Transformational Concepts

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Transformational Concepts
Everything We Didnt Realize We Needed to Know,
We Learned at CES!
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This presentation is based on ...

• attendance at the 2003 International Consumer
  Electronics Show,
• January 9-12, 2003
• by Bert Biles, Vicki Clegg,
  and Dennis Franz
• and current media reports

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Our purpose today ...

• To reflect upon the impact of technology
• On our education
• On our work
• On our lives.
• To explore the concept of Transformational
  Concepts.
• To consider the implications for higher education
  

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Scorecard for 2001-2002
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This year, we attended CES!

• International Consumer Electronics Show
• A much broader product range
• More excitement
• The same keynote speakers as COMDEX!
• A better show for our interests
• Thought-provoking presentations

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Transformational Concepts

• Mastering Technology Literacy
• Internalizing Creativity Why Learn About
  Creativity?
• Visualizing Ideas
• Digital Lifestyles and Workstyles
• Learning Digitese the language of the future
• Recognizing Transformational Forces

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Mastering Technology Literacy

• What became obvious as we walked the aisles
  at CES was the comprehensive impact that
  technology is now playing in all aspects of our
  business, professional, family, and personal
  lives.
• Technology literally is everywhere we turn. It
  impacts all aspects of our lives.
• To maximize our effectiveness, all of us need to
  be literate about technology.
• And perhaps we should be thinking about
  technology literacy as an educational issue
  impacting all K-State students

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Twenty Standards for Technology Literacy (ITEA)

• Promulgated by the International Technology
  Education Association.
• Students will develop an understanding of the
  Nature of Technology. This includes acquiring
  knowledge of
• The characteristics and scope of technology.
• The core concepts of technology.
• The relationships among technologies and the
  connections between technology and other fields.

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Twenty Standards for Technology Literacy (cont)

• Students will develop an understanding of
  Technology and Society. This includes learning
  about
• The cultural, social, economic, and political
  effects of technology.
• The effects of technology on the environment.
• The role of society in the development and use of
  technology.
• The influence of technology on history.

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Twenty Standards for Technology Literacy (cont)

• Students will develop an understanding of
  Design. This includes knowing about
• The attributes of design.
• Engineering design.
• The role of troubleshooting, research and
  development, invention and innovation, and
  experimentation in problem solving.

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Twenty Standards for Technology Literacy (cont)

• Students will develop Abilities for a
  Technological World. This includes becoming
  able to
• Apply the design process.
• Use and maintain technological products and
  systems.
• Assess the impact of products and services.

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Twenty Standards for Technology Literacy (cont)

• Students will develop an understanding of the
  Designed World. This includes selecting and
  using
• Medical technologies.
• Agricultural and related technologies.
• Energy and power technologies.
• Information and communication technologies.
• Transportation technologies.
• Manufacturing technologies.
• Construction technologies.
• Standards for Technological Literacy Content for
  the Study of Technology, Second Edition.
  Published by the International Technology
  Education Association and its Technology for
  All Americans Project,
  supported by grants
  from NSF and NASA. 2002.

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Twenty Standards for Technology Literacy (cont)

• Promulgated by the International Technology
  Education Association.
• Standards for Technological Literacy Content for
  the Study of Technology, Second Edition.
  Published by the International Technology
  Education Association and its Technology for All
  Americans Project, supported by grants from NSF
  and NASA. 2002.
• Websites
• http//www.iteawww.org
• http//www.iteawww.org/TAA/AETLstds.htm

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Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge
1996

• All teachers in the nation will have the training
  and support they need to help students learn
  using computers and the information superhighway.
• All teachers and students will have modern
  multimedia computers in their classrooms.
• Every classroom will be connected to the
  information superhighway.
• Effective software and online learning resources
  can increase students learning opportunities,
  but they must be high quality, engaging, and
  directly related to the schools curriculum.
• Getting Americas Students Ready for the 21st
  Century Meeting the Technology Literacy
  Challenge June, 1996

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Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge
1996

• References
• Getting Americas Students Ready for the 21st
  Century Meeting the Technology Literacy
  Challenge June, 1996
• Websites
• http//www.ed.gov/Technology/Plan/NatTechPlan
• http//www.ed.gov/Technology/Plan/NatTechPlan/exec
  sum.html

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Generic Skills for Information Technology
Literacy

• A reasonably accurate model of connectivity.
• An understanding of basic logical and programming
  concepts.
• Understand the ways data can be structured.
• Understand the behavior of generic information
  tools.
• Understand the implications of digital media.
• Know the basic ways computer interfaces permit
  users to interact with computer programs.
• Focus on Generic Skills for Information
  Technology Literacy. Anderson and Bikson. The
  Rand Corporation. 2001.

