10.1 Emerging Technologies

10.1 Emerging Technologies

1. In the Beginning

   • The manufacturing industry needed quicker and more efficient way to make things
     • Computer-Aided Design and Manufacture was invented
   • Governments and Organisations needed to collect and analyse data
     • New data capture methods and powerful databases were created
   • Retail Organisations needed to process customer purchases quickly
     • Database analysis software was created to create information which could improve profitability

2. Major Impacts

   • Reduction in device size
   • Increase in processing power
   • New storage methods
   • Advanced telecommunications

3. Mobile Working

   • 10 years ago a business man would carry a laptop, a PDA and a mobile phone
     • Today, many devices converge into single, all function devices.
       • Devices such as mobile phones have become much smaller
         • There is conflict between size reduction and ease of use within mobile devices

4. Entertainement

   • Like with mobile devices, home entertainment is rapidly developing
     • User preference can control the media accessed
       • Youtube allows users to view and share media with others
         • These developments are also changing the way organisations view and use customers
     • Visual media can be stored on small devices and projected onto large surfaces via pocket-sized digital projectors

5. Ubiquitous Computer

   • The idea is that the user has a single interface with which many devices work together seamlessly.
     • Clothes could have tags that tell the washing machine to wash in a specific setting.
   • RFID tags can grow the level of interactivity of our things
     • An RFID tagged phone could be used to pay for goods
   • QR Codes
     • 2D barcodes which work as physical world hyperlinks
       • Stores a web address which camera's can access
   • GPS technology
     • Allows objects to be tracked
       • Keep belongings safe
       • Social issues of being tracked