Mark Goldstein, International Research Center presented a big overview of Emerging Information Technology Innovations & Trends to the Society for Information Management Arizona Chapter (SIM AZ) on 11/15/17 showcasing the latest and greatest emerging technologies and novel tech innovations, highlighting the market and societal transformations underway or anticipated. It covered Advances in Computer Power and Pervasiveness; Internet of Things (IoT) Overview and Ecosystem; Mobility, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR); Medical Advances Through Informatics; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics; Big Data, Its Applications and Implications; and Onward into the Future…
14. Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC) Kit NUC5i7RYH
https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc5i7ryh.html
15. Arduino Mega 2560
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Nwazet Pi Media Center
Night Vision Camera Modules
MicroSD Card Adapter
BLE Mini Bluetooth 4.0 Interface
Arduino, Raspberry & Other Microcontrollers
Ultimate GPS Breakout
UDOO Quad Core w/SATA
16. Vilros Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Ultimate Camera Kit
Raspberry Pi 2
Model B (900Mhz,
1GB) with 8GB SD
Card/Adapter with
NOOB, Wi-Fi
Adapter, 5 MP
Camera Module,
Breadboard, GPIO
Ribbon Cable,
Breakout Board,
Jumpers, Resistors,
LEDs, User Guide,
Case, Power Supply
and more
http://www.vilros.com/
17. SunFounder 37 Modules Raspberry Pi B+ Sensor Kit
http://www.sunfounder.com/index.php?c=show&id=47&model=Sensor%20Kit%20for%20B+
Detailed tutorial, source code
& 32 lessons on project DVD
19. This summer, ASUS will launch a new type of Chrome device: the Chromebit.
Smaller than a candy bar, the Chromebit is a full computer that will be available
for less than $100. By simply plugging this device into any display, you can turn it
into a computer. It’s the perfect upgrade for an existing desktop and will be really
useful for schools and businesses.
Source: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2015/03/more-chromebooks-for-everyone.html
ASUS Chromebit Turns Any TV into a Chrome PC
• Rockchip RK3288 (with quad-core Mali 760 graphics)
• 2GB of RAM, 16GB of solid state storage
• Plugs into any HDMI-equipped display
• Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0 port
20. http://www.ti.com/product/cc2541
The Texas Instruments
CC2541 is a power-
optimized true system-on-
chip (SoC) solution for
both Bluetooth low energy
and proprietary 2.4-GHz
applications. It enables
robust network nodes to
be built with low total bill-
of-material costs. The
CC2541 combines the
excellent performance of a
leading RF transceiver
with an industry-standard
enhanced 8051 MCU, in-
system programmable
flash memory, 8-KB RAM,
and many other powerful
supporting features and
peripherals. The CC2541 is
highly suited for systems
where ultralow power
consumption is required.
TI CC2541 SOC
21. Intel’s Edison computer is housed in an SD card form factor and comes with built-
in Linux and both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless. The computer, which is based on
Intel's 22-nanometer Quark chips, can be the basis for a new wave of products
and will become available summer 2014. Source: eWeek
22. Intel Curie Module Unleashing Wearable Device Innovation
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en
/wearables/wearable-soc.html
Intel’s Curie module is a complete low-
power solution for the wearable space
with compute, motion sensor, Bluetooth
Low Energy, and battery charging
capabilities.