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Generic Skills for Information Technology
Literacy

• References
• Focus on Generic Skills for Information
  Technology Literacy. Anderson and Bikson.
  The Rand Corporation. 2001.
• Website http//www.rand.org/publications/P/P8018

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Center for Technology Literacy

• College of Technology at the University of
  Houston, TX. http//www.texastechnology.com/CTL/ct
  l.htm
• Mission Statement
  To
  enhance the understanding of technology activity
  in individuals and organizations and to conduct
  research on the development of a technologically
  literate citizenry. The CTL will serve as a
  research center for examining the issues and
  practices related to the development of a
  technologically literate society. Little
  emphasis has been placed on the processes and
  problems associated with the prolific deployment
  of technology and a resultant dependency on
  technology. Additionally, little research has
  been conducted on how these processes can be
  optimized to lead to an overall and sustainable
  improvement in the quality of life of individuals
  and societies.

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TLC 321 Intro to Technology, Literacy, and
Culture

• The core course in the Technology, Literacy,
  and Culture interdisciplinary concentration in
  the College of Liberal Arts at the University of
  Texas.
• The course is an introduction to some of the
  issues surrounding the interplay of technology,
  culture, and literacy.
• Website
• http//tlcserv.lah.utexas.edu/smag/syllabus/

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Internalizing Creativity Why Learn
about Creativity?

• Trade shows like CES that showcase new products
  provide ample testimony to the second point made
  by Buffalo States Center for Studies in
  Creativity namely, that generating new ideas
  and bringing them to market is now seen as the
  central task of corporate management.
• Perhaps we should consider ways to help K-State
  students develop their creative problem solving
  abilities which might improve their competitive
  position in the job market.

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Why study creativity?

• The International Center for Studies in
  Creativity at Buffalo State College/State
  University of New York is one of the seminal
  institutions in the study of creative problem
  solving. The Center offers these twelve reasons
  for studying creativity
• Develop Your Potential Beyond the Boundaries of
  Intelligence. Expand on your abilities. Develop
  all of your potential!
• Rapid Growth of Competition in Business and
  Industry. In a world of increasing complexity,
  change, and competition, generating new ideas and
  bringing them to market is now seen as the
  central task of corporate management. Successful
  businesses are the ones that instill creativity
  throughout the organization

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Why study creativity? (cont)

• Effective Use of Human Resources. Creativity
  is a human resource which exists in all
  organizations. To survive in today's economy, it
  is imperative for an organization to nurture
  the creative potential of its human resources.
• Discover New and Better Ways to Solve Problems.
  More and more, the problems you face are complex
  and open-ended. Knowledge alone isn't enough to
  reach innovative solutions. Creative thinking
  skills are required.
• Development of Society. Creativity is a central
  factor in our ability to continue to adapt to the
  changing environment. If a nation actively seeks
  to nurture creativity, it will play a part in
  making history.

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Why study creativity? (cont)

• Builds on the Nature of Knowledge. Creativity
  skills can assist an individual in enhancing his
  or her knowledge base. Without creative
  thinking, an individual is condemned to stay
  within the knowledge base as it is given.
• Natural Human Phenomenon. Creativity is very
  democratic! Everyone has some, but to varying
  levels and degrees. Furthermore, we know this
  ability can be enhanced.
• Important Aspect of Mental Health. Individuals
  who are capable of incorporating creativity into
  their lives can enjoy the experience of
  discovering, developing, and utilizing their many
  talents. Skills relevant to creativity are also
  useful in coping with life's challenges
  Creative thinking
  is a critical life skill.

