03/11/2009 Future Technology.

Tagged under Automation, Future technology, Technology
Posted by Len | No Comments

The US based Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has just released their 5 Technology Trends to Watch  for 2010. This is an interesting, albeit very long and detailed read for anyone who is interested in where technology is heading. This does not just cover our industry but ranges fairly wide.

The five technologies mentioned are:

1) The evolution of content: covering the obvious trend towards downloading and streaming music and moves onto the digitization of print, both newprint and books. It also covers the ideas behind the trend to ‘give away’ information and talks about the different demographics that this trend appeals to.

2) Growing the connected home: Touching on automation, remote monitoring of the home, wireless technology, entertainment and the future role of the internet.

3) The future of TV. This is a particularly interesting topic covering 3D, broadcast methods, the role of the TV as a portal to the internet, and vice-versa.  One issue we tend to overlook is once we do acheive true convergence of TV and the internet how do we search for and store such a vast choice of entertainment and information. According to this article Cisco have estimated that ‘by the year 2013 it would take more than half a million years to watch all of the online video that comes across the network on a monthly basis.’

4) Connected cars: You would be excused for believing that this relates only to in-car entertainment, but no. It covers safety, security, anti-collision platforms, remote diagnostics, internet access, traffic control etc.

5) Smart grids: Once again covering diverse items such as electric cars, smart meters etc.

This is then followed by a peek at some of the more interesting stand alone technologies in the pipeline. Great stuff.

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