Key Features:
• Low-power, 32-bit Intel Quark SE SoC
• 384kB Flash memory, 80kB SRAM
• Small and efficient open source real-
time operating system (RTOS)
• Low-power integrated DSP sensor hub
with a proprietary pattern matching
accelerator
• Bluetooth Low Energy
• 6-Axis combo sensor with
accelerometer and gyroscope
• Battery charging circuitry (PMIC)
• Released January, 2015
30. Major Leap Towards Storing Data at the Molecular Level
https://nano-magazine.com/news/2017/8/25/major-leap-towards-storing-data-at-the-molecular-level/
Source: Nano Magazine/Nature 8/17
33. Baselayer Technology (formerly io) Data Modules
are manufactured, factory tested, UL-Listed, and
software-defined data center infrastructure that can
be deployed and provisioned in standard
increments of power, cooling, and IT space in as
little as 90 days. https://www.baselayer.com/
Baselayer Anywhere CORE Line Data Modules
44. See also: Internet of Things Innovations & Megatrends
Presentation to the IEEE Computer Society Phoenix
On December 14, 2016 at http://bit.ly/2hLXjPT
IoT Overview and Ecosystems
IoT Computing Platforms and Sensors
IoT Gateway and Network Connections
IoT Application Arenas
• Consumer and Home Automation
• Wearables
• Healthcare and Life Science
• Retail and Logistics
• Industrial
• Smart Buildings
• Smart Cities and Environment
• Transportation
IoT Security and Privacy
IoT Standards and Organizations
IoT Data Applications and Business Models
Next mega IoT update scheduled for 12/13/17 at DeVry University Phoenix for the
IEEE Computer Society Phoenix (http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/phoenix/compsociety/)
51. Sensor Cluster Trends for Mobile Phones
(Inertial Measurement Units)
AMS AV-MLV-P2 is a volatile organic compounds (VOC) gas sensor which can detect
alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, organic acids, amines, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons.
52.
53. The world's first smartphone with a giant six-inch screen and a built-in ADI (U.S.,
http://www.analog.com/) spectrometer running integrated software by Consumer Physics
(U.S., https://www.consumerphysics.com/) and manufactured by electronics giant Sichuan
Changhong Electric Co. (China). (Source: Sichuan Changhong Electric)
56. Wi-Fi Ecosystem is Undergoing Change
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/article/2016/05/
now-80211ac-wave-1-rolled-out-whats-next-wi-fi
IEEE 802.11ah Requirements to
Support M2M Communications:
• Up to 8,191 devices associated
with an access point (AP)
through a hierarchical identifier
structure
• Carrier frequencies of
approximately 900 MHz (license-
exempt) that are less congested
and guarantee a long range
• Transmission range up to 1 km
in outdoor areas
• Data rates of at least 100 kbps
• One-hop network topologies
• Short and infrequent data
transmissions (data packet size
approximately 100 bytes and
packet inter-arrival time greater
than 30 s)
• Very low energy consumption
by adopting power saving
strategies
• Cost-effective solution for
network device manufacturershttp://www.ieee802.org/11/Reports/tgah_update.htm
82. Computer Passes Turing Test for First Time
Eugene Goostman seems like a typical 13-year-old Ukrainian boy, at least that's what a third
of judges at a Turing Test competition thought recently. Goostman says that he likes
hamburgers and candy and that his father is a gynecologist, but it's all a lie. This boy is a
program created by computer engineers led by Russian Vladimir Veselov and Ukrainian
Eugene Demchenko. That a third of judges were convinced that Goostman was a human in
unrestricted conversation is significant as at least 30 percent of judges must be swayed for
a computer to pass the famous Turing Test. The test, created by legendary computer
scientist Alan Turing in 1950, was designed to answer the question "Can machines think?"
and is a well-known staple of artificial intelligence studies. Source: The Verge 6/14
83.
84.
85. Mechatronics engineer Ben Schaefer (R) interacts with humanoid robot bartender "Carl" as
it prepares a drink for a guest at the Robots Bar and Lounge in the eastern German town of
Ilmenau. The Humanoid robot bartender "Carl," developed and built by Schaefer who runs a
company for humanoid robots, prepares spirits for the mixing of cocktails and is able to
interact with customers in small conversations.
Source: InfoWorld, Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
86. Saudi Arabia is the First Country to Grant Citizenship to a Robot
An empty-eyed humanoid named Sophia has become the first robot to be granted
citizenship in the world. Saudi Arabia bestowed citizenship on Sophia ahead of
the Future Investment Initiative, held in the kingdom's capital city of Riyadh on
Wednesday. "I am very honored and proud of this unique distinction," Sophia told
the audience, speaking on a panel. "This is historical to be the first robot in the
world to be recognized with a citizenship.“ It didn't elaborate on the details of its
citizenship. At the event, Sophia also addressed the room from behind a podium
and responded to questions from moderator and journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Questions pertained mostly to Sophia's status as a humanoid and concerns
people may have for the future of humanity in a robot-run world. (10/26/17)
http://www.businessinsider.com/sophia-robot-citizenship-in-saudi-arabia-the-first-of-its-kind-2017-10
88. Artificial Intelligence: Should We Be
as Terrified as Elon Musk and Bill Gates?