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Why study creativity? (cont)

• Growing Body of Interest. There is a growing
  body of literature that represents impressive
  progress in understanding the nature of
  creativity. Moreover, there have been a large
  number of national and international conferences
  on creativity for more than 50 years.
• Builds on All Disciplines. Creativity is in all
  fields from chemistry to engineering, education
  to computer science, sociology to business.
• from the website of the International Center
  for Studies in Creativity, Buffalo State
  College/SUNY
• http//www.buffalostate.edu/centers/creativity/
• http//www.buffalostate.edu/centers/creativity/Gen
  eral/Why_study.html

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The Patent Scoreboard 2003

• Created by Technology Review magazine and CHI
  Research, it is an industry-by-industry
  ranking of corporate patent portfolios.
• Current-Impact Index
  This measure showcases the
  broader significance of a companys patents by
  examining how often its U.S. patents from the
  previous five years are cited as prior art in the
  current years batch of patents. A value of 1.0
  represents the average citation frequency, so,
  for example, a value of 1.4 would indicate a
  companys patents were cited 40 percent more
  often than the average.
• Technology Review magazine, May, 2003,
  page.58-63. MITs Magazine of Innovation.

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Aerospace

1. Northrop Grumman (U.S.) 0.91
2. Lockheed Martin (U.S.) 1.10
3. United Technologies (U.S.) 0.81
4. Boeing (U.S.) 0.71
5. Rockwell Automation (U.S.) 1.06
6. Rockwell Collins (U.S.) 1.10
7. BAE Systems (U.K.) 0.70
8. Thales (France) 0.70
9. EADS (Netherlands) 0.55
10. Textron (U.S.) 0.78
11. GKN (U.K.) 0.65
12. General Dynamics (U.S.) 0.95

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Automotive

1. Delphi Automotive Sys (U.S.) 1.38
2. Honda (Japan) 1.04
3. Bosch (Germany) 0.84
4. Denso (Japan) 1.13
5. Toyota Motor (Japan) 1.42
6. Ford Motor (U.S.) 1.18
7. DaimlerChrysler (Germany) 0.93
8. General Motors (U.S.) 1.18
9. Nissan Motor (Japan) 1.32
10. Yazaki (Japan) 0.82
11. TRW (U.S.) 1.37
12. Magma International (Canada) 2.33

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Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical

1. Maxygen (U.S.) 12.39
2. Caliper Technologies (U.S.) 8.09
3. Symyx Technologies (U.S.) 6.21
4. Diversa (U.S.) 14.43
5. Pfizer (U.S.) 0.66
6. Affymetrix (U.S.) 3.37
7. Guilford Pharmaceuticals (U.S.) 4.15
8. GlaxoSmithKline (U.K.) 0.48
9. Aventis (France) 0.39
10. Merck (U.S.) 0.49
11. Pharmacia (U.S.) 0.58
12. F. Hoffmann-La Roche (Swiss) 0.48

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Chemical

1. 3M (U.S.) 1.28
2. Procter and Gamble (U.S.) 1.32
3. BASF (Germany) 0.48
4. Bayer (Germany) 0.48
5. Bridgestone (Japan) 1.17
6. DuPont (U.S.) 0.55
7. Cabot (U.S.) 3.30
8. Shin-Etsu Chemical (Japan) 0.78
9. Dow Chemical (U.S.) 0.75
10. Goodyear Tire and Rubber (U.S.) 0.79
11. Henkel (Germany) 1.02
12. E.ON Energie (Germany) 0.56

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Computer

1. IBM (U.S.) 1.70
2. Hewlett-Packard (U.S.) 1.61
3. NEC (Japan) 0.95
4. Fujitsu (Japan) 1.17
5. Microsoft (U.S.) 2.69
6. Sun Microsystems (U.S.) 2.10
7. Xerox (U.S.) 1.23
8. Cisco Systems (U.S.) 3.42
9. Seiko Epson (Japan) 1.19
10. Hon Hai (Taiwan) 1.71
11. Seagate Technology (U.S.) 1.44
12. 3Com (U.S.) 2.40

