The Future of Information Technology

1. The Future of Information Technology

2. Take Aways • Understand how the order fulfillment, procurement, and production processes work as an integrated process to fulfill a customer order • Contemplate the future and how information technology might affect your personal and professional lives • What was invented in India by Indian mathematicians dating as early as 5th century? Zero

4. Wearable Electronics

5. Burton and Motorola Audex Line Burton and Motorola Audex Line • Burton announced the expansion of this line at the 2006 Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships. • The 2007 Audex collection offers a blend of technology and snowboard function, enabling wireless communication and music entertainment for consumers on the move.

6. Burton and Motorola Audex Line • The Audex Bluetooth Stereo System allows the user to stream downloaded music wirelessly from a compatible Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to the Audex jacket. The user can listen to music and make calls with a push of a button on the jacket sleeve. • Outerwear styles that feature this system include built-in speakers in the hood and an integrated headphone jack. • The jackets are priced from $260 to $650. The average price is about $410.

7. Wearable Computers Xybernaut’s wearable Poma clips onto your belt and includes a small screen that covers one of your eyes. A 500 MHz Intel® Mobile Celeron® computer provides state-of-the-art functionality with enough power to run enterprise applications. An integrated Digital Signal Processor (DSP) increases processing efficiency for calculation intensive applications. An ultra low-voltage, lowheat CPU, powered by rechargeable, hot-swappable Lithium-ion batteries allows users to stay on the job longer.

8. The Hug Shirt • Nominated as one of the best inventions of 2006 by TIME Magazine • Wearers hug themselves, then using Bluetooth technology and their cell phone, they can send the hug to someone else wearing a Hug Shirt that simulates the feeling of the hug. It copies the strength, length, temperature and heart rate of the hug.

9. The Hug Shirt is machine-washable and can be worn outdoors. • It is expected to hit the market in mid-2007 priced around the same as an iPod.

10. Transportation New mode of transportation? Yike Bikes

11. “myofficespace” -A place to share ideas and solutions with co-workers • Program designed by I.B.M. called Lotus Connections - Social software for business • Employees will have user profiles, blogs, and the ability to search for co-workers who share the same ideas. Lotus Connections

12. Media on the Move • Microsoft and Ford have teamed up to bring the most high tech dashboard to date. • “Sync” allows users to link PDA’s, cell phones, ipod’s, etc… • Sync is voice activated and has the ability to read email’s and txt’s back to you. Sync

13. Ability to Alter Reality • Billary Clinton

14. “Advances” in Advertising Modalities • Lumalive Clothing(Phillips)

15. Interface of the Future

16. Bill Gates View of the IS Future Natural Interfaces Projected on wall – search/archive, etc.

17. Shift Happens Shift Happens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

18. Thought Questions • If you had children today, what would the university of the future look like for them? What changes do you anticipate? • In ~ 40 years when you are ready to retire, what do you think the business environment will look like? • What do you think the World Wide Web will be like in 40 years? Father Guido Sarducci's Five Minute University: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO8x8eoU3L4