Computers That Recognize What They Se...
Since the early days of computing, robotics and artificial intelligence research has focused on developing machines...
50 Billion Internet Devices by 2020
The World Wide Web has transformed our lives in amazing ways. For consumers, however, most of that impact involves...
Digitization Enables the Deep Transfo...
As explained in prior issues, the United States now stands at the beginning of the Deployment phase of the fifth...
The New World of Digital Fabrication
Digital fabrication makes it possible to go from a digital design in a computer to a physical, manufactured product in...
Robots Adopt Human-Like Anatomy
published on: Nov 7, 2011
Despite decades of development, robots have remained essentially programmable industrial machines full of motors, gears, wheels, and pulleys. While...
The Service Robot Ecosystem Evolves
published on: Oct 7, 2011
Around the world, research and development of service robots continues at a rapid pace. The relentless progress of Moore's law is bringing us ever...
The "Big Data" Revolution
published on: Oct 7, 2011
The explosion of detailed transaction information captured by enterprises, coupled with the rise of multimedia, social media, and the "Internet of...
The Internet Grows More Dangerous
published on: Aug 5, 2011
Even as companies large and small work to stem the tide of cybercrime, the situation has gotten worse rather than better. Why is this the case? What...
The Network of Everything
published on: Jul 7, 2011
It's hard to remember what the world was like, just 18 years ago, when Tim Berners-Lee conceived the World Wide Web, HTML, and the first primitive...
Quantum Computing Begins to Emerge
published on: Jul 7, 2011
Roughly 50 years ago, legendary quantum physicist Richard Feynman formulated the theoretical principles upon which a quantum computer could be built....
Defending Your Reputation
published on: Jun 6, 2011
Throughout history, maintaining one’s “good name” has been crucial. Fortunately, until the 21st century, information traveled slowly and only...
The Challenge of "Media-Addicted" Consumers, ...
published on: Jun 6, 2011
For the past decade, the Trends editors have been examining the ways in which the Millennial Generation is being shaped by its constant access to...
Predictive Analytics
published on: May 11, 2011
Information technology is the primary driving force behind the current surge in productivity. To this point, it's primarily been used to automate...
The Fifth Techno-Economic Revolution
published on: Apr 15, 2011
Despite the assertions of some commentators, the pace of innovation has remained strong and even accelerated in recent years. Admittedly, the full...
Augment Your Reality
published on: Apr 6, 2011
We’re in the midst of an explosion of new interfaces driven largely by the demands of the “connected generation.” One of the most promising is...
The Enormous Opportunity in Near-Field Commun...
published on: Mar 15, 2011
A new and emerging communications technology called Near-Field Communication is about to upend the established order in consumer electronics and...
Computer Consciousness and the Singularity
published on: Mar 15, 2011
Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and computing are making computers dramatically more powerful. Not only can they beat the world's...
Building the Faster and More Reliable Interne...
published on: Jan 15, 2011
With modern business and society relying so heavily on the Internet, a number of efforts are underway to eliminate looming problems that will limit...
The Dawn of Optical Computing
published on: Jan 15, 2011
Since its beginnings in the 1940s, computing has been all about smaller logic switches and higher electrical frequencies. Tubes were replaced by...
Newspapers and the New Technology
published on: Dec 15, 2010
Newspapers are synonymous with the term "old media." With a large proportion of the nations' newspaper publishers in bankruptcy and all but a few in...