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Electrical/electronics

1. Hitachi (Japan) 1.27
2. Canon (Japan) 0.95
3. General Electric (U.S.) 1.09
4. Matsushita Electric (Japan) 0.98
5. Toshiba (Japan) 1.21
6. Mitsubishi Electric (Japan) 1.09
7. Sony (Japan) 0.97
8. Samsung (South Korea) 0.95
9. Koninkliijke Philips Elec (Neth) 0.97
10. Siemens (Germany) 0.90
11. Sharp (Japan) 1.11
12. Eastman Kodak (U.S.) 0.79

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Semiconductor

1. Micron Technology (U.S.) 2.13
2. Advanced Micro Devices (U.S.) 1.73
3. Intel (U.S.) 1.74
4. Applied Materials (U.S.) 2.58
5. Texas Instruments (U.S.) 1.42
6. Semiconductor Energy lab (Jp) 3.32
7. Taiwan Semiconductor (Taiwan) 1.77
8. Hynix Semiconductor (S Korea) 1.00
9. LSI Logic (U.S.) 1.82
10. Infineon Technologies (Ger) 0.98
11. STMicroelectronics (France) 0.86
12. Chartered Semiconductor (Sing) 2.57

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Telecommunications

1. Ericsson (Sweden) 1.56
2. Motorola (U.S.) 1.44
3. Lucent Technologies (U.S.) 1.50
4. Nokia (Finland) 1.90
5. Nortel Networks (Canada) 1.79
6. Qualcomm (U.S.) 3.11
7. ATT (U.S.) 2.12
8. Alcatel (France) 1.12
9. Agere Systems (U.S.) 1.03
10. JDS Uniphase (U.S.) 2.22
11. Verizon Communications (U.S.) 3.69
12. WorldCom (U.S.) 2.74

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Four Tools for Visualizing Ideas

• Inspiration brainstorming software.
• According to the company, the software employs
  proven techniques of visual learning to support
  improved achievement for computer-literate
  students. Inspiration strengthens critical
  thinking, comprehension, and writing across the
  curriculum in language arts, science, social
  studies, and anytime students need to structure
  their thinking.
• Inspiration's integrated diagramming and
  outlining environments work together to help
  students comprehend concepts and information.
  Educators use Inspiration to customize
  instruction, achieve standards, assess student
  progress, and energize learning.

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Four Tools for Visualizing Ideas

• Inspiration brainstorming software.
• References
• Websites
• http//www.inspiration.com/
• http//www.inspiration.com/freetrial/index.cfm?fus
  eactionform.insp

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Four Tools for Visualizing Ideas

• Microsoft Visio software
• Visio software is a drag and drop graphics
  tool for easily creating various types of
  diagrams that can be exported to other programs
  (e.g., Word and PowerPoint) or to a website.
• Website http//www.microsoft.com/office/visio/de
  fault.asp

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Four Tools for Visualizing Ideas

• Microsoft Visio software includes templates
  for creating

Block diagrams Building plans (with automatic
dimensioning) Databases Electrical engg
diagrams Flowcharts Forms and charts Mechanical
engg diagrams
Maps Network diagrams Organizational
charts Process engineering diagrams Project
schedules Software diagrams Website diagrams
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Four Tools for Visualizing Ideas

• Star Tree software
• Star Tree software is a one of a series of
  information/visualization software tools from
  Inxight Software, Inc a spin-off company from
  Xerox and its famed Palo Alto Research Center
  (PARC).
• The Star Tree metaphor wraps its linked
  elements around a sphere, allowing the visual
  presentation of a relational tree structure with
  unlimited expansion possibilities.
• Star Tree software facilitates the creation and
  use of navigational tree structures for websites,
  databases, and other information forms.

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Four Tools for Visualizing Ideas

• Star Tree software
• Websites
• http//www.inxight.com/products/vizserver/
• http//www.inxight.com/products/stsv.php

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Four Tools for Visualizing Ideas

• BrainEKP software
• The BrainEKP software from TheBrain Technologies
  Corporation is a package for organizing and
  displaying relational information.
• The BrainEKP software can be used to structure
  create knowledge bases, create and organize
  business processes, provide data access, and
  illustrate relationships.
• Websites
• http//www.thebrain.com/Default.htm
• http//www.thebrain.com/BrainEKPtour/default.htm
  click on the Start the BrainEKP Tour.

