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Emerging Trends in Technology


December 20, 2005 -- Think about how these trends in technology might affect your business:
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) - This system collects information from millions of web sites so the user can obtain customized feeds of news, events, reviews, even job postings. Implication: we can develop dynamic web portals to use for news releases, upcoming events, and news pertaining to our operations.
Blogs – an online version of you and your views. Can promote anything from a personal viewpoint. Implication: can sway your conference or training audience, but can also promote discussion.
Moore’s Law – Gordon Moore coined the adage that transistor density would double every six months and cost would diminish; this results in quickly obsolete technology. Implication: need to cultivate and strengthen collaborative partnerships with departments of Information Technology, and plan for quicker computer and software replacements.
Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing - integrates computation into the environment (think Blackberrys). Implication: we will be able to work on any project regardless of location; it can also allow us to put such handouts as schedules, maps, handouts, and emergency assistance on the web.
Open Source – groups can develop computer systems or programs that are developed and maintained by a community of users and distributed under specific guidelines. Implication: Similar to RSS in that it makes it possible for conference operations to automatically update information that change frequently.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) – RFID chips can capture large amounts of data when read by a transmitter. Implication: can track attendees’ attendance to sessions, such as in youth camps, and can limit attendees to authorized access at events.
iPods - pocket-sized devices that can store up to 10,000 songs on their hard drives and have helped fuel interest in digital music. Implications: Duke University is giving iPods to all new students loaded with freshman-orientation information, an academic calendar and even the Duke fight songs. Students also will be able to use the devices to download course content, recorded lectures, foreign language lessons, audio books, and will supply voice recorders for some classes, enabling students to record notes while working in the field. (http://www.macminute.com/2004/07/19/duke).
Interactive White Boards - replacements for chalkboards with many additional features. They use LCD projectors to display images generated by a computer onto a white board. They also allow the user to write on the board and to "capture" that image into a computer file that can be printed and otherwise distributed. Implication: many organizations may be asking for this technology for presentations.

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