3 posts tagged “future”
How will technology change the way we shop, learn and entertain ourselves? How will it change the way we get news, protect our privacy, connect with friends? We look ahead 10 years, and imagine a whole different world.
The Wall Street Journal looks 10 years ahead and imagines how technology will change the way we shop, learn, entertain ourselves, get news, protect our privacy and connect with friends.
The long article is structured in seven sections, each written by a different WSJ staff writer:
- How we shop
- How we play games
- How we watch movies and TV
- How we make and keep friends
- How we search online
- How we get news
- How we protect our privacy
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Software giant Microsoft unveiled some of its future technology at its fourth annual Innovation Day in Brussels on December 4.
And from virtual family organizers to tabletop touch-screens, their vision of the future sees technology move from the traditional desktop computer to become seamlessly integrated in all aspects of our lives.
One key area that's set to change, says Microsoft, is user interface. MD of Microsoft Research, Cambridge, Andrew Herbert told CNN, "Sitting at a keyboard with a screen in front of us is an old-fashioned view of computing. Technology is going to be around us, it's going to be much easier to use."
Developments in touch-screen technology have resulted in large screens that can be used by multiple people, creating table-top tools for collaboration at work. And along with touch-screens, voice recognition will make our interaction with computers much more natural.
Herbert told CNN, "Interactive surfaces are making it easier for people to use computers with gesture and touch. It will make it easy for people to collaborate together. Speech will be an important part of that, too."
"We'll think less of one person, one computer," he continued. "It'll be people working together in an environment with lots of computers that you can interact with."
Touch-screens will also play a role in the home, according to the Microsoft-funded "Living Tomorrow" project. They showed off a large electronic touch-screen family organizer integrated into the wall of a fridge, which included shopping lists and menus compiled from product bar codes, a family calendar and virtual sticky notes.
INTRODUCTION
Not that long ago the evolution of society and business was easily predictable. Reality is: times have changed dramatically and companies are looking for ways to adapt to these changes. How does your company deal with the future? What is your company’s vision, your strategy? And how will the world perceive it?
HAVE A DREAM
Imagine a platform where you can invent the future and communicate your vision. A place that reflects your corporate image. Imagine a recognisable environment for living and working. Not vague ideas, but a tangible place that reflects the trends in economics, technology and the society of the future. As an innovator, market leader or challenger you can shape the future, together with other leading companies, government authorities, media and research centres throughout the world. This is not hype; it is a realistic approach based on the realistic business models of today and of the near future. This place is simultaneously both a marketing and a communication tool. It is an interactive environment where the social effects of innovations and ideas can be measured. Imagine that this place is located in a bustling metropolis, where thousands of people meet every day. The place-to-be for inspiring events... Living Tomorrow, a place where visions meet.
LIVING AND WORKING
Living Tomorrow is a home and office of the future. Ideas and concepts on future living and working are integrated in a real-life environment such as a kitchen, a home office and a workspace. Innovative products and services confront visitors with today’s and tomorrow’s world.
SENSITIZES AND INFORMS
A guided tour takes visitors through the complex sensitizing and informing them on social, technological and economical trends and evolutions. Visitors become aware of the changes in our domestic and professional life and are confronted with the impact of these changes on their own daily life.The House and Office of the Future is a realistic and recognizable environment in which visitors find ways to improve their quality of life.
PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Living Tomorrow focuses on professionals, students and the general public. Professionals can use the complex for product presentations, conferences, meetings or business events. Participants show their technologies and innovations in a real-life environment. Living Tomorrow offers students a practical demonstration on topics they have been studying at school. The public can experience todays and tomorrow’s trends and evolutions in lifestyle, picking-up ideas and creating new needs for their own houses and work spaces. By confronting people with new products, services and concepts Living Tomorrow generates opinions, stimulates the market and provokes useful feedback.
REFLECTING TRENDS
Many trends in today’s society are reflected in this project: Ecological pressure urges us to use energy-saving technology or to recycle. The integration of ICT in B2B and B2C services increases every year. More and more people work from home. What can agent technology mean for us? What about digital convergence in a smart home? What about functional foods for healthy aging? And much more. Come and find out at Living Tomorrow!
REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS
These trends and evolutions are translated into useful applications for every-day-life solutions: recycling construction materials, smart home, kitchen of the future, home office, deliverybox, home theatre, intelligent mirror, ambient environments, biometric recognition, intelligent tags, agent technology, internet applications. All this and more is integrated in the Home and Office of the Future at Living Tomorrow.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR COMPANY?
How is your company positioned in today’s market? Is its vision one for the future and how will it be given shape? What is your company’s reputation? Is it a leader or a follower, do you care about the environment? Is there a commitment to society? Are your services focused on the customer and are your products innovative and of high quality? Is there a place for the future in your thinking? Then why not join and be part of it?
PARTICIPATE
Whether you're an innovator, a market leader or a challenger, multinational or startup company, you’re invited to participate in the Living Tomorrow 3 project. Participation offers you the opportunity to cooperate with the Living Tomorrow team and its partners, to integrate your products and services in the house and the office of the future. During the five years expo term you’re profiled in your sector. Being an official Living Tomorrow participant, you’re entitled to the exclusive and free rights of use of the Living Tomorrow complex, for inviting customers, business relations and the media on all kinds of events and guided tours. Product placement and opportunities for consumer research are at your disposal.The participation in Living Tomorrow 3 strongly supports your corporate image, and offers you a unique PR platform.
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