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Digital Lifestyles and Workstyles
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Learning Digitese

• Is digitese the language of the future?
• In watching contemporaries go through medical
  school at the KU Med Center, I was struck by
  what a large component of their initial medical
  education was devoted to learning the
  vocabulary of medicine.
• Of the ten product categories on the preceding
  slide, only the personal computer seems to
  require that you actually know how it works as a
  prerequisite for its use.

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Learning Digitese

• Here are three Internet tools that can help
• www.WhatIs.com is an Internet answer tool
  designed to answer the question What is
  __________? about topics related to computers
  and the Internet.
• www.webopedia.com is an Internet-based, special
  purpose encyclopedia that similarly focuses on
  topics related to computers and the Internet.
• www.GuruNet.com is an Internet-based reference
  tool accessed from a slide-out bar that is
  constantly available on your screen.
  Highly recommended and its free!
  http//www.gurunet.com/freedownload.html

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Recognizing Transformational Forces

• At CES, one of the messages heard over and over
  was Our particular technology is going to
  change your life!
• The question is Which technologies actually
  WILL change our lives?
• We all can identify technologies that have been
  transformational forces in the past.
• And after looking at the past, well look to the
  future

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Transformational forces

• Rotary printing press (1846)
• Sewing machine (1851)
• Dynamite (1866)
• Phonograph (1877)
• Shift-key typewriter (1878)
• Incandescent lamp (1879)
• Type-setting machine (1886)
• Punched card tabulating system (1890)
• X-ray (1895)

• Rocket (1000 AD)
• Movable type printing press (1455)
• Steam engine (1769)
• Hot air balloon (1783)
• Cotton gin (1794)
• Electrical battery (1799)
• Portland cement (1824)
• Steam railroad (1830)
• Combine (1831)
• Cast steel plow (1837)
• Practical telegraphy (1838)

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Transformational forces

• DDT DichloroDiphenyl- Trichloroethane (1939)
• Penicillin (1941)
• Commercial broadcast television (1945)
• Transistor (1948)
• Color television (1954)
• Stereophonic recordings (1957)
• Sputnik (October 4, 1957)
• Xerox office copier (1958)
• Integrated circuit (1958)

• Transatlantic wireless telegraphy (1901)
• Air conditioning (1902)
• Airplane (1903)
• Alternating current NY, NH Hartford Railroad
  (1907)
• Model T automobile and assembly line (1914)
• Commercial broadcast radio KDKA (1920)
• Nylon (1935)
• Radar (1935)
• Electric typewriter (1935)

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Transformational forces

• Cellular telephone service (1978)
• IBM personal computer (August 12, 1981)
• Compact Disk (CD) (1983)
• Digital Micromirror Device (1987)
• Internet (NSFnet) (1988)
• NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS)
  (1989-94)
• Graphical Internet browser (1994)
• DVD players (1997)

• Laser (1960)
• United States' Mercury manned space flight (May
  5, 1961)
• Geographic Information System technology (Canada
  GIS) (1963)
• Intelsat communications satellite (1965)
• United States Apollo 11 moon landing
  (July 20, 1969)
• Apple II personal computer (1977)

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So what did we see at CES?

• We saw miles of aisles of everything from
  tiny memory devices you can carry in your
  pocket
• To it actually includes everything telephones,
  PDAs, and pocket computers
• We saw things that you can buy today
• And things that you may never be able to afford!
• And among the many products and ideas that
  dazzled us, here are 12 of the best

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Wireless networks

• Wireless networks so-called 802.11x was
  everywhere!
• K-State is expanding its wireless networks
• Will this result in ubiquitous computing?
• What will be the impact of public hot spots?
• Cisco Systems just announced an agreement to
  acquire privately-held Linksys Group, the leading
  provider of wired and wireless network products
  for consumers and small businesses.
• The market 3.7 billion in 2002 projected at
  7.5 billion in 2008 worldwide.

