New Technologies Are Surfacing Everyday. l Some will have a dramatic affect on the business environment. l Others will totally change the way you live your life. Introduction Whatever the case, we refer to these as EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. 7-2

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ALL THE SENSES For the Senses Technologies that will help you work with information in various forms that appeal to all the senses. These technologies include: l Three-Dimensional Imaging l Automatic Speech Recognition l Multimedia l Virtual Reality 7-4

WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR ASR TO BECOME STANDARD l Greater storage for an expandable vocabulary l Better feature analysis to support continuous speech l More dynamic language models to support speech understanding l More flexible pattern classification to support many people For the Senses7-9

MULTIMEDIA Multimedia... l is a combination of content (information) and software (how you control it). l encompasses many forms of media for presenting information. l can present information through various forms of media simultaneously. l is a presentation you can control. For the Senses the simultaneous presentation of information through many forms of media that you can control. 7-10

MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS USES 1.To support internal processes - such as training. 2.To inform customers about products and services - such as interactive advertising. 3.To enhance products and services - such as ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING, which takes advantage of multimedia to publish items such as books and magazines in an electronic format rather than in the print-on-paper format associated with traditional publishing processes. For the Senses7-11

VIRTUAL REALITY Making You Feel Like You’re There l Virtual reality incorporates 3-D to give you a real-life illusion. l Virtual reality creates a simulation of a real-life situation. l In virtual reality, special input devices capture your physical movements and special output devices send physical responses back to you. For the Senses a three-dimensional computer simulation in which you actively and physically participate. 7-16

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE INTERNET l Electronic cash, which you can use to purchase products - What is it, how is it used, and what is holding up E-cash from being in wide spread use today? l The convergence of your telephone, television, computer, and cable TV service For the Internet7-20

COMMUNICATING THROUGH AND ACCESSING THE INTERNET l Internet Telephones l Cable-Ready Computers l Cable Modems l Internet PCs l All-Purpose Home Computer For the Internet7-23

THE WIRELESS REVOLUTION Virtual Connectivity l Addresses two key issues - portability (Is it easy to carry around?) and mobility (Can you work anywhere with it?) l Includes two groups of technologies: –technologies for mobilizing people (smart phones and the global positioning system) –technologies for mobilizing technology (wireless local area networks) Wireless Revolution7-28

TECHNOLOGIES FOR MOBILIZING PEOPLE l SMART PHONE - a cellular phone that also acts as a transmittal and reception station for digital page messages, messages, and faxes and also has Internet access capabilities. l GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) - a collection of 24 earth-orbiting satellites that continuously transmit radio signals you can use to determine where you are. See Figure 7.16, page 290. Wireless Revolution7-29

TECHNOLOGIES FOR MOBILIZING TECHNOLOGY l WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WIRELESS LAN) - a network that covers a limited distance in which all components or computers are connected without physical cables. Wireless Revolution7-30 See Figure 7.17, page 291

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR YOUR PERSONAL LIFE l SMART CARD - a small plastic card (about the size of a credit card) that contains a memory chip on which a sum of money can be recorded and updated. l INTELLIGENT HOME APPLIANCE - an appliance that contains an embedded IT system that controls numerous functions and is capable of making some decisions. For Your Personal Life7-31