 30 seconds. Just think of the possibilities, sadly we will have to wait up to two years for this 30 second heaven.
For more information, click on the link below: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/05/battery-technology-battery-that-can-charge-your-phone-in-30-seconds |