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Cellular telephones with

• Color digital camera and picture transmission
• Text messaging
• MP3 capability
• FM radio
• Audio recording
• Internet browsing, and
• The latest Seamless switching between GPRS
  (General Packet Radio Service) public cell
  telephone carrier networks and 802.11x wireless
  computer networks
  ( a work in progress at Nokia)

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Nokia 3650
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Digital video cameras and non-linear video
editing

• Better MiniDV and other digital format cameras
• Next-generation non-linear video editing software
  that takes advantage of 3.0GHz Pentium 4
  processors featuring Hyper-Threading
• More sophisticated, less expensive combination
  DVD-R/DVDR burners
• Panasonic has just announced a prototype solid
  state, broadcast quality camcorder
• Small PCMCIA cards that can be inserted into a
  notebook or workstation and edited with your
  choice of software.
• A solid-state camcorder with NO MOVING PARTS.
  Revolutionary!

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DVD recorders and players

• According to 2001 CEA market research, DVD
  players reached the 25 percent market
  penetration faster than any product in consumer
  electronics history.
• DVD began as a technology and not as a product.
• DVD technology agreement (August 25, 1995)
• Technical specifications published (1996)
• DVD players hit US market (March, 1997)
• More sophisticated, less expensive combination
  DVD-R/DVDR burners (2002)
• Nine major CE companies announce establishment of
  basic specs for HDTV-capable Blu-ray DVD
  (2002)

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High-Definition broadcast TV

• Highly detailed, you are there quality in 16 x
  9 format
• Live sports broadcasting in High-Definition
  format will be the big deal in 2003 evening
  programs simulcast in regular and High-Definition
  format.
• The ABC Television Network broadcast the National
  Football League (NFL) playoff games and the Super
  Bowl in January of 03 in High-Definition format.
  ABC also plans HDTV coverage this spring of the
  National Basketball Association (NBA) finals
  (June 4-18), and the Stanley Cup playoffs (May
  31-June 9).

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Second-generation DLP TV monitors
and projectors

• Texas Instruments demonstrated its
  second-generation Digital Light Processing (DLP)
  technology in 40-to-60 flat-screen television
  monitors and a new digital theatre projection
  system called DLP Cinema.
• At the core of the DLP technology is the Digital
  Micromirror Device, invented by Dr. Larry
  Hornbeck of Texas Instruments in 1987.
• Website http//www.dlp.com/default.asp?bhcp1
  for demo, click on What is DLP technology?

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Tablet PCs

• Provide wireless, portable, pen input drawing,
  handwriting recognition ubiquitous computing
• All run Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition
• Most use an Intel PIII-M processor HP/Compaq
  uses the Transmeta Crusoe 5800 processor
• Current manufacturers
• Acer TravelMate C102Ti
• Toshiba America Portégé 3500
• HP/Compaq TC1000
• Motion/Gateway M1200
• Fujitsu PC Stylistic St4110
• ViewSonic Tablet PC V1100

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Tablet PCs

• iTAC Reference Webpage
• http//main.itac.ksu.edu/training/mobilecomputing
  /tablet_pcs.htm

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Consumer GPS

• Global Positioning System (GPS) technology
• Brought online in 1989 completed in 1994
• 24 satellites provide 3D position information
• In-car GPS navigation systems
• Pocket GPS navigation units
• 2003 Best of CES
  Finalist PDA, Handheld,
  Mobile Wireless Garmin,
  iQue 3600, 589.99
• The first PDA to include integrated GPS
  technology
• Includes voice-guidance, MP3 player, voice
  recorder

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Website http//www.garmin.com/products/iQue3600/

Garmin iQue 3600
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Portable audio/MP3 player

• 2003 Best of CES Winner Portable Audio
  Samsung, YP-900, 399.00
• MP3 and WMA compatible
• 10GB hard drive for storing music and other files
  
• USB 2.0
• PC-less, on-the-fly MP3 encoding
• Voice recorder
• FM transmitter for wireless playback on open FM
  frequency to home or car stereo
• These devices are changing the recorded music
  landscape

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Samsung YP-900
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Satellite-based radio

• Delivers 100 channels of digital-quality music,
  sports, news, and entertainment
• Two competing subscription services
• XM Satellite Radio 9.99 per month
• SIRIUS satellite entertainment service 12.95
  per month
• Will satellite-based radio replace terrestrial AM
  and FM radio?

