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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Forecasting the Future

of Ambient Intel l igence

Technology futures research at IFTF

Jason Tester | Research Director

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2011 Ten-Year Forecast Program

Institute for the Future

March 24–25, 2011

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creators

• DIY makers, hackers

• Open hardware & hardware startups

• Crowdfunding sensing

• Informal & shadow economies

computation context

Leading-edge needs & uses

In the home, at work, in

cities, around the world

• Abundant data

• Internet of things

• Age of networked matter

Forecasting the future of ambient intelligence:

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creators

• DIY makers, hackers

• Open hardware & hardware startups

• Crowdfunding sensing

• Informal & shadow economies

Forecasting the future of ambient intelligence:

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Christmas closet opened Send SMS

Help “bell” for sick relative

Motion detected

Tweet

Webcam

DIY APPLICATIONS

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creators

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creators

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creators

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context

Leading-edge needs & uses

In the home, at work, in

cities, around the world

Forecasting the future of ambient intelligence:

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context

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context

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Cities will be ‘urban crucibles’ of

ambient intelligence innovation:

1. Problem-havers

2. Problem-solvers

3. Legacy assets

4. Emerging tech

context

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context

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computation

• Abundant data

• Internet of things

• Age of networked matter

Forecasting the future of ambient intelligence:

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computation

ABUNDANT DATA THE INTERNET

OF THINGS

THE AGE OF

NETWORKED

MATTER

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computation

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computation

• Functions across scales

• Not a tripwire system

(capable of intuition)

• Uses hierarchies to

prioritize information

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creators

• DIY makers, hackers

• Open hardware & hardware startups

• Crowdfunding

• Informal & shadow economies

computation context

Leading-edge needs & uses

In the home, at work, in

cities, around the world

• Abundant data

• Internet of things

• Age of networked matter

Forecasting the future of ambient intelligence:

© 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved.

Institute for the Future for

Fujitsu FLATS

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Forecasting the Future

of Ambient Intel l igence

Technology futures research at IFTF

Jason Tester | Research Director