About the book
The published books are:
Facing an Exponential Future: Technology and the Community College (2018).
Exponential Technologies: Higher Education in an Era of Serial Disruptions (2019).
A Baseline of Development: Higher Education and Technology (2019).
About the author
Darrel W. Staat is past president of two technical colleges in Maine and one community college in Virginia before he assumed the presidency of the South Carolina Technical College System. Currently he serves as Professor and Coordinator of the Ed.D. Community College Executive Leadership Program at Wingate University (Ballantyne Campus) in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Post #6 Update on Personal Robots and Bitcoin/Blockchain
Personal Robots Personal robots are moving the direction of becoming really personal. That is to say, useful in the home doing household chores or active as companion devices that give comfort or something close to a human relationship. The beginnings of what is to come is appearing on the scene. A Chinese company, …
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Autonomous Cars and The Internet of Things
4-3-20 Autonomous Cars Almost all the major car manufacturing companies are working on the development of an autonomous car. There are definitions of the levels of autonomous cars created by the SAE. Level 0 – No Automation: The full-time performance by the human driver of all aspects of the dynamic driving task, even when enhanced …
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Post #4 (3-13-20)
This post will discuss the latest update on two of the ten technologies, 3D Printing and Quantum Computing. 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing) Additive Manufactured housing is developing in many countries. In Tabasco, Mexico for example, an entire subdivision of 500 square foot homes is being developed for low-income families. The homes have two bedrooms, a …