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Chapter 9
Emerging Trends and Technologies
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INTRODUCTION
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Personal Software-as-a-Service
Personal SaaS Personal SaaS - delivery model - delivery model for personal productivity software for personal productivity software in which you pay for software on a in which you pay for software on a
pay-per-use basis instead of pay-per-use basis instead of buying the software outright buying the software outright
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Push, Not Pull, Technologies and Personalization
Push technologyPush technology – – environment in which environment in which
businesses come to you with businesses come to you with information, services, and information, services, and product offerings based on product offerings based on
your profileyour profile
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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) – allows you to send voice communications over the Internet and avoid the toll charges that you would normally receive from your long distance carrier Catching on quickly in the business world A little slower in the personal world Not everyone has high-speed in-home
Internet access
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Web 3.0
Web 3.0 – third generation of the Web focused on semantics
Semantics – ability of Web technologies to interpret and understand human-generated content
Search engines, for example, will be much better at filtering results
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Automatic Speech Recognition
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) – not only captures spoken words but also distinguishes word groupings to form sentences Becoming more a reality everyday Commercial systems cost less than
$100
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Virtual Reality
Virtual reality – three-dimensional computer simulation in which you actively and physically participate
Uses 3 unique devices Glove Headset Walker
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Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
Cave automatic virtual environment (CAVE) – special 3-D virtual reality room that can display images of people and objects in other CAVEs
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Biometrics
Biometrics – the use of physiological characteristics – fingerprint, iris, voice sound, and even breath – to provide identification
That’s the narrow definition Can also create custom-fitting
clothes using biometrics
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Other Biometric Devices
Biochip – chip that can perform physiological functions
Implant chip – microchip implanted into the human body that stores information about you for tracking (GPS) Family of 4 in Florida already have them
Facial recognition software – provides identification by evaluating facial characteristics
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THE WIRELESS ARENA
Provides tremendous mobility Will dramatically change everything Bluetooth – short-range
communication of about 30 feet WiFi – longer-range communication
of up to about several miles Near Field Communication –
wireless technology for mainly mobile phones
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RFID
RFID (radio frequency identification)RFID (radio frequency identification) – uses – uses a chip in a tag or label to store information, and a chip in a tag or label to store information, and
information is transmitted from, or written to, information is transmitted from, or written to, the tag or label when the chip is exposed to the the tag or label when the chip is exposed to the
correct frequency of radio wavescorrect frequency of radio waves
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MOST IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
The necessity of technology Closing the great digital divide Technology for the betterment
of society Exchanging privacy for
convenience Ethics, ethics, ethics
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