Elon Musk and Bill Gates have been as fearless as any entrepreneurs and
innovators of the past half century. They have eaten big risks for breakfast and
burped out billions of dollars afterward. But today, both are terrified of the same
thing: Artificial intelligence. In a February 2015 Reddit AMA, Gates said, "First the
machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super intelligent. That should be
positive if we manage it well. A few decades after that though the intelligence is
strong enough to be a concern ... and [I] don't understand why some people are
not concerned.“
In a September 2015 CNN interview, Musk went even further. He said, "AI is much
more advanced than people realize. It would be fairly obvious if you saw a robot
walking around talking and behaving like a person... What's not obvious is a huge
server bank in a vault somewhere with an intelligence that's potentially vastly
greatly than what a human mind can do. And it's eyes and ears will be
everywhere, every camera, every device that's network accessible... Humanity's
position on this planet depends on its intelligence so if our intelligence is
exceeded, it's unlikely that we will remain in charge of the planet.“
To be fair, others such as Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak have expressed
similar fears, which lends credibility to the position that Gates and Musk have
staked out.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/artificial-intelligence-should-we-be-as-terrified-as-elon-musk-and-bill-gates/
94. TGen and Genomic/Proteomic Sequencing
Illumina’s HiSeq 2500 System is a powerful and efficient
ultra-high-throughput sequencing system that supports
the broadest range of applications and study sizes.
Unrivaled data quality using Illumina's proven SBS
chemistry has made the HiSeq 2500 the instrument of
choice for all major genome centers and leading
institutions throughout the world. New HiSeq v4 reagents
allow for more reads and more data in less time.
http://www.illumina.com/systems/hiseq_2500_1500.ilmn
https://tgen.org/
95. Low cost genome sequencing is expected to revolutionize healthcare among
other aspects of life. iNanoBio is developing a novel sensor device for high speed
genome sequencing with technology from Arizona State University (ASU).
Sequencing 3 billion bases in a short period of time is an extremely complex task.
Various strategies utilize piecemeal sequencing and massively parallel techniques
for high throughput readout. Sequencing using nanopores is a promising
approach, but most often requires development of advanced methods for slowing
down the DNA as it translocates through the nanopore. Small read lengths, need
for elaborate sample preparation and complex data processing are required,
which in-turn add to the cost of sequencing. Rather than slowing down the DNA
as it translocates through a nanopore iNanoBio’s strategy is to sequence the DNA
at high speed using their FET nano sensor devices. Field effect transistor sensors
can have high switching frequencies of up to 1 GHz or more, which enables faster
signal acquisition with minimal background noise. They expect sensing of
individual bases at higher speeds, with larger signal to noise ratios, than when
using other strategies. http://www.inanobio.com/genomesequencing.php
iNanoBio Exponential Nanosensor Technology for Chemical & Biological Sensing
Aiming for Low Cost $100 Genomic Sequencing Using Nanopores
98. Integrated Lab-On-A-Chip Uses Smartphone to
Quickly Detect Multiple Pathogens
The system uses a commercial smartphone to acquire and interpret real-time images of an
enzymatic amplification reaction that takes place in a silicon microfluidic chip that
generates green fluorescence and displays a visual read-out of the test at the point-of-care.
The system is composed of an unmodified smartphone and a portable 3-D-printed cradle
that supports the optical and electrical components, and interfaces with the rear-facing
camera of the smartphone. (Credit: Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Source: https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/10/integrated-
lab-chip-uses-smartphone-quickly-detect-multiple-pathogens
99. First prize in the Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize was awarded to Final Frontier Medical Devices,
a team in Pennsylvania. The team, led by brothers Dr. Basil Harris, an emergency medicine
physician, and George Harris, a network engineer, created an artificial intelligence engine
called DxtER that learns to diagnose medical conditions via data from emergency medicine
and analyzing patients. Final Frontier Medical Devices was awarded $2.6 million at the
Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize ceremony on April 12, 2017.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/qualcomm-tricorder-xprize-goes-to-u-s-team-for-device-fusing-ai-iot-health/
https://tricorder.xprize.org/teams/final-frontier-medical-devices
Final Frontier Medical Devices DxtER Tricorder XPrize Winner
100. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the Senhance System, a new robotically-
assisted surgical device (RASD) that can help facilitate minimally invasive surgery by
enabling the surgeon to use computer and software technology to control and move
surgical instruments through one or more tiny incisions in the patient's body (laparoscopic
surgery) at a console that provides a 3-D high-definition view of the surgical field.
