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Brian Pichman | Evolve Project
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Future Tech Trends
There is always new and exciting technology coming out each year. Join Brian Pichman of the Evolve Project as he highlights this year’s most significant
technology trends and what it means for 2021. What changes are on the horizon? What is going to be the most exciting new technology coming out?
Thinking about holiday gifts? This is the session for you!

Evolve Project | Brian Pichman
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Gartner Hype Cycle

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Tech moves through these five phases
Hype Cycle
A potential technology
breakthrough kicks
things off. Early proof-
of-concept stories and
media interest trigger
significant publicity.
Often no usable
products exist and
commercial viability is
unproven.
Innovation
Trigger
Peak of
Inflated
Expectations
Early publicity
produces a number of
success stories — often
accompanied by scores
of failures. Some
companies take action;
many do not.
Trough of
Disillusionment
Interest wanes as
experiments and
implementations fail to
deliver. Producers of
the technology shake
out or fail. Investments
continue only if the
surviving providers
improve their products
to the satisfaction of
early adopters.
Slope of
Enlightenment
More instances of how
the technology can
benefit start to
become more widely
understood. Next
generation products
appear. More
enterprises fund pilots;
conservative
companies remain
cautious.
Plateau of
Productivity
Mainstream adoption
starts to take off.
Criteria for assessing
provider viability are
more clearly defined.
The technology's
broad market
applicability and
relevance are clearly
paying off.
SOURCE: https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/gartner-hype-cycle

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As we improve the way sensors read and obtain data, autonomous
robotics like delivery cargo drones will become more of a reality.
This will also lead to more advance technologies within the IoT
framework, collecting more data than ever
Better Sensors = Better Automation and Robotics
Emerging Technology Trends
Sensing and Mobility
The AR Cloud is a real-time 3D (or spatial) map of the world,
overlayed onto the real world. It enables information and
experiences to be augmented, shared, and tied to specific physical
locations to occur and persist across apps and devices

Autonomous Driving
Autonomous driving Level 4 describes vehicles that can operate without human interaction in most, but not all, conditions and locations and will likely operate in geofenced areas.
Autonomous driving Level 5 labels vehicles operating autonomously in all situations and conditions, and controlling all tasks.

Waymo transported 6,299 passengers in
self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans in its
first month participating in a robotaxi pilot
program in California, according to
a quarterly report the company filed with
the California Public Utilities Commission.

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With improved reliability of biochips and emotion AI are being
developed to improve the human body. For example, prosthetics that
improve strength to “super-human” strength or robotic skin that is
sensitive to the touch.
The intent is to provide a more more seamless experience that
improves the health, intelligence and strength of humans
Better Sensors and Better Intelligence
Augmented Humans
Human augmentation conjures up visions of
futuristic cyborgs, but humans have been
augmenting parts of the body for hundreds of
years. Glasses, hearing aids and prosthetics
evolved into cochlear implants and wearables.

Biochips
Biochips are being actively used today to detect diseases such as cancer, small pox, dementia before the patient develops systems. Coupled with AI, response time improves and less margin
of error.

Biotech / Printable Organs
Biotech is artificially grown muscles. While still being developed, this could be used to provide skin and tissue to grow over a robot…allowing it to have more sensory perceptions such as
sensitivity to pressure.

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With new satellites (Low-Earth-Orbit or LEO) will provide voice and data
to more areas, expanding people’s availability to connect to the rest of
the world with improved speeds and performance
Better Infrastructure (network and processing power)
Postclassical compute and comms
“Classical or binary computing, which uses binary
bits, evolved by making changes to existing,
traditional architectures. These changes resulted in
faster CPUs, denser memory and increasing
throughput. ”

Using a new time-based method to control light
from an ultra-fast laser, researchers have
developed a nanoscale 3D printing technique
that can fabricate tiny structures a thousand
times faster than conventional two-photon
lithography (TPL) techniques, without sacrificing
resolution. Oct 7, 2019
https://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2019/10/7.htm

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Digital ecosystems are web-like connections between actors
(enterprises, people and things) sharing a digital platform
Better Connected to Tech with Ownership of Data
Digital Ecosystems

https://blogs.gartner.com/avivah-litan/2019/08/08/blockchains-big-bang-web-3-0/

Connected Home/Office
Having the office connected can bring more efficiency and data driven approaches.

