Wearables and Genealogy – Wacky and Wild or Worth the Wait

Thomas MacEntee
Oct 7, 2015
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Why Wearables
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Wearables and Genealogy
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Content Digitization
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Cousin Connecting
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Privacy
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Fitness Trackers
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Personal Cameras
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Smart Watches
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Smart Glasses
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Smart Ring
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Virtual Reality
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Questions / answers
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

What if you could wear a device that would tell you all about a person as you stood in front of their gravestone? What about a device that told you that a DNA match was attending the same genealogy conference? These ideas may seem too futuristic, but they are available now and waiting to be used by genealogists and family historians. As technology advances, the Internet is being made personal in the form of wearable devices. These devices can not only track how far you've walked, what you've eaten and more, they can also present information when you are in front of a gravestone or a historical site. Learn about Google Glass, Smart Watches and in-development devices that are slated to become the next new genealogy tools.

About the speaker

About the speaker

Thomas MacEntee is a guy with a love of punk rock music but also art history who somehow “fell” into the technology industry years ago. He left a lucrative tech career to pursue his love of family history and genealogy. Technology and historical r
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