The document discusses how computer technologies have changed over the past 10 years and how they may continue to change lives in the next decade. Some key areas that have advanced are mobile phones, search engines, social media, cloud computing, genetic technologies like DNA sequencing, and battery technologies. The document also discusses how technologies from science fiction like space travel and artificial intelligence are becoming realities.
The document discusses how computer technologies have changed over the past 10 years and how they may continue to change lives in the next decade. Some key areas that have advanced are mobile phones, search engines, social media, cloud computing, genetic technologies like DNA sequencing, and battery technologies. The document also discusses how technologies from science fiction like space travel and artificial intelligence are becoming realities.
The document discusses how computer technologies have changed over the past 10 years and how they may continue to change lives in the next decade. Some key areas that have advanced are mobile phones, search engines, social media, cloud computing, genetic technologies like DNA sequencing, and battery technologies. The document also discusses how technologies from science fiction like space travel and artificial intelligence are becoming realities.
The document discusses how computer technologies have changed over the past 10 years and how they may continue to change lives in the next decade. Some key areas that have advanced are mobile phones, search engines, social media, cloud computing, genetic technologies like DNA sequencing, and battery technologies. The document also discusses how technologies from science fiction like space travel and artificial intelligence are becoming realities.
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Computer Technologies & the Modern World
The Past 10 Years
2001 Nokia 3310
2011 iPhone4
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The #1 greatest film ever made -The Moving Arts Film Journal.
In the Movie: Space Travel
The Reality Today
Spaceship 1: In 2004 won the $ 10 million X-Prize by flying three people twice into space in two weeks.
Spaceship II 2009
$US200,000
In the Movie: HAL
Today: IBMs Watson AI system
Technologies that will change our lives in the next 10 years
Search and Advertisement Technologies
Search Engine
Sanook.com in 2001
Search Engine Market Share (2001)
Search Engine Market Share (2010)
Source: Wikipedia
Search Engine Land
Social Indexing Bret Taylor Inventor of the Like button
You Are the Ad!
Word of mouth in the digital world
Gesture Interfaces
Measuring Depth
Depth Output Example
Cloud Computing My whole life is in the cloud -To be said by millions in the next ten years.
What services do you use today?
Homomorphic Encryption Making cloud computing more secure
Cloud Streaming
Genetic Technology
DNA, Gene, Chromosome
Chromosome
23 Chromosomes = Human Genome
Protein DNA
Cancer: When Things go Wrong
Cancer Genomics Deciphering the genetics behind the disease
Finding the Source of Cancer
DNA Sequencing Cost: $1million 2007 $10K - 2011
Separating Chromosomes A more precise way to read DNA will change how we treat disease
Synthetic Cells Designing new genes on a computer.
Synthetic Cells Assemble genes Into chromosomes using yeast.
Synthetic Cells Designing new genomes could speed the creation of vaccines and biofuel-producing bacteria
Synthetic Cells Designing new genomes could speed the creation of vaccines and biofuel-producing bacteria
Battery Technologies
The Original Toyota Prius (1997)
Hybrid Systems
Limitations of Current Batteries
Expensive - $10,000 for a hybrid car Heavy and Large Limited Capacity 100 Km range limit Complex Charging Procedure Risk of explosion
Risks of Li-ion Batteries
Solid State Batteries
Sakti3s Ann Marie Sastry is developing ways to mass-produce lighter and cheaper batteries
Solid State Battery
Solid Electrodes & Solid Electrolytes
Conclusions
Technology is something invented AFTER you are born
-Allan Kay
Conclusions
The world is changing faster than you realize How are you going to be ready?