Digital Twin
A Virtual Twin or Digital Twin is a virtual representation of an actual physical object.

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What are we seeing today?
Bringing This Together
We are seeing many of these emerging technology being integrated into our lives.

Facial Recognition as Security
With better computing vision power, we have the
ability to monitor 24/7 without having security
personnel physically looking at cameras for a
“person”. Additionally, computer vision is
allowing for improved payment gateways

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Immersive Workspaces

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XR – Extended Reality

AR / VR
• We’ve been using AR/VR for a while now

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Human Augmentation Today
• augment the brain to increase memory storage,
• implant a chip to decode neural patterns
• exoskeletons became a standard uniform for
autoworkers, enabling them to lift superhuman
weights
• doctors can implant sensors to track how drugs
travel inside a body

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Blockchain
Blockchain is essentially a digital ledger
used to record transactions but secured
due to its encrypted and decentralized
nature.
Facebook's own blockchain-based crypto
currently Libra is creating quite a stir.

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Multiexperiences
Multiexperience replaces technology-literate
people with people-literate technology. In
this trend, the traditional idea of a computer
evolves from a single point of interaction to
include multisensory and multitouchpoint
interfaces like wearables and advanced
computer sensors

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Internet of Things and Edge Computing
By 2023, there could be more than 20 times as many smart devices at the edge of
the network as in conventional IT roles.
As the quantity of data we’re dealing with continues to
increase, we’ve realized the shortcomings of cloud computing
in some situations. Edge computing is designed to help solve
some of those problems as a way to bypass the latency
caused by cloud computing and getting data to a datacenter
for processing. It can exist “on the edge,” if you will, closer to
where computing needs to happen.
https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article

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More AI
Five out of six Americans use AI services in one form or
another every day:
navigation apps,
smartphone personal assistants
home personal assistants
smart home devices.
Businesses are using AI to assess business risk and
understand data, predict maintenance, and improve
energy efficiency, among many other money-saving
tasks
Experts say automation will eliminate 73 million more
jobs by 2030, but jobs in AI will number 23 million by
2020.

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And How We Use It
Other Forms of AI
Optical Character Recognition
Think of how a picture of your license plate allows
a machine to translate that to text and run a query
to determine who violated a toll.
Also see this in scanners that can take an image
and convert this to text.
Consider how you can take a photo of another
language and have it translate to yours
Advance User Preferences
This is the concept of an AI providing solutions
based on historic user’s preferences and
comparing it to similar users.
Compare how Amazon or Netflix makes
recommendations based on your purchases or
views – or even how Amazon guesses when you
might run out of a specific product.
Sensory Data Analysis
Your wearables that detect heart rate for instance
can determine without user intervention if you
are working out and even what kind of work out
such as jogging or bicycling.

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Smart Cities
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/smart-cities/

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Evolving Cities
Culdesac, the self-described
first post-car real estate
developer, is building a
development just
outside Phoenix with a ban on
cars. A developer named
Culdesac is building an
apartment complex with 636
units in Tempe, Arizona, that it
claims to be the first in the
country to ban private cars.

GEEEK Robotics Kits
https://geeekclub.com

Squishy Circuits
https://squishycircuits.com/collections/kits

Itty Bitty Buggy
MSRP: $59.99
T h e I t t y B i t t y B u g g y k i t c o m e s
w i t h a b a s e B u g g y p l u s f o u r
o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o b u i l d a s l o t h ,
a l a d y b u g , a d o d o b i r d a n d a n
a l i e n .
L e a r n t o c o d e , h a v e y o u r r o b o t
d e t e c t l i g h t , l i n e s , v o i c e
c o n t r o l , c o l o r , a n d m o r e .
https://microduinoinc.com/itty-bitty-buggy/

