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Trends and Signals — Technological


Hybrid Technologies: Powerful new platforms are beginning to emerge through the hybridization of two or more technologies or media, such as Internet TV, portable video, or mobile messaging, creating new possibilities to modify and extend media in new ways.

Network as Platform: The second major wave of technology innovation on the Web, known as Web 2.0, positioned the network as the primary platform for computing. This is pushing media with it out onto the so-called “cloud,” making locally stored and played media more and more irrelevant.

Atoms to Bits: More and more content is being converted from both physical or non-digital formats to digital ones for easier distribution online.

Data Traffic Crunch: Numerous forecasts show demand for digital media, coupled with the massive amounts of storage required to host both professional and DIY content, may drive us toward a bandwidth crunch in coming years.

Portability and Mobility: Mobile devices are permeating more and more areas of our lives, strongly shaping the consumption and communication behaviors of society, changing how we interact with location and each other.

Signals




Giant Studios' Performance Capture Technology Crosses the "Uncanny Valley"
http://www.giantstudios.com/about.html(external link)

Honda's Asimo Robot Conducts Detroit Symphony Orchestra
http://world.honda.com/news/2008/c080423ASIMO/(external link)

Eric Schmidt "Every 2 Days We Create As Much Information As We Did Up to 2003"
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/schmidt-data/(external link)

"Disruptions of Progress " Mechanical Engineering Magazine Nov 2005
http://www.memagazine.org/contents/current/features/disruption/disruption.html(external link)

Cisco Taps in to Toronto Expertise
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/cisco-taps-in-to-toronto-expertise/article1686721/(external link)

Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Isual Networking Index - Cisco Systems

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-520862.html(external link)

Cisco VNI Allows Users to View Projected Net Traffic Through 2014
http://ciscovni.com/vni_forecast/(external link)

Future Technology Predictions | High Tech Future Technologies and Scenarios
http://www.futureforall.org/future-technology-predictions.html(external link)

Immersive Future Media Technologies Sensory Experience by Dr. Christian Timmerer
http://www.mobimedia.org/keynote.php(external link)

Japanese Researchers Invent Holograms You Can Touch http://www.switched.com/2010/07/27/japanese-researchers-invent-holograms-you-can-touch/(external link)

Rand Global Technology Revolution
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR303.pdf(external link)

RIP Flip Video Camera Roll-Up Computers and Their Kin
http://www.businessinsider.com/cisco-kills-the-flip-2011-4(external link)

Tech Talk Podcast Digi-Novels and Dating
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/tech-talk-podcast-digi-novels-and-dating/?nl=technology&emc=cta4(external link)

We Must Stop the Avalanche of Low-Quality Research
http://chronicle.com/article/We-Must-Stop-the-Avalanche-of/65890/(external link)

R D Spending Falls for Third Straight Year
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rd-spending-falls-for-third-straight-year/article1830624/(external link)

A Machine That Teaches Itself
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/science/05compute.html(external link)

3 Sensor Data Platforms to Watch
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/3_sensor_data_platforms_to_watch.php(external link)

360 Virtual Ventures "Virtusphere" Brings Holodeck a Step Closer
http://www.360virtualventures.com/(external link)

Everyone Accessing Everything Schmidt On Auto-Translation
http://allthingsd.com/20100628/qotd-311/(external link)

Firefox Add-On Allows Easy Hacking of Facebook Accounts
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/firefox-add-on-allows-easy-hacking-of-facebook-accounts/article1776003/(external link)

Fwd Personal Tech Paper Computers Google Teams Up With Cia Invests in Analytics Firm
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/next-up-in-technology-paper-computers/?nl=technology&emc=cta5(external link)

Coming Data Explosion Bigger Than Moore's Law
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_coming_data_explosion.php(external link)

How Ford's Sync Technology Will Turn It Into America's Most Surprising Consumer Electronics Company
http://www.fastcompany.com/welcome.html?destination=http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/144/fords-big-reveal.html(external link)

It Conversations Kevin Kelly On What Technology Wants Next Media Research
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73329761(external link)

Graphics Ability is the New Goal for Chip Makers
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/technology/04chip.html(external link)

Ten Tech-Enabled Business Trends to Watch
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Clouds_big_data_and_smart_assets_Ten_tech-enabled_business_trends_to_watch_2647(external link)

The Future of Media by Blogger Chris Brogan
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/futureofmedia/(external link)

The Machine Age Peter Norvig
http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_machine_age_tM7xPAv4pI4JslK0M1JtxI(external link)

2010 Horizon Report the K12 Edition Covers Flexdisplays
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon-k12-2010/(external link)

A Toronto Success Story — Gesturetek and OCAD University
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/ontario_innovates/gesturetek.asp(external link)

Build Your Own World — San Jose Biennial
http://01sj.org/(external link)

Digital Home Website Covers Convergence in Canada
http://www.digitalhome.ca/(external link)

Federated ID: OpenID and OAuth — A Web Authentication Primer
http://danielmiessler.com/blog/federated-id-openid-and-oauth-a-web-authentication-primer(external link)

Makerbot Prints Another Makerbot: The Circle is Complete
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/08/makerbot-prints-another-makerbot-the-circle-is-complete/(external link)

A Fight to Win the Future — Computers vs. Humans
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/science/15essay.html(external link)

Quickies. Intelligent Sticky Notes
http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/quickies/(external link)

Sony Bean Bag Delivers Web Widgets
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/technology/personaltech/15pogue.html(external link)

Thoughts On Flash — Steve Jobs — April 2010
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/(external link)

Tim O'Reilly on the Future of Open Data
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/it-conversations/id73329761(external link)

Timeline of Events Related to the Deep Web
http://papergirls.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/timeline-deep-web/(external link)

Why Microsoft's Vision of 2019 Just Doesn't Cut the Mustard
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/why-microsofts-vision-2019-just-doesnt-cut-mustard(external link)