4. Messages with emotions Maps with icons that show peoples whereabouts Messages via Twitter Peoples whereabouts via Google Latitude 2004 2009 The future is closer than you think
12. Interoperability, Facilities Management, and BIM A 2004 NIST study1 was undertaken to estimate the efficiency losses in the U.S. capital facilities industry (i.e., commercial, institutional buildings, and industrial facilities). The study reported that the annual cost (in 2002) associated with inadequate interoperability among computer-aided design, engineering, fm and software systems was $15.8B. The study went on to report that owners and operators shoulder almost two thirds of that cost as a result of their ongoing facility operation and maintenance. These statistics are borne out in the day-to-day activities of facility managers activities From BIM to FIM
13. Specs Drawings Minutes Programmes Cost plans O+M Manuals etc Email Courier Post Fax Traditional collaboration (c. 1990s) FM
16. Some time between now and 2010, the internet is poised to reach beyond virtual space and take root in the physical world. According to many futurists, almost every object you see around you carries the possibility of being connected to the internet. This means your domestic appliances, clothes, the books on your shelves and car in the driveway may one day soon be assigned a unique IP address, just as computers and web-pages are assigned them today to enable them to talk to each other. The Internet of Everything