Source: MDT Magazine (https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/10/fda-clears-new-robotically-assisted-surgical-device-adult-patients)
101.
102.
103. http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-would-you-like-to-invest-in-immortality
With his 2045 Initiative, Russian Internet
mogul Dmitry Itskov is looking for backers for
the world’s first immortality research center
into neuroscience and human consciousness
with the ultimate goal of transferring human
minds into robots, extending human life
indefinitely. The new venture sells itself:
invest in his new research and development
interest and the payoff could be immortality.
104. Will Transcendence Transcend Science Fiction?
According to futurists, the Singularity will be the singular most important incident to ever
unfold. The term describes technology’s version of a black hole: that incredible moment
when artificial intelligence will surpass our own. Transcendence is the newest dystopian
interpretation of this A.I. benchmark. The reviews have been less than glowing, but it still
brings a pivotal question into sharp focus: Are we nearing true machine intelligence?
Transcendence tells the story of a dying technology visionary, played by Johnny Depp, who
uploads his brain to a computer right before he dies. The story takes place in the present,
compelling many to question the possibility of an apocalyptic singularity to transpire. While
the technology depicted in Transcendence is still very much science fiction, it alludes to
some remarkable developments that are unfolding in the artificial intelligence community.
http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/8320/will-transcendence-transcend-science-fiction
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendence_%282014_film%29
124. Digital Life in 2025 - More-Hopeful Theses
• Information sharing over the Internet will be so effortlessly interwoven into
daily life that it will become invisible, flowing like electricity, often through
machine intermediaries.
• The spread of the Internet will enhance global connectivity that fosters more
planetary relationships and less ignorance.
• The Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and big data will make people
more aware of their world and their own behavior.
• Augmented reality and wearable devices will be implemented to monitor and
give quick feedback on daily life, especially tied to personal health.
• Political awareness and action will be facilitated and more peaceful change and
public uprisings like the Arab Spring will emerge.
• The spread of the ‘Ubernet’ will diminish the meaning of borders, and new
‘nations’ of those with shared interests may emerge and exist beyond the
capacity of current nation-states to control.
• The Internet will become ‘the Internets’ as access, systems, and principles are
renegotiated.
• An Internet-enabled revolution in education will spread more opportunities,
with less money spent on real estate and teachers.
Source: Pew Research Center, 3/14 http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/03/11/digital-life-in-2025/
125. Digital Life in 2025 - Less-Hopeful Theses
• Dangerous divides between haves and have-nots may expand, resulting in
resentment and possible violence.
• Abuses and abusers will ‘evolve and scale.’ Human nature isn’t changing;
there’s laziness, bullying, stalking, stupidity, pornography, dirty tricks, crime,
and those who practice them have new capacity to make life miserable for
others.
• Pressured by these changes, governments and corporations will try to assert
power and at times succeed as they invoke security and cultural norms.
• People will continue sometimes grudgingly to make tradeoffs favoring
convenience and perceived immediate gains over privacy; and privacy will be
something only the upscale will enjoy.
• Humans and their current organizations may not respond quickly enough to
challenges presented by complex networks.
• Most people are not yet noticing the profound changes today’s
communications networks are already bringing about; these networks will be
even more disruptive in the future.
Advice: Make Good Choices Today
• Foresight and accurate predictions can make a difference; ‘The best way to
predict the future is to invent it.
Source: Pew Research Center, 3/14 http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/03/11/digital-life-in-2025/
126. Integrated Global Futures Strategy Draft
Source: The Millennium Project 2015 http://www.millennium-project.org/