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Website http//www.delphi.com/electronics/skyfi/

SKYFi Satellite Radio
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Home satellite systems

• Direct home satellite systems are important
  because they may provide HDTV service before
  digital cable can provide it the only source of
  HDTV for rural areas the only current source for
  providing rural broadband Internet connectivity
• Direct home satellite is making inroads on
  providing local broadcast television coverage
• With the purchase of America's DirecTV network,
  Rupert Murdoch has been confirmed as TV's most
  powerful man in the world with the capacity to
  reach more than 110 million viewers across four
  continents.
  MediaGuardian.co.uk
  April 13, 2003

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Sony Entertainment Robot

• Sony SDR-4X II entertainment robot
• A fully-articulated, 35 high biped robot
• Walks, dances, sings, talks, listens, shows
  emotion
• Demonstrated by Mr. Kunitake Ando during his CES
  keynote address
• President and COO, Sony Corporation
• Websites
• http//www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/200303/03-
  0324E/
• http//www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/coolgear/av/story/
  0,2000023510,20273167,00.htm

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Sony Entertainment Robot
Sony SDR-4X II entertainment robot
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Roomba FloorVac

• Roomba FloorVac
  an intelligent home
  appliance
  from the
  iRobot Corporation
• Winner, Last Gadget Standing Presentation and
  Poll at 2003 CES
• Rodney A. Brooks
• Chairman and CTO, iRobot Corporation
• Director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence
  Laboratory, and the Fujitsu Professor of Computer
  Science at MIT
• Author of Flesh and Machines, (Pantheon, 2002)

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Roomba FloorVac

• Roomba FloorVac
  an intelligent home
  appliance
  from the
  iRobot Corporation
• Winner, Last Gadget Standing Presentation and
  Poll at 2003 CES
• Founding members of iRobot Corporation
• Helen Greiner
  Co-founder and President
• Colin Angle
  Co-founder and Chief
  Executive Officer
• Professor Rodney A. Brooks
  Co-founder, Chairman and Chief
  Technology Officer

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iRobot Corporation

• Helen GreinerCo-founder and PresidentUnder Ms.
  Greiner's leadership, iRobot Corporation is
  delivering robots into the industrial, consumer,
  academic, and military markets. Recently, she has
  been honored as a Technology Review Magazine
  "Innovator for the Next Century," invited to the
  World Economic Forums as a Global Leader of
  Tomorrow, and has been awarded the prestigious
  DEMO God Award at the DEMO Conference. Her 15
  years of experience in robotic technology
  includes work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  and MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. She
  holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an
  M.S. in Computer Science, both from MIT.

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iRobot Corporation

• Colin AngleCo-founder and Chief Executive
  OfficerMr. Angle guides the strategic direction
  of the company. Mr. Angle is a true pioneer in
  the field of mobile robots, designing the
  behavior controlled rovers for NASA that led to
  the Sojourner exploring Mars in 1997. But more
  importantly Mr. Angle has pioneered business
  models and relationships responsible for the
  introduction of multiple commercially viable
  robotic products in commercial and consumer
  markets. Mr. Angle holds a B.S. in Electrical
  Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science, both
  from MIT.

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iRobot Corporation

• Professor Rodney A. BrooksCo-founder, Chairman
  and Chief Technology
  OfficerProf. Brooks is the principal architect
  of iRobot innovative proprietary software
  technology. He is also the Fujitsu Professor of
  Computer Science at MIT and the Director of the
  MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His
  principal fields of interest are robotics,
  computer vision, and artificial intelligence. Dr.
  Brooks is a noted authority on Artificial
  Intelligence and is frequently profiled and
  quoted in articles and news stories and is the
  author of Flesh and Machines, (Pantheon, 2002)

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Roomba FloorVac

• Websites
• http//www.roombavac.com/
• http//www.irobot.com/home/default.asp
• http//www.irobot.com/corp/default.asp
• http//www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375
  420797/103-5112525-8975869?viglance

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Which of these will be Transformational Forces?
What is your opinion?