Wed 17 Nov 2010
Technology is changing quickly and impacting our lives in all kinds of ways. What will be the impact on work and the way we do our jobs? See some examples of technology that may disrupt the way we do business and explore questions about what jobs will look like.
Healthcare
Functional Foods: http://www.fastcompany.com/mic/2010/industry/most-innovative-food-companies
Tiny Motors: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7837967.stm
Prosthetic Limbs: http://www.fastcompany.com/files/feature-81-Prsthetics-3.jpg & http://www.fastcompany.com/files/feature-81-Prsthetics-2.jpg
Prosthetic controlled by brain waves: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/18/darpa-funded-prosthetic-arm-reaches-phase-three-would-be-cyborg/
Exoskeletons: http://news.discovery.com/tech/exoskeleton-robots-top-5.html#mkcpgn=hknws1
Sustainability
“Miracle Machine” Brings Clean Water to Haiti: http://www.fastcompany.com/1545130/miracle-machine-brings-clean-water-to-haiti
UCSD generates 82% of its energy on-site: http://www.fastcompany.com/100/2010/39/byron-washom
Cars Move Closer to Reality: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/piss-powered-cars-move-closer-reality?partner=homepage_newsletter
Technology/Computer Tech
Augmented Reality explained by Commoncraft http://www.commoncraft.com/augmented-reality-video
Augmented Reality Assembly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhiZ37aaww&feature=related
Augmented Reality Maps http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/blaise_aguera.html
Definition of Augmented Reality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality
Fun Ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ohhf0p8CFM&feature=player_embedded
Ad Scenario http://www.augmentedplanet.com/2010/04/augmented-reality-advertising-when-too-much-is-too-much/
Old Spice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE
Sixth Sense by Pranav Mistry http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
Gestural User Interface http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/john_underkoffler_drive_3d_data_with_a_gesture.html
Augmented Reality – The Future of Education (Ara Pacis) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xF8ujj7ko&feature=player_embedded#
3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/technology/14print.html
3 D Printing http://www.a1-tech.co.uk/index.asp
Security
Cyberattack Defense: Staying One Step Ahead of Hackers http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Cyberattack-Defense-Staying-One-Step-Ahead-of-Hackers-67605.html
10 Technologies That Will Transform Your Life http://www.livescience.com/technology/top10-transform-tech-1.html
List of emerging technologies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies
And then we learn…MIT Media Lab Hacks the Kinect for Browser Navigation With Gestures:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/kinect_browser_navigation.php