1. What Will The Future Look Like?
Concepts of Engineering and Technology
What Will The Future Look Like?
Emerging and Innovative Technologies
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2. Advanced Prosthetic Aesthetic
Jonathan Kuniholm
Engineer at Duke University
Wears a prototype of the prosthetic arm
Created by the DARPA Revolutionizing Prosthetics project
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3. Technical Communication
The student investigates the components of engineering and technology systems. The student is expected to:
(F) conduct and present research on emerging and innovative technology.
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Objectives
Technical Terms and Definitions
Technology Trends
The Past
The Future of Technology
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5. Technical Terms and Definitions
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Terms
Definitions
Trends
The general direction in which something tends to move.
Skills
The ability to do something well, usually gained through training or experience.
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6. Technical Terms and Definitions
The terms and definitions listed below are discussed in this lesson. Please review before proceeding with this lesson.
Terms
Definitions
Biotechnology
It is technology based on biology - biotechnology harnesses cellular and bio-molecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and the health of our planet. Source:
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7. Technical Terms and Definitions
The terms and definitions listed below are discussed in this lesson. Please review before proceeding with this lesson.
Terms
Definitions
Information Technology
Pronounced “IT”, refers to anything related to computing technology, such as networking, hardware, software, the Internet, or the people that work with these technologies.
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8. Technical Terms and Definitions
The terms and definitions listed below are discussed in this lesson. Please review before proceeding with this lesson.
Terms
Definitions
Nanotechnology
The branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules).
Source
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Technology Trends
Miniaturization
Smaller but hold more information
Faster
Cheaper
Wireless
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10. Technology Skills Will YOUR current skills be enough?
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11. Technology Advantages
Fewer Geographic Limitations
Increased Access to Information
Ease of Communication
Labor Saving
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12. Technology Disadvantages
Privacy
Identity Theft
Nuisances (SPAM)
Security
Electronic IDs
Threat from electronic viruses in connected technologies
Decreased personalization
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13. Take a look at where we started.
The Past
Take a look at where we started.
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14. The First Apple Computer
Developed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
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Altair 8080
The Altair 8080 was a microcomputer kit first introduced in 1975 in Popular Electronics magazine.
It was not the first available microcomputer but it was the start of the industry.
Ed Roberts developed the Altair 8080.
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16. Bill Gates and the Altair 8080
Programming the Altair 8080 was difficult.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen contacted Roberts and offered to sell him BASIC programming language.
At the time BASIC did not exist.
Gates and Allen developed the product and formed the company they called Micro-Soft (now spelled Microsoft).
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17. 1964 IBM System / 360 Mainframe Central Units Memory = 8 MB
Today’s Apple iPod Touch (3rd Generation = 64 GB
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Moore’s Law
In 1965, Gordon Moore, a co-founder of Intel, made the observation that the number of components per integrated circuit doubled every 2 years.
Largely, that prediction has held true.
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19. Number Crunching Information Processing Power Moore’s Law
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20. The Future of Technology
Top Inventions Needed
Free Energy
Fountain of Youth
Replicator Technology
(Things for Free)
Protective Force Field
Transporter
Flying Cars
Universal Communicator
The Battery Operated Butler
The Cure
The Time Machine
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
Source
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21. Smart Personal Objects
Smart Personal Objects are everyday objects:
Clocks
Pens
Key-chains
Billfolds
Smarter
Personalized
More useful through the use of special software
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Projection Keyboard
                                                                      
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My Prediction
Increased connectivity
Example
Ability to program devices in the home from remote locations such as start dinner, scan the home for security purposes, or check on the children from miles away.
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The Future
Imagine the Future
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25. Look at these Emerging Areas
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Information Technology
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Biotechnology
As defined by the U.S. government, this refers to any technique that uses living organisms (or parts of organisms) to make or modify products, to improve plants and animals, or to develop microorganisms for specific use.
Biotechnology focuses on the practical applications of science.
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Nanotechnology
The science of building devices at the molecular and atomic level.
A single data bit might be represented by only one molecule some time in the future.
Could be used in computers and communications devices
Nanotechnology could be used:
to build devices
to change the properties of materials
in biotechnology
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28. Potential Uses of Nanotechnology
Nano-spheres to deliver drugs directly to their target.
Using nano-scale manufacturing processes to make smaller and faster processors.
Using nano-scale properties to make fabrics that are:
stain resistant
crease-free
resist bacteria
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29. Information Technology
Information Technology (IT) refers to the use of technology in managing and processing information.
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30. Information Technology
If a company uses a database to keep track of inventory, is that IT?
If a company uses a Point of Sale (POS) computerized system to keep track of sales and inventory, is that IT?
The answer to both questions is YES.
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Technology
Do you think that information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology overlap?
What about the future?
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2000
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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2004
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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2008
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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Bio / Nano Technology
Capacity
Applications
Size
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‘78
‘88
‘98
‘08
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36. What will the Future Look Like?
If more people work from home, how does that change our social fabric?
Saves fuel and other resources.
Will social skills decline due to less interaction with colleagues?
If students attend school using the Internet from home, how does that change the social fabric of our society?
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37. What Will You Do To Be Ready?
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