Innovation and Startup Opportunities

Naveed Anwar, AIT Solutions
Innovation and Startup Opportunities
How current trends in computing technologies will advance innovation
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Naveed Anwar, Ph.D.
Executive Director,AIT Solutions

Why Innovation is Easier Now
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A Level Playing Field
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Internet –The playing field leveler
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The big level
helpers and
connectors
The Social
Media
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Mobile Phone –The Big Driver of Innovation
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Mobile Phone – The Big Driver
• Camera
• Scanner
• Music player
• Video player
• Torch
• Compass
• Map
• Computer
• Calculator
• Colander
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• Voice recorder
• Magnetometer
• Accelerometer
• Light sensor
• Sound Sensor
• Magnifier
• Mirror
• Credit card
• Drawing pad
• Typewriter
• Speaker
• Radio
• ….
An integrated, hand held, always with you device that replaces
…. and theTelephone

Integrated
Innovation using
several aspects,
gadgets, sensors,
and models is
now possible
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Imagine, create, promote, market, sale,..
All using a Cell Phone, Social Media and Internet
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Startup – Be CEO on Day 1
Or Start at the bottom of the ladder

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A Swing Towards the AI
• Rich Pictures
• Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
• Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
• Genetic Algorithms (GA)
• Expert Systems (ES)
• Fuzzy Logic
• Deep Thinking
• Big Data and Data Mining
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Artificial Intelligence, Machine
Learning & Deep Learning
• Artificial intelligence – human intelligence exhibited by
machines
• Machine learning – an approach to achieve artificial
intelligence
• Deep learning – a technique for implementing machine
learning
• Deep learning has enabled many practical applications
of machine learning and by extension the overall field of
AI.
• Driverless cars, better preventive healthcare, disaster
management, are all here today or on the horizon.
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Artificial
Intelligence,
Machine
Learning &
Deep
Learning
• Visualize them as concentric circles with AI —
the idea that came first — the largest, then
machine learning — which blossomed later, and
finally deep learning — which is driving today’s
AI explosion.
• Picking images of cats out of YouTube videos
was one of the first breakthrough
demonstrations of deep learning.
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Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality
• The foundation has been laid for catapulting AR
and VR to the general consumers with the release
of AR and VR hardware by the big name
companies, including Google and Microsoft.
• The release of the Oculus Rift was followed by
thousands of VR apps and games. More recently
HTC Vive has garnered a lot of attention.
• Pokémon Go, an AR game, exploded into the
scene, becoming the top grossing app in the US
in 13 hours. Nintendo’s market value went up by
$9 billion in 5 days.
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Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality
• The success of AR and VR in 2016 shows us
a glimpse into the applications which lie
ahead.
• Some such applications are in training
firefighters, pilots and task forces; for
shopping, detailed presentation of finished
products to clients before development.
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Big Data
• While machine learning and IoT
grab the headlines, in 2017, Big
Data will become the unsung hero
that makes all other technologies
possible.
• With Big Data, we will see growing
interest in machine learning, artificial
intelligence, virtual reality,
augmented reality and IoT to be
widely applied.
• The technology is ready, customer
appetite for experience
improvement is strong and the
number of connected devices will
grow from 10 billion to 34 billion by
2020
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Mobile
computing
might change
how we
design
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Automation
• Automation is the use of various control systems for
operating equipment such as machinery, processes in
factories, switching on telephone networks, steering and
stabilization of ships, aircraft and other applications and
vehicles with minimal human intervention.
• iPhone manufacturer Foxconn will target full automation
of its Chinese factories by the end of this year.
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Automation
• Amazon’s robots automate the picking
and packing process at large
warehouses in a way that stands to help
Amazon become more efficient. Amazon
also uses other types of robots in its
warehouses, including large robotic
arms that can move large pallets of
Amazon inventory.
• Amazon said it had 15,000 robots
operating across 10 warehouses. In
2015, that number rose to 30,000, and
now Amazon has 45,000.
• Beyond the warehouse, Amazon is also
looking at automating other aspects of
its business. In December 2016, the
company announced it had made its first
delivery by an automated drone in the
UK.
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Stick PCs
• Stick PCs are devices the small enough to
fit into your pocket. It can transform any
display unit into a complete computer.
• The main purpose of stick PCs is to
separate the smarts of various computers
and appliances—all-in-ones, smart TVs,
fridges, digital kiosks or signage screens,
commercial equipment—from the rest of
the hardware.
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Mini
Motherboards
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Giving full power of programming, integration, product
development sensors connections, internet, Wi Fi …

Quantum Computing
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• Quantum computing is a huge leap forward in computing
technology; they can solve problems that are
computationally too difficult for a classical computer like
genome sequencing, weather predictions, financial
forecasting, machine learning to name a few
• Classical computers can only process information in either
1s or 0s. In the quantum paradigm, those 1 and 0 bytes can
exist in two states (qubits) at once, allowing computations
to be performed in parallel.
• Quantum computers are not only more powerful than
anything built to date — they require special algorithms
capable of doing new things, and individuals with a
background in quantum physics.

