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GEE 002 LIVING IN THE IT ERA /QUIZ

Name: Guce, Rex Martin B.

Section/Schedule: BSA22KB1/ TTH 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

1. Go online and open your web browser.

2. On the address bar, type in ph.news.yahoo.com/tech
3. Identify news articles about the top technologies in the Philippines and
read them.  Take notes if necessary.
4. How was I.T. implemented in the given scenario?
5. What possible (manual) processes would have taken place instead if I.T.
were removed.
6. Discuss about the five advantages and disadvantages of these
technologies to business and personal level

Article “SMART DRY”

There are so many cool dryers on the market, like the  LG Signature
Smart Dryer or the  Samsung Smart Wi-Fi Dryer, that can connect to your phone
and tell you when your load is dry or allow you to remotely start or stop a load
with Alexa or Google Assistant. That would be so helpful, but I couldn’t afford to
buy another new dryer. So, you can imagine how excited I was to hear about

What is a Smart Dry?

It is a device that claims to take your dryer from dumb to smart in just minutes.
I gave it a try. Here’s what I learned.

Smart Dry comes with a hub that you connect to your Wi-Fi and your phone, and
a sensor that has a magnet inside. You plug the hub into an outlet that is within
10 to 15 feet from the dryer, connect it, and slap the sensor inside the metal
drum of your dryer where the clothing goes. The movement of the dryer drum
activates the sensor and it starts sending messages to the hub, which then
sends messages to your phone. This process can take 5 to 10 minutes. Once the
sensor is sending out correct information, you can check on your clothing using
Alexa or the Smart Dry app.

Smart device, dumb installation

When you open the SmartDry box, you’ll notice right away that there’s no quick
start guide. All of the installation instructions are on the app. No biggie, right?
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Well, app installation instructions typically have animations and easy to follow
steps, but this one didn’t include as many steps as it should have, leaving a lot
of guesswork.

It was so bad the SmartDry instructions had both my husband (who runs a
$7 million plant full of complicated tech) and myself (who has written hundreds
of tech reviews) scratching our heads. After about 30 minutes or so, we worked
through connecting the app to the hub and the hub to the sensor. Maybe we
were just having a bad day, but that seems excessive.

Smarter, but not an honor student

Adding Smart Dry to my dumb dryer did make it smarter. It sent alerts to
my phone when my clothes were dry, even if the load is still running. This
feature is particularly useful because you can turn off the load early to save
energy. Plus you don’t over-dry your clothing, which can cause your shirts,
pants, and other items to prematurely age.

How was Information Technology implemented in the given scenario?

We all know the way dryers operate manually as this were being done
probably every weekends by our parents. In fact it makes our household chores be
handy and not cause any hassle. A typical dryer usually operates by plugging the
wire into the port, putting the clothes inside the dryer and last pressing the button
to start up. However, this SMART DRYER cited in the article made some
advancement which will be handier for our parents. As this operates using our
mobile phone devices. Through the use of wireless communication (WIFI) which will
connect the SMART DRYER to your mobile phone device. It will automatically notify
the mobile device once the dryer stop as it finishes drying up the clothes or see if
the clothes were dry even if the machine is still running eliminating the risk of being
over dry of the clothes

What possible manual processes would have taken place instead if I.T.
were removed?
If Information Technology were removed in place of this, then the operator of
the dryer machine would have to see every single minute if the dyer finishes its
work or not. Plus the fact that it would be a hassle for those operating such, if
he/she is doing other jobs at the same time.

Five advantages and disadvantages of these technologies to business and

personal level
Advantages
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1. It would be a hassle free for our parents in drying up the clothes

2. The possibility of having an over-dry clothes would be lessen
3. You are being notify if the clothes were dry already or not.
4. You can do multiple jobs at the same time without worrying if the dryer were
already done working up the clothes
5. During rainy seasons it would be more effective to use or in times when you
are in rush to dry up clothes
Disadvantages
1. The device requires a WIFI to operate so if you don’t have any access to this
then probably you should not try to buy it.
2. It would be costly than the typical dryer that we do have since it does have
some advancement attached to it.
3. There is no direct instruction on how to operate the Smart Dry as this only
requires the operator to connect its mobile device to the Smart Dry with the
use of an application.
4. It probably be difficult to have it operated for the elderly as some of them are
not into technology.

5. Since it requires the WIFI, the mobile phone device, and the dryer itself then
it would cost bigger electric bill for the user.