Post on 09-Jan-2017
Tech Trends to Watch
Agenda
• Highlight the most successful and useful technology trends impacting librarians.
• Discuss what is just over the horizon.
• Have fun!
2400 BC – Abacus was invented300 BC – Binary number system1280 – eyeglasses1450 – Gutenberg printing press1989 – WWW is born1995 – Netscape IPO, Amazon opens, Windows951997 – PalmPilot1998 – iMac, Google search1999 – Napster2001 – iPod2002 – Roomba2003 – BlackBerry 6210, Skype, iTunes Music Store2004 – Razr, Gmail2005 – first YouTube video “Me at the Zoo.” 2006 – Facebook for general public, Wii2007 – iPhone, Netflix, Kindle, Twitter2008 – Android OS2009 – Kickstarter2010 – iPad, Wikileaks2011 – Square2012 – Google Glass2013 – Pebble Smart Watch, Edward Snowden2014 – Sony hack (The Interview), AppleWatch2015 - ?
Technology is interwoven into everything!
Deep learning - brain-inspired systems capable of translating pixels into English.
Smart virtual personal assistants - semantic and natural language processing; data mined from our calendars, email, and contact lists; and the last few minutes of our behavior to anticipate the next 10 seconds of our thinking. Amazon Echo!
“It’s like Uber for ____” – the simple app connecting drivers to passengers is now worth more than Halliburton Corporation, Aetna, General Mills, Delta Airlines, Kraft Foods, and Charles Schwab.
Oversight for algorithms - Time to discuss how to include accountability systems for algorithms.
Data privacy - people are increasingly concerned about their privacy, and they’re pointing the finger at business, not maleficent hackers.
Block chain technology – the transaction database that’s shared by everyone participating in bitcoin’s digital system.
An intellectually refreshing list of technology trends to watch for in 2015
Source: http://goo.gl/Vo338Z
Google Deep Dream
Artificial Neural Networks are doing image classification and speech recognition now.
Deep learning - brain-inspired systems capable of translating pixels into English.
Smart virtual personal assistants - semantic and natural language processing; data mined from our calendars, email, and contact lists; and the last few minutes of our behavior to anticipate the next 10 seconds of our thinking. Amazon Echo!
“It’s like Uber for ____” – the simple app connecting drivers to passengers is now worth more than Halliburton Corporation, Aetna, General Mills, Delta Airlines, Kraft Foods, and Charles Schwab.
Oversight for algorithms - Time to discuss how to include accountability systems for algorithms.
Data privacy - people are increasingly concerned about their privacy, and they’re pointing the finger at business, not maleficent hackers.
Block chain technology – the transaction database that’s shared by everyone participating in bitcoin’s digital system.
An intellectually refreshing list of technology trends to watch for in 2015
Source: http://goo.gl/Vo338Z
http://www.evolveproject.org/ceshttp://www.techlicious.com/ces-2015/
It is nice to learn about this, but it can be stretching a bit to find a place in libraries for most of these products.
Amazing!
Source: http://goo.gl/AY7bAa
Truly Mind-blowing!
There are more and
more ways to self
publish!
Mobile has won and is becoming modular!Streaming has won and vinyl still exists!
Does this matter to librarians?
Ownership vs. access• Experiences are more important than
ownership, right?
• Do e-books matter?
• Net Neutrality?
• Curation?
• Librarian role?
Images http://goo.gl/msSaF http://goo.gl/6oEYRX
Will wearable computing really take off?
Virtual Reality on your desktop!
More info: http://goo.gl/9E6RAk
Build your own!
More information: http://goo.gl/HPkmVa
Oculus Rift and Leap Motion
Read more at http://libraries.pewinternet.org/
Most of the Pew Reports state that Americans value the role of libraries in
their communities, so I predict libraries will exist well into the future. ;)
Data theft/spying will get worse before it gets
any better!
What is the librarian’s role?
Consider: LastPass and 2-step authentication at a minimumComing soon: biometrics
Image http://goo.gl/OAQhv9
https://blackphone.ch/phone/
https://www.torproject.org/
Internet of ThingsAn estimated 4.9 billion Internet-connected devices, from thermostats to slow-cookers, will
be in use in 2015, according to Gartner Inc. (source http://goo.gl/LmR7CE)
Image http://goo.gl/jTxAXJ
The Internet of Things (IoT) + IFTTT = Powerful
Amazon Echo “listens” to IFFT statements!
News alert! Makerspaces aren’t just about 3D printing!
The cool thing about Makerspaces is that you
will have a space to include interesting
technologies that are NOT even invented yet.
Perpetual Beta!
Are social networks REALLY about connecting with people? Are we presenting anything meaningful or is the general public becoming mindless automatons reposting the “news” over and over again? Are we being pulled into “like behavior?” Pretty soon we’ll have thought bubbles floating over our head and there will be no mystery to our lives.
https://ello.co/wtf/post/manifesto
THE SHARING ECONOMY
Uber/LyftZipcarBikesharingTool SharesVacations
Image: http://goo.gl/rwNGnt
http://www.livescribe.com/
Mini-computers in libraries?
Gamifying our gaming club!
Mask was 3D printed and LEDs were installed in the Innovation Lab
Circulating iLab
Drones!
Watch the Drone Demonstration at the Innovation Lab [Makerspace@SPC] -- http://goo.gl/nPHV9B
Hololens
CROWDSOURCING
www.periscope.tv
Video discovery/sharing in the library?
Why or why not?
Image: http://goo.gl/q9NFzx
Beacons use battery-friendly, low-energy Bluetooth connections to transmit messages or prompts directly to a smartphone or tablet.
Read about libraries using beacon technology: http://goo.gl/OUIUrJ
Stay informed!
Source: http://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon/
New Media ConsortiumSparking innovation, learning, and creativity!
http://www.psfk.com/
http://techcrunch.com/
http://mashable.com/
What else should be on this list?
Real-time collaborative notebook available at: http://bit.ly/NovareTech
What technologies excite you?
What should not be on this list?
What would you like to see invented?
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