Lunii
MSRP: $69.90
L u n i i a l l o w s c h i l d r e n t o
e x p e r i e n c e a n i m m e r s i v e a u d i o
u n i v e r s e t h r o u g h a n i n n o v a t i v e
s c r e e n l e s s d e v i c e a n d o r i g i n a l
c o n t e n t … t h i n k o f i t a s a
c h o o s e y o u r o w n a d v e n t u r e
s t o r y !
https://lunii.com/

https://www.thereadtomeproject.com/en/

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Hololens 2

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Oculus Quest 2

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Amplify Reading
For educators, Amplify Reading is a research-based, standards-aligned
program that supports them in building their students’ reading skills across
key domains—underlying language skills, decoding, fluency,
comprehension, and close reading—along an adaptive pathway that
includes increasingly complex skills, content, and text.

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Roybi – AI Educator
Roybi Robot uses artificial intelligence to deliver personalized content to children based on their
pace and interests. With over 500 lessons, including basic STEM, stories, games, and songs, Roybi
Robot creates a fun and interactive learning experience for children.

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Shifu Plugo
-Plugo makes S.T.E.A.M. hands-on and super fun –
comes with 1 gamepad, 6 interchangeable gaming
kits, 1 companion app (3 more kits coming soon)
-Designed for 4-10 year olds. Educational games
with story-based challenges and puzzles
-For each kit, Plugo app has 5 games with 250+
levels that adapt according to the child’s age and
grade
-Plugo app recognizes every piece placed on the
Gamepad (using front camera of device) and gives
instant feedback

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Artie
As kids program Artie to draw, they learn left-brain skills like basic
programming, geometry, and math, while engaging the right side of their
brains to create cool, colorful designs.

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Lightsaber Academy
The Lightsaber’s ‘Smart-Hilt technology’ connects with the app to track the
angle, speed, and accuracy of users’ moves

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Kiri

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Gluon
This robotic arm can perform much more complicated actions without being bulky
and expensive. INNFOS integrated motor, drive, encoder and reducer in an all-in-
one design jazzed-up actuator that created GLUON. The smart compliant actuator
is called INNFOS SCA that breakthroughs the old limits of service robotic industry.

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Kamibot
Kamibot Pi is a creative coding robot that
can teach coding step-by-step through fun
activities outlined in our curriculum.
Whether you are coding for the first time
or you’ve learned some Scratch in school,
Kamibot Pi is a fun and easy way to learn
functional coding.

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Mavic Mini 2

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Samsung Bots

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Smart Dust

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Mainstream Tech Gadgets

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At Home Creations

Connected Lives
Connected Self Connected Home Internet of Things

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Connected Lives
Connected
Self
Individuals are connected to devices that record data about their interactions.
Gamification of Health
• Compete with friends with:
• Steps
• Calories Burned
• Food Eaten
Tracking
• Movement
• Health
• Where you left “things”

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Wearables

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Mimo Onesie

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Brain Sensing Headband

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…Wearables for your pets

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Connected Lives
Connected
Homes
Homes are connected to devices that record data about our home usages and
interactions.
Offers Convenience
• Automation
• Energy Savings
• Track Energy Usage
Offers Security
• Alarms, Lights, Cameras
• Log of who unlocked doors, walked past sensors, who arrived home all with time
stamps.

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Samsung: SmartThings

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Wink

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Nest

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Smart Appliances

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All In One Systems
Piper Zmodo Pivot Canary

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Outside Connected Homes

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Smart Security

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How can we stay info
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Ways to Stay Informed
Every year in March in Texas, is a
festival of innovation,
excitement, art, music and
education
https://www.sxsw.com/
South by South West
SXSW
Attend as many different events
that are available to you. There is
always lots of great information
out there.
Webinars, TED Talks, Etc
Other Events
First week in January every year
in Las Vegas – see all the latest
product announcements and
trends in technology
https://www.ces.tech/
Consumer Electronic Show
CES
Take a look at sites such as
Kickstarter and Indiegogo
Crowd Funding Sites
Crowd Funding

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Feel free to reach out!
Questions / Contacts
815-534-0403
www.evolveproject.org
bpichman@evolveproject.org
Twitter: @bpichman
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