Practical Applications
Discuss a practical application—can be a home or workplace application—that you would like to see developed that makes use of wireless/hybrid networks. Why do you think that it would be useful? What problems would you foresee in the development? Note: If you can’t come up with a good application yourself or want to comment on someone else’s idea, you can respond to another person’s response.

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Charlie Thomas posted Sep 26, 2018 1:46 PM
A future application that I would like to see be designed is a one stop shop application for in home products and electronics. An application that can power on and off every appliance and electronic device in your household. I know that we currently have Apple products and Amazon Echos that integrate network devices together but I’m thinking on a bigger scale. A one stop shop that can operate and interact with all, not just company branded devices that are built to communicate with each other. Having my Samsung Phone able to communicate with an I-Mac, Sony TV, Whirlpool washer and dryer, etc. API will be needed when we are talking about devices communicating with each other. API is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. They specify how software components should interact with one another (Beal, n.d.).
The main issue that I can see with developing this type of application is getting other companies to come together and not try to monopolize the market. For example, in my opinion Apple Inc does not like working with other agencies and insist on using only their application and their network for software interface. Additionally, all electronic devices and equipment must have computer chips installed to have the capability to interact and communicate with others. Lights, Lamps, vacuums, and other household devices would need to have chips installed which can be expensive. Smart houses are definitely the future.
Reference:
Beal, V. (n.d.) API – applications program interface. Retrieved on 26 September 2018, from https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/API.html

THIS IS PARTS C: it has its own requirement and please label each part(Replies to peers. Demonstrated analysis of others’ posts; WHY YOU AGREE and extends meaningful discussions by building on previous peer posts and offering alternative perspectives. Bring in ideas/comments and/or research not mentioned yet. Appropriate supporting information was properly cited and referenced. (100 or more words per posting).

Practical Application
posted Sep 23, 2018 10:48 PM
My practical application would be a modification of existing applications out there. Printers are in just about every home or office across the country, and many printers now are connected to some sort of network (Hoffman, 2013). This allows users to print from either their PC or even a mobile device on the network. How many times have you gone to print something and you get the low ink alert or a bad printout from low ink? I think a printer should be able to warn users through their app, since it’s on a network, that there needs to be a replacement. Not only a replacement alert but forwarning alerts such as 25% remaining or some form of countdown sent to the mobile app.
Along with the alert, a prompt of what type of cartridge to purchase. I recently started to keep a picture of my cartridge number on my phone, because I can never remember which one to purchase. Someone could be out doing their weekend errands and get a prompt from their printer application, which would remind them to pick up a new cartridge. With a mobile app that forewarned of low ink and gives the user the correct part of buying, I think would be a convenient feature for most users.
As far as problems foreseen, there will be modifications to coding on the printer software end maybe. The applications itself will become larger, as more code is added to conduct real-time updates to a mobile device. The printer may need more hardware also, to retrieve real-time ink levels, which could cause to price to increase potentially. Overall, I don’t think there would be too many problems in modifying current mobile applications for this type of printer. I have not recently purchased a printer, and have not seen such a feature when doing a quick search online. I can not say if such an app with this feature exists, but from my experience, this is something that would be convenient.

References
Hoffman, T. (2013, July 22). 10 Most Common Printer Problems Solved. Retrieved from pcmag.com: https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422039,00.asp