In keeping with the theme of Florence during the Renaissance,
this is part of a series of posts around what various industry
influencers consider promising - or in some cases over hyped -
technologies. It goes way beyond the current buzz around Web 2.0. Some
technologies/tools are available today - others are still a work in
progress, and applications will take a while to be commericially viable.
Not all may directly influence information technology, but as we know
advances in most branches of science eventually impact others.
I liked the taxonomy ExtremeTech, a Ziff Davis site uses to organize its materials on emerging technologies
3G Networks- The evolution of wireless networks into voice,
video and data.
Bio Chips- Technology inside the body.
Digital Paper- Foldable, persistent electronic displays and
e-ink.
Digital Rights Management- The war over content, and the
rights to use it.
eBooks- Publishing in the electronic age.
Fiber- Last-mile, high-speed broadband.
Fuel Cells- Techniques and implementations of alternative
fuels.
GPS- Finding your way in the digital age.
Grid Computing- Distributed computing, thousands of servers,
one Web site.
Identity Management - The pros and cons of warehousing
personal information.
Internet2- How the next-generation Internet is being used.
IPv6 -Tracking the shift toward the complex, next-generation
IP addressing scheme.
LCOS- Liquid Crystal on Silicon technology, displays and
enhancements.
Mesh Networks - How WiFi networks are being tied together
into municipal broadband.
Nanotechnology - Enhancements in science, medicine and
technology at the molecular level.
Organic LEDs - The problems and potentials of low-cost,
self-luminous displays.
Photonic Computing -Computing with light—instead of
electricity.
RFID -Dog tags for the digital age—the devices and the
deployments.
Robots - The evolving robot, in automation, medicine, and
the home.
RSS -The evolution of content distribution on the Web.
Satellite Radios - Coast-to-coast radio, in your pocket and
your car.
Sensors -Without sensors, there is no detection. And with no
detection, there is no control.
Smart Home - How technologies like voice recognition,
Bluetooth, and Z-Wave will automate the home of the future.
Solar Power- How researchers and corporations are using the
sun as an alternative fuel source.
Ultrawideband - From Wireless USB to wireless surround
sound, UWB is leading the way.
VOIP -The handsets, services, and technologies allowing you
to make phone calls over the Internet.
WiMax - Intel has high hopes that this will replace DSL and
cable broadband. We’ll tell you if it will.
Zigbee -Making sense of this cool-sounding technology for
unwiring home automation.
Technology Innovation and Prince Charles
Prince Charles in an interview with ABC News said this about technology, "If you make everything overefficient, you suck out, it seems to me, every last drop of what, up to now, has been known as culture,"
"We are not the technology. It should be our ... slave, the technology. But it's rapidly becoming our master in many areas, I think," he said.
May be he does not realize how many classical composers are now downloaded in MP3 format. How many period pieces are available in DVD format. How museums and libraries are benefiting from technology. How WI-FI and WI-MAX will allow rural living to continue and get richer. How even his beloved polo is being helped along.
The tech world needs to win him over. As part of the first generation of royalty to have grown with television and computers we need him as a fan...
October 31, 2005 in Globalization and Technology, Industry Commentary, Mobile applications and commerce, Process and Business Innovation, Smart Autos, Homes, Sports, Restaurants... | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)