PP HND

Students will do an Initial presentation of their project :-

Which mainly focuses on the project specification

Initial Ideas (at least 3 pls), why they are not picked and then the chosen idea.
What is the project?
• Initial sketches / small scale demo

Who is doing this Project?
Who is target audience?
Why are you doing this project?
What is time scale of project

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Deadline is 20/11/2017

Emerging Technology 2017

Emerging Technology

In this 'day and age' technology is a large part of our everyday life. Just look at the impact the mobile phone has had on our life. The phone started as a expensive fixed device in our houses that we used to communicate with people. It saved time from having to physically meet everyone face to face.

Now the phone is mobile, cheap and smart. Has this device really improved our lives? Has the standard of living really improved for people? Are people just becoming less social and more like walking zombies engaged just with a 5 inch screen and 'zoned out' from the rest of the world?

My Prezi on Emerging Tech

These questions are what we need to ask in this unit.

We look at emerging technologies that are about to enter the market.

We evaluate where they come from and what they do that was not done before. Some emerging technologies replace existing technologies, some work with and add functionality and some do something new.

Examples of technologies previous students are looking at are :-

1. Photonic Memory
2. AI Pilots
3. Liquid biopsies
4. Wearable tech pixel buds
5. Machine learning
6. Facial recoginition of payments
7. Virtual Reality
8. LiFi
9. Airless tires
10. Artificial Leaf
11. Artificial Brain
12. Amazon Go
13. Satellite Internet

When we look at these new technologies we need to consider certain factors

• Explain this technology and explain how it is used ?
• Find a YouTube (or similar video clip) explaining this new technology. 
• Look at the impact on society, how does this tech impact on our lives? 
• Ethical implications, how does this technology impact ethically in our lives? 
• What does this technology replace (if anything)? 
• Where does this technology evolve from ?

Assignment Details

Assignment start date : 9/10/17

Assignment Due date : 27/11/17 

Assignment Post point 

give links to videos here...

Webdesign Assignment Three

Webdesign Assignment Three 

Create a handover document passing your website over to a potential client.

Show what the final website is to the client.

Then critically reviewed your website comparing it to other websites that offer similar services. Take into account both positive and negative factors in the website. Be realistic about your own abilities compared to professional web design companies.

Now it’s time to reflect on the process and look at other HCI developments.

Create a report (in any form you want) that looks at recent HCI developments and how they are used. So look at mobile webs and how they differ from their large screened PC cousins. What are the significant differences and how and why have they come about?

How would you develop a website that could work on mobile and full screen or are they separate, discuss this concept and give example?

This covers Unit 10: Human Computer Interaction

The document to cover the following :

Understand recent human computer interaction related developments and their

application

HCI: historical development; motivation; techniques; guidelines; principles; standards.

Developments in technology: changing workstation environments eg screens, keyboards,

pointing devices; other non standard input/output devices eg speech recognition; related

processing developments and information storage possibilities

Developments in HCI: examples eg virtual machines with command line input, graphical

interfaces, screen design for intensive data entry; intelligent HCIs; virtual personas; changing

concepts of ‘look and feel’

User issues: range of users eg expert, regular, occasional, novice, special needs; ergonomics; human information processing; impact on the workplace

Development of systems: new developments eg event-driven systems, use of multimedia;

modelling techniques; implication of new developments on user interfaces; implication of

developments on hardware eg storage, processing requirements; convergence of systems

Applications: selection of HCIs eg touchscreen, voice activated

Unit 26 & 2: Task 4 and 5

Unit 26 & 2: Task 4 and 5

You are designing a SOHO solution for your office

You have created 2 solutions a budget one and a deluxe one and a room layout off how this is setup.

You present this to your small business adviser and he accept it but then tells you of a opportunity that has arisen. An angel investor is wishing to invest upto 100K  in a small business. The investor has a keen interest in gadgets and web enabled devices.

So looking at your setup how could you scale it so this investor can invest in your business (and get a significant shareholding, image Dragon's den concept).

So now give another solution that would looks professional, has lots of kit, bigger area, more staff.
So now consider one more staff member ( a sales assistant and tech support in one..)
Double the size floor area, more than double the gadgets.
Cost of setting up a website and marketing (do some research).
Also what about supporting your customers once they have purchased a device ?

Then think about maintenance. With all these gadgets and kit it needs to be looked after. All have software (IOS / Andriod / windows / linus / mac OS) all need updating from time to time.

How would you do this?
Why would you do this?
How would you deal with a customer with a problem with a gadget you bought from you?


Include the following:

• Devices: number of connected devices; anticipated participation  
• Bandwidth: average load; peak load; local Internet availability; cost constraint  
• Users: quality expectations; concept of system growth  
• Applications: requirements eg security, quality of service  
• Communications: considerations eg suited to devices, suited to users, lifestyle preferences, commercial requirements  
• Scalable: considerations eg supporting device growth, supporting additional devices, bandwidth use trend change  
• Security: considerations eg addressing policy, device participation, firewall rules, encryption preference 

From the report create a A4 sized layout now, with equipment laid out and also for each device proposed IP addresses of devices. In small group set this up in the lab  (Obviously you don't have IOT devices, but use you imaginationation and set what you can up).

