seattle interactive conference: beyond 2020 the shape of things to come
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what is your image of the future?
transparency
the future creates the present…
technology acceleration
• technology acceleration for what• sustainability?• energy?• economic disparity?
connectivity | convergence | 3D
nano | bio | info | cogno | robo
full-on networked society
...test is “168 +mes faster, 26,000 +mes less expensive, and over 400 +mes more sensi+ve than the current standard.” It costs $0.03 per test and takes five minutes. The test could also poten+ally be used to diagnose ovarian and lung cancer, both of which also produce abnormal levels of mesothelin.
hIp://singularityhub.com/2013/02/25/16-‐year-‐old-‐jack-‐andraka-‐invents-‐innova+ve-‐cancer-‐test-‐using-‐google-‐search/
really smart coming on fast
In the next 20 years PC’s will be replaced by millions of tiny intelligent systems embedded in our clothes, jewelry, cars, furniture, and walls. They will recognize voice commands and carry out simple wishes. They will cost less than a penny, less than scrap paper, so companies which do not put chips [intelligence] in all their products will be at a severe disadvantage. Michio Kaku
Game Changers
Jackson Warren (left) and Mitchell Demeter examine the Robocoin. Photo: David Ryder/WIRED
world’s first bitcoin atm in vancouver bc
every internet device is a publishing tool
once on the internet, information lasts forever
public access to information includes the customers, employees & the boss
brands are built
and can be destroyed
increasingly outside
our
control
Original Source: This Fluid World
Marc Prensky originated “digital native” term and this list
FuTURIST•com
digital natives
digital immigrants
people of the screen do not accept old limitations...
Based on: Gerd Leonhard
bring your own brain
Original Source: Stowe Boyd
gamification
the end of massvertising
median age of native-born Latinos is 18
median age all Latinos is 27 vs. 42 for non-Hispanic whites in U.S.
67,000 U.S. Latinos turn 18 each month, (93% are citizens)
40% of U.S. population growth 2013-2030 will be Hispanic (77% of growth will be minorities)
sustainability: opportunity or demand?
the canary
sustainability | resilience
energy innovation to 2050
Increase efficiency of new appliances and buildings to achieve Zero-carbon emissions, resulting in 25% total reduction by 2050.
Add 3 million 1-megawatt windmills globally, 75 times current capacity.
Add 3000 gigawatts of peak solar photovoltaic, 1000 times current capacity.
No net new net coal power plants
Success with CCUS?
Sustainable electricity for all by 2030
Shift 2 billion cars from 30 mpg to 120 mpg by 2050.
Decrease driving for 2 billion cars in half
Develop Zero-emission vehicles
From Robert Socolow, Princeton, Amory Lovins, RMI
10 seconds of sun = 1 day of all humanity’s energy use
There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.
Henry Ford
hIp://thecurrentmoment.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/produc+vity-‐inequality-‐poverty/
knowledge value economy
it’s what a
product or
service - or person knows
what is your image of the future?
the future is not something that just happens to us
the future is something we do
thank you for your timefor more information
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