Emerging Technology

Emerging Technology The possibilities……

Learning Objectives • Future Technologies • The 3 C’s of Web Design • The 4 C’s of tomorrow’s business environment

2010: Glimpse of the Future

Mobile Devices http://microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/partners/default.asp

Wireless • Wireless 'cloud' may offer silver lining http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/07/31/coolsc.wireless.cloud/index.html

Voice Recognition • Web

Eye See U – Text Entry • Optical movement guides hands-free writing program • Entering computer data with the eyes http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/08/21/eye.writing/index.html

Robotics www.tokyodv.com/tdvimages/tdvmovies/SonyQrioMartinez.mov Sony SDR-4X

Interactive research and instruction Real-time access to remote scientific instruments Virtual Laboratories Images courtesy of the University of Michigan

Shared virtual reality University of Illinois at ChicagoVirtual Temporal Bone Teleimmersion Images courtesy Univ of Illinois-Chicago

Case: Wearable Computers • So far only a few companies make and sell wearables for mobile workers, but this is expected to change in the future. • Levi’s and Phillip Electronics • MIT Media Lab - Jacket

Moore’s Law

Commercialization Privatization 21st Century Interoperable Networking High Performance SprintLink Research &Education InternetMCI Networks US Govt Networks ANS ARPAnet NSFNET Active gigabit Nets testbeds wireless Internet2, Abilene, vBNS WDM Advanced US Govt Networks Quality of Service (QoS) Research and Development Partnerships

content Interactive Multimedia computing communications The 3 C’s • Jobs of the future will be in the content sector

The 3 C’s explained: • Communications - interactive TV, home shopping, video dial tone, and video conferencing • Computing - business applications, and education software • Content - entertainment, games and video on demand, and electronic delivery

Future “More Devices on Internet than People” • Vending machines – Vending Express • Wireless – Sprint Broadband Direct • Mobile E-Commerce – Nokia, Visa Team • Picture Frames • SMART Devices – CoolTown • Homes

10 Hottest Jobs? • Tissue Engineers • Gene Programmers • Pharmers • Frankenfood Monitors • Data Miners • Hot-line Handymen • Virtual-reality Actors • Narrowcasters • Turing Testers • Knowledge Engineers http://www.time.com/time/reports/v21/index_ie.html

“Digital –Economy Ready” Actions organizations can taketo become “digital-economy ready”; • Build strategic information systems and use innovations • Create effective and efficient communication and collaboration networks. • Examine possible new models and initiatives of e-commerce • Examine supply chains – business processes. • Make a continuous effort to increase productivity, quality, security, and effectiveness in every facet of the organization’s operations. • Address organizational, personal, and socioeconomic issues associated with the increase use of IT.

“Digital –Economy Ready” (cont.) • Plan IT systems in coordination with the business plans they intend to support. • Increase recognition of knowledge, its creation, preservation, storage, and dissemination. • Support managerial decisions with IT and especially the Web. • Have the ability to process a large amount of data. • Carefully address the economies of IT in general and e-commerce in particular, including outsourcing, when moving to the new economy. • Properly build and deploy information systems that will provide for internal efficiency and connect to the many business partners.

Case Studies • Self Destructing DVD’s • Netflix.com • Blockbuster • Web Portals • Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL • Grocery Business

4 C’s • Convergence • Core Competencies • Content (distributed) • Control (local / departmental)

We are beginning to completely reconceive organizationsHow have you made your company a better place? • Tom Peters,Circle of Innovation

Emerging Technology