Remotising the father ….

Roberto Saracco March 22, 2015 Blog 142 Views

This news is about something that happened in February, I just run onto it, and I wonder if it might be an anticipation of the future (hope not….)
A couple in Australia were 4,000 km away from each other and yet managed to live the birth of their third son together through technology.
Alison and Jace were awaiting for their 3rd son when Jace was sent by his company to work in a remote area in Australia, a mining field. The distance made tricky the possibility to fly back on a short notice so with the help of Samsung Jace and Alison planned for a back up plan that actually was put to service.
Samsung installed a few cameras at the hospital delivery room in Perth and provided with Telstra a connection to Chinchilla, in Queensland. There Jace had an immersive reality goggle that allowed him to get the feeling of being right there by his wife’s side.
It was not just seeing as being there. He could converse with his wife and with doctors and nurses.  The baby was born on February 20th, 2015. Plan B worked out well. 
Nice to have, but still try to make a normal Plan A working…

About Roberto Saracco

Roberto Saracco fell in love with technology and its implications long time ago. His background is in math and computer science. Until April 2017 he led the EIT Digital Italian Node and then was head of the Industrial Doctoral School of EIT Digital up to September 2018. Previously, up to December 2011 he was the Director of the Telecom Italia Future Centre in Venice, looking at the interplay of technology evolution, economics and society. At the turn of the century he led a World Bank-Infodev project to stimulate entrepreneurship in Latin America. He is a senior member of IEEE where he leads the New Initiative Committee and co-chairs the Digital Reality Initiative. He is a member of the IEEE in 2050 Ad Hoc Committee. He teaches a Master course on Technology Forecasting and Market impact at the University of Trento. He has published over 100 papers in journals and magazines and 14 books.

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