April, 2006 Bill Bartling Virtual Electronic Connectivity in the Future What will it look like? Bill Bartling Adjunct Professor of Geology San Diego State University Concept and guidance courtesy of Dr. Eric Frost, San Diego State University

Bill Bartling April, 2006 A Question of Perspective High Tech Baby Boomers We had it all –Talking movies transmitted magically through the air –Innovative transportation –Personal radios we made at home –Talk to anyone, anywhere in the world with a few turns of a dial

Bill Bartling April, 2006 All the big problems were solved Supercomputing –“a world market for maybe 5 computers” Cracked the atom Sputnik pinging happily away Antibiotics –“closing the door on infectious disease” Men in space

Bill Bartling April, 2006 Fast Forward 50 years to Generation “Y” The Future has arrived –Playing now in their bedrooms –Fast processing, big memory, extraordinary graphics –Usage skills are analogous to the BB’s tuning a transistor radio –Multi-tasking a way of life –Virtual networks of friends and study pals –Expert at long-range collaborative interactions –Active in programming and user groups –Involved, engaged, enthralled, excited –Renaissance techies –Its become cool to be a nerd

Bill Bartling April, 2006 Their Future Holds Vastly Different Challenges The more efficient our technology, the more energy we consume. The cost of energy is dominated by the cost of extraction and refinement The Flat World enables and welcomes new knowledge industry economies connected via virtual networks

Bill Bartling April, 2006 But The Tools Are In The Schools – So They Come Ready To Play Real time sensornets Advanced computing Ubiquitous visualization Collaborative systems Remote access Information, skill and knowledge rich

Bill Bartling April, 2006 With A New Generation of Communication Systems multifunction, 4G phones Heads up retinal scanners RazrWire Bluetooth Wearable internet devices And of course … the iPod We went to the technology – they take it with

Bill Bartling April, 2006 And An Internet Culture A great trust in the Internet and by extension, in people they have never met (wiki, open source) Sharing in Virtual Societies (BLOGS etc) “Google” the world and discover anything on your own Knowledge is “free” A new view of the workday and workplace – where ever you are, whenever you need to and with whomever you want to Energy is required to power this, and it is ubiquitous and sufficient A great trust in the Internet and by extension, in people they have never met (wiki, open source) Sharing in Virtual Societies (BLOGS etc) “Google” the world and discover anything on your own Knowledge is “free” A new view of the workday and workplace – where ever you are, whenever you need to and with whomever you want to Energy is required to power this, and it is ubiquitous and sufficient Business is global, national identities are transparent and cultural and political borders are breached A microsecond is a long time to wait Parallel minds work in multiple simultaneous worlds, managing multiple complex cultures Incredible richness of media from streaming video to multi- media to webcams – we “live” in the media, we don’t watch it The world is small – everything is connected – easy time travel from one reality to another

Bill Bartling April, 2006 For a New Paradigm of Work “Meeting’s at 11” … The always on, wireless, electronic communication generation Virtual meetings, virtual presence Sensornets and other real time data streams Broadband connectivity and collaboration – wherever you are

Bill Bartling April, 2006 Based on Important Foundations of Change The next generation of communication depends on –Connectivity IPv6 expansion of the network addresses (1500 per m 2 ), capability and security –Reach New innovative, wide coverage and inexpensive wireless networking –Bandwidth 4G wireless – 3G passed by October 3-5, 2006 Amsterdam, Netherlands NTT DoCoMo Achieves World's First 2.5Gbps Packet Transmission in 4G Field Experiment Stratellite 10-mile high wireless antenna

Bill Bartling April, 2006 Wireless Generations On The Path To 4G

Bill Bartling April, 2006 To Be Ready For The Brave New Unwired World Always-on, wired professionals Ubiquitous worn internet devices Broad wireless bandwidth Virtual connectivity Never more than a button away from your data – or your collaborators