HOW TECHNOLOGY IS RESHAPING YOUR TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E. Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering The University of Texas at Austin February 19, 2013
Forecasting the Present Source: Business Week, CIA World Factbook, aboutmcdonalds.com, starbucksmelody.com, inc.com/news/articles/200707/computers.html, worldometers.info/cars/ (1)1995 (2)2005 (3)2008 (4)2009
The Internet of Things is Already Here Connected Devices Per Person Million 12.5 Billion 25 Billion 50 Billion 6.3 Billion6.8 Billion7.2 Billion7.6 Billion World Population: Connected Devices: More connected devices than people Source: Cisco IBSG, 2011
Brain-Machine Interfaces: The Ultimate Integration February 2009: University of Toronto scientists invent machine that determines what youre thinking (80% accuracy) June 2009: University of Southampton demonstrates brain-to-brain communication over Internet October 2009: Toyota showcases mind- controlled wheelchair with 95% accuracy March 2010: University of Maryland decodes brain signals / reconstructs into 3D hand movements April 2010: Intel software analyzes fMRI scans to determine what youre thinking (90% accuracy) July 2011: University of Western Ontario develops technology to predict what a person is going to do before he or she does it Artificial brain implants expected by 2030 Brain-controlled prosthesis Mind-controlled wheelchair Source: Cisco IBSG, 2011; Toyota; CNN; USA Today; KurzweilAI.net; wfs.org
The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is createdcreated first in mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made, and this activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination John Schaar
Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It is time to start thinking. Sir Ernest Rutherford, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry)
C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E. Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering The University of Texas at Austin 301 E. Dean Keeton St., Stop C1761 Austin, TX