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Forecast ing the Futureof Ambient Intel l igence

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Jason Tester | Research Director

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2011 Ten-Year Forecast ProgramInstitute for the Future

March 24–25, 2011

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creators• DIY makers, hackers• Open hardware & hardware startups• Crowdfunding sensing• Informal & shadow economies

computationcontext

Leading-edge needs & usesIn 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

creators

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creators

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creators

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context

Leading-edge needs & usesIn 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-havers2. Problem-solvers3. Legacy assets4. 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

computationcontext

Leading-edge needs & usesIn 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 forFujitsu FLATS

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Forecast ing the Futureof Ambient Intel l igence

Technology futures research at IFTF

Jason Tester | Research Director