David W. Wood – @dw2
Chief Technology Architect, Accenture Mobility
“This house believes that the future of innovation in the wireless industry
is in the virtual rather than the physical world”
Too narrow a view
There’s MUCH more to future wireless innovation than innovations in the virtual world
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Handsets as commodities?
The march of the black slabs?
We’ve heard that story before! (e.g. 2001…)
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Wireless industry innovation:
Game-changers, standing out from commodity
“Nokia today announced deliveries of its first imaging
phone in Finland. Incorporating a digital camera, Multimedia
Messaging (MMS) capability and a full-color display, the Nokia
7650 phone opens up a new era in personal mobile communications…”
http://press.nokia.com/2002/06/26/the-nokia-7650-imaging-phone-is-now-shipping/
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Handsets as commodities?
The march of the black slabs?
We’ve heard that story before! (e.g. 2001, 2006, …)
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Transparency
Transparent double-sided touchscreen display Android NTT Docomo smartphone prototype by Fujitsu
http://www.diginfo.tv/v/12-0099-r-en.php
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Touch
Physical buttons that rise up from the display
“Buttons when you need them – gone when you don’t”
http://www.tactustechnology.com/
Button feedback
Blind navigate
Reduce typing errors
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Scent
http://www.arts.ac.uk/tfrg/node/10957
Dr Jenny Tillotson
Visiting Scholar
Dept of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology
University of Cambridge
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100-micron-thick “Willow Glass”, by Corning: a new ultra-thin and flexible substrate for LCDs and OLEDs
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/corning-unveils-slim-flexible-willow-glass-video/
The future of wireless industry innovation:
Flexibility
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Power Management
Adaptive charging of Li-Ion batteries
More run time
Faster charging
Longer cycle life
http://www.qnovocorp.com/
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Imaging
Array of low resolution sensors: software subsequently recreates the combined image
“Enter the third dimension”
Thinner smartphone
High quality images
New applications
http://www.pelicanimaging.com/
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Sensors
Based on a cartoon by Jeff MacNelly
Another ginger beer, please Hal
I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that
The bathroom scale and the hall mirror
are reporting disturbing flab
anomalies
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Sensors
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markpmills/2012/05/21/tricorder-update-social-medicine-is-the-next-big-thing-after-social-media/
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Sensors
http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120603/NEWS/106039760/1003/NEWS03
Developed by Professor Ki Chon, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Sensors
http://alivecor.com/video.htm/
Electrocardiogram (ECG) on an iPhone: Dr David Albert, AliveCor
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Sensors
http://alivecor.com/video.htm/
Electrocardiogram (ECG) on an iPhone: Dr David Albert, AliveCor
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“People will check their bodies as often as they
check their emails”
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
The creative destruction of medicine
Basis for improving healthcare:
Miniature sensors
Imaging & scanning
3D manufacturing
Synthetic biology
Personalised genomics
Electronic medical records
Ubiquitous smartphones
Communications facilities
Next gen social networks
Huge computing power
Expert decision systems
Online medical training
http://CreativeDestructionOfMedicine.com/ – Eric Topol MD
Technology super-convergence
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Physical:
Sensors
Surfaces Miniaturisation
Power management
Virtual:
Cloud Connectivity
Mass storage
Big data analytics
The future of wireless industry innovation:
Ongoing super-convergence
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Physical:
Sensors
Surfaces
Miniaturisation Power management
Virtual:
Cloud Connectivity
Mass storage
Big data analytics
Design:
Insight into user requirements
Ergonomics; Simplicity
Integration:
Multi-disciplinary execution & quality
The future of wireless industry innovation:
Two missing dimensions (‘D’ and ‘I’)
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The future of wireless industry innovation:
Integration as a Service
PlatMaaS: Platform Maintenance as a Service
ALMaaS: Application Lifecycle Management as a Service
WSTaaS: Whole System Testing as a Service
All involve technology running in clouds
All depend on detailed knowledge of on-device platforms, for multiple platforms, evolving across time
David W. Wood – @dw2
Chief Technology Architect, Accenture Mobility
“This house believes that the future of innovation in the wireless industry
is in the virtual rather than the physical world”
Too narrow a view
There’s MUCH more to future wireless innovation than innovations in the virtual world