New and emerging technologies
- Created by: Mackie1100
- Created on: 21-12-20 20:19
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- New And Emerging Technologies
- Emerging Technologies
- Term used to describe a new technology or to refer to continuing development of an existing technology
- Or expected to be available within next 5 - 10 yrs
- Technologies which will create significant social / economic effects
- Or expected to be available within next 5 - 10 yrs
- Reliant on then in everyday lives
- Home life
- Transport
- Purchasing
- Info + Comms
- Cost of products
- Term used to describe a new technology or to refer to continuing development of an existing technology
- Smart Products
- Smart product = device linked to internet so it can share info about itself, environment and user
- Pros
- Imrpvoed appliance functionality
- Energy efficient
- Chance for new devices to be designed
- Convenient controls
- Cons
- Expensive
- Wifi fail = product fail
- Security threats
- Devices listening in to convos
- E.g. packaging that can report on location + condition of product it protects
- Manufacturing Technologies
- ET embraced by manufacturing industry at every stage / level, to create systems that are highly efficient, reliable and continually updated
- Rapid prototyping
- 3D printers
- CAD
- On screen 3D images
- CAM
- CNC machine
- Robitcs
- Assembly lines / quarantine testing
- Stock control
- Just in time manufacturing
- Quality control systems
- Pros
- Increase in quality / decrease in human error
- Cost reduction
- Redued production time
- Cons
- Limited creativity
- May contribute to global warming
- Chance of unemployment
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Refers to billions of physical devices around the world connected to internet, collecting and sharing data
- Thanks to super cheap computer chips + the ubiquity of wireless networks, its possible to turn anything into part of the IoT, e.g. planes
- Connecting these different objects and adding sensors adds a level of digital intelligence to devices that would otherwise be dumb
- Enabling to communicate real time data independently
- Making the fabric of world smarter + more responsive, merging digital + physical universe
- Pros
- Easy access to info
- Transferring data reduces money / time
- Easier comms
- Cons
- Risk leakage of confidential info
- Single loophole could bring down entire system
- Human labour need decreased
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Simulation of human intelligence processes by machine
- E.g. learning, reasoning, self correction
- E.g. Alexa, Siri, Sophia (humanoid)
- True AI can improve on past iterations, getting smarter
- E.g. Google deepmind
- Pros
- More powerful + useful computers
- Solving new problems
- Better handling of info
- Cons
- Increased cost
- Few experienced programmers
- Difficult with software development
- Simulation of human intelligence processes by machine
- Emerging Technologies
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