In the last couple of months, we have been introduced to one of the most life-changing innovations of our time- the COVID-19 vaccine. Unlike the vaccines we’ve gotten in the past, this vaccine is an mRNA vaccine. Unlike vaccines in the past that trained our bodies to reject a live virus, this one teaches our … Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccine
In today’s society, we are much more conscientious of the environment in which we live, our carbon footprint weighs heavy our daily lives. One of the recent innovations diffusing through communities is the electric vehicle. Like most people, my initial knowledge of the electric vehicle’s introduction came from news articles on the internet and news … Continue reading Diffusion of Innovations : The Migration to Electric Vehicles and Smartphones
Stages of Adoption The company I work for currently deploys all of its code through a package based deployment. This means that when a client would like to take a new set of code, I login to their environment, and install the code that they are requesting manually. I learned of the Software as a … Continue reading Software as a Service – Diffusion of Innovation
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen significant new developments made in the way we track and fight viruses. One of the latest developments is the development of the mRNA vaccine, which is an improvement on traditional vaccines and allows more rapid development and production, in addition to reduced manufacturing complexity and cost. Overall this technology … Continue reading mRNA — Innovation in Vaccine Technology
A technology that has made the cyber world just a bit safer is the VPN. I have been using a VPN for about a year now. Previously I had just made sure that I only visited trusted sites and kept firewalls and antivirus software up to date, but did not get a VPN because I … Continue reading The VPN – Diffusion of Innovation
A technology that has been made clear to the world now is Blockchain. It helps with finding what is real and not real with the news. The problem with news nowadays is that someone can make up a lie and it goes viral with a snap of a finger. The problem is that fake news … Continue reading Fakes News Spreads Like Wildfire – Diffusion of Innovation
3D Printing Technology 3D printing Informatics The field of informatics coincides with both an expansive definition and many ‘subsets’ of specialized study. At this point in our studies, we have all taken a few informatics-related course and have a working understanding of informatics. However, correlating how computational systems interact with other fields and specialties is … Continue reading The Diffusion and Potential of Additive Manufacturing
One of the most popular apps/sites that is used for our viewing entertainment is Netflix. I first learned about Netflix through some small advertising they did with the junk mail ads that you get occasionally. I was intrigued so I gave it a shot. A little early history about Netflix is it was founded in … Continue reading Week 2 Blog Diffusion of Innovation
mcmurryjulie / Pixabay Hint: Take good notes from the textbook to help you in a couple of months when you start researching your project and start writing your own literature review. Weekly Overview: This week, we move on to Parts 2 and 3 of Patten & Newhart’s text this week. Part 2 covers literature reviews … Continue reading Week 2: Starting a Research Project & an Informatics Theory
DUE DATE: February 2 When reviewing the Diffusion of Innovations article, do so in the context of new innovations in Informatics. This could possibly be a new technology or a new technique for doing something. Review with the intent to underscore the idea that valid theories should be applicable in multiple situations and should help … Continue reading Diffusion of Innovation: Blog Post #2