How long would this take to setup? (use your notes from this practical session)
How can you test it? (show some tests, suggest some tests, use practical and theory for this)

The tests should consider the following:

• Internet access.
• Security considerations and addressing,
•  Firewall settings.
• Suggest how internet of things devices could connect to this mock setup

This covers :-

Unit 26

LO4: Be able to support small or home office networks

4.1  discuss future improvements for the small or home office network

4.2 design a maintenance schedule to support a small or home office network.

Unit 2

 LO4 : Be able to undertake routine maintenance on computer systems  

 4.1 perform routine maintenance tasks on a computer system. 

 4.2 upgrade the software and hardware on a computer system. 

Unit 3

LO4 : Be able to develop strategies for problem solving

4.1  review tools and methods for developing solutions to problems

4.2  develop an appropriate strategy for resolving a particular problem

4.3 evaluate the potential impact on the business of implementing the strategy.

Games Design : Unit 37/38 & 39

I have created a video series of how to create elements needed for a game

So first of all we need a Health Bar.

In this video I introduce a simple health bar and health regeneration concept.

Then we need the NPC to move around AI Movement

In these two videos we look at two ways a NPC character can move around. 

Random AI Movement

Fixed Patrol tutorial

Then we need the PC to take some damage when the NPC engaged with them.

PC taking damage from NPC and a simple blood splattering affect.

Unit 26 & 2: Task 2 and 3

Unit 26 & 2: Task 2 and 3

You are designing a SOHO solution for your office

What would you need (from an empty room, no kit or furniture)? List the equipment needed.

What's the cheapest solution you could have? (justify)

Give another solution that would look more professional, has better kit and is still under 15k (aim for 10k).

Give both a Deluxe and budget solution (both within 10k to 15k for 2nd option).

You need to produce a design plan (using a network diagram in Visio)  (Unit 26 LO2:2.1 Unit 2: LO2:2.1)

Show this to the customer and gather feedback from them about this plan.

Produce a report from the feedback given and analyse the changes to the design you need. Evaluate the updated system looking at feedback from your client. Where necessary carry out further research about the changes to the design.  (Unit 26 LO2:2.2 Unit 2:LO2 2.2)

Include the following:

• Devices: number of connected devices; anticipated participation  
• Bandwidth: average load; peak load; local Internet availability; cost constraint  
• Users: quality expectations; concept of system growth  
• Applications: requirements eg security, quality of service  
• Communications: considerations eg suited to devices, suited to users, lifestyle preferences, commercial requirements  
• Scalable: considerations eg supporting device growth, supporting additional devices, bandwidth use trend change  
• Security: considerations eg addressing policy, device participation, firewall rules, encryption preference 

From the report create a A4 sized layout now, with equipment laid out and also for each device proposed IP addresses of devices. In small group set this up in the lab  (Obviously you don't have IOT devices, but use you imaginationation and set what you can up).

How long would this take to setup? (use your notes from this practical session)
How can you test it? (show some tests, suggest some tests, use practical and theory for this)

The tests should consider the following:

• Internet access.
• Security considerations and addressing,
• Firewall settings.
• Suggest how internet of things devices could connect to this mock setup

This covers :-

Unit 26 

LO2 : Be able to design small or home office networks

2.1  design a small or home office network solution to meet a given specification

2.2  evaluate the design and analyse user feedback

LO3 : Be able to implement small or home office networks

3.1  implement a small or home office network solution based on a prepared design

3.2  test the small or home office network solution to meet user requirements

3.3  document and analyse test results against expected results

Unit 2

LO2: Be able to design computer systems

2.1 produce a system design specification to meet a client’s needs.

2.2 evaluate the suitability of a system design specification.

LO3 : Be able to build and configure computer systems

3.1 build and configure a computer system to meet a design specification.

3.2 test and document a computer system.

Task one : 26 / 2/ 3

Task 1(2/2/17 - 23/2/17 )

Before designing and implementing a Small Home or Office Network (SOHO) you need to understand the impact of them.

Research and evaluate the usage and impact of current small or home office networks.  There are a range of devices that connect to a network evaluate the impact on the following (if they are relevant) 

(Unit 26 : LO1)

• Routing hardware: hardware eg access routers, distribution routers, core switches, layer 3 switches

• Routing protocols: protocol eg interior routing protocols, exterior routing, static routing

• Protocol management: management eg redistribution between protocols, route maps, route filters

• Device management: management eg password control, access levels, configuration storage, remote access

• Network management: types eg address allocation, interface configuration, load balancing, mirroring, costing routes, changing metrics, hop-count

• Security: requirements eg MD5 hash (Message Digest), update control, access control lists, directed updates, tunnelling

Blog this or write this up as a word document and provide a link as a reply to this post.

Use the list above as heading to write from and link with SOHO scenario given in powerpoint provided. Some of the above element may not be relevant to SOHO scenario so for these element do a general research.

Remember :-
Reference all research with citation using Harvard referencing style.
I need title page, contents and page numbering.

As a reference I expect a least 5 pages with references.