Making your
own products
3D Printing

3D Printing
• Advances in 3D printing with a wide range of
materials, including advanced nickel alloys,
carbon fiber, glass, conductive ink, electronics,
pharmaceuticals and biological materials.
• Practical applications are expanding into
construction, aerospace, medicine,
automotive, food, energy and the military
industries.
• Bio-printing — such as the printing of skin and
organs — is progressing from theory to reality;
however, politicians and the public don't have a
full understanding of the implications.
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Battery Technology
• It's not just scientists and start-ups working
on improving battery life in your devices,
vehicles and homes.
• Tesla is constantly innovating in the battery
space to help improve the efficiency and
performance of its electric sports cars.
• Samsung demonstrated an electric car
battery that gives a 500 km range on a 20
minute charge.
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Battery Technology
• Lithium-air batteries are considered highly
promising technologies for electric cars
and portable electronic devices because
of their potential for delivering a high
energy output in proportion to their weight.
• MATRIX PowerWatch is a smartwatch
powered by your body heat so that you
never have to charge. It measures calories
burned, activity level, sleep, etc.
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Sensing
Technology
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Sensing Technology
• Ultrahaptics – uses ultrasound to project
sensations onto a hand, Ultrahaptics is pushing
through an era of change and allowing people
to feel and control devices in thin air
• BMW’s HoloActive Touch in-car interface offers
tactile feedback on a floating display, was
recently demonstrated at CES 2017 in Las
Vegas
• Look out for ultrahaptic feedback in new cars
this year
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Sensing Technology
• Mobile Radar sensing – uses a miniature radar to
detect touchless gesture interactions. This technology
will be able to detect both the exterior shape and
internal structure of objects.
• Project Soli by Google ATAP is making use of this
technology to create motion gestures for use on
everyday devices from your smartwatch to your room
lights. Google demonstrated the technology using a
smartwatch.
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Mini
Hackathon at
AIT
Innovation
Using Sensors
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Drones for Everything

Drones
• Drones and other unmanned systems have taken off
as a unique tool for everyday life, regardless of
whether flight is controlled by onboard computers or
remotely from the ground. Unmanned systems have
revolutionized the way we capture, monitor and
assist our world.
• For agriculture – relatively cheap drones with
advanced sensors and imaging capabilities are
giving farmers new ways to increase yields and
reduce crop damage.
• For retail - Amazon’s Prime Air, a delivery system
designed to deliver packages to customers in 30
minutes or less using drones.
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Drone Lanes
• In 2015, two drones inadvertently prevented
firefighters from putting out a rapidly spreading
California wildfire, which crossed over onto a
freeway and destroyed a dozen vehicles.
• Everyone will be talking in about whether or not
the airspace should be regulated for hobbyists
and commercial drone pilots, which will prompt
difficult conversations between technologists,
researchers, drone manufacturers, businesses
and the aviation industry
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Self-driving and Smart Cars
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Smart Cars
• This year vehicle manufacturers are focusing on
bringing smart cars into the general market.
• These cars not only self-drive, they can read
your emotions, make snap decisions in the
presence of danger on the road, and can even
tell you about the flora and fauna at your
destination site.
• Based on the success of Tesla Motors, big
name companies like Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen,
etc. are finally comprehending the possibilities
that lie ahead for the future of transportation.

Smart Cars
• Nissan and BMW will be making use of Microsoft Cortana
as a virtual assistant in its vehicles to provide a seamless
driving experience. This includes Cortana in the dashboard,
maps and navigation and also Microsoft-powered AI, which
will predict when a transmission failure may occur.
• Ford will embed Amazon Alexa into its smart vehicles. In
the first phase, connecting users to their car from the home
through Amazon Echo, Echo Dot and Amazon Tap; for the
second phase it will allow users to command Alexa whilst
driving.
• Hyundai will integrate the Google Assistant into its vehicles,
giving users options such as: Google Assistant having the
intelligence to warm up the car on a cold winter day before
work, from inside their homes, without bothering the user.
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Beam me up, Scotty –
Well, NotYet!
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But Close enough

Hyperloop
• Elon Musk, who first put forward the
Hyperloop concept in 2013, described the
revolutionary transport as “a cross between a
Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table”.
• It will involve passengers travelling in pods
levitating inside massive tubes, surrounded
by a cushion of air.
• The Hyperloop could reportedly carry
passengers at 760 mph – within 10mph of the
speed of sound – with unmanned pods able
to top 800 mph.
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Hyperloop
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• DUBAI announced a deal with Los Angeles-
based firm Hyperloop One in November
2016 with a view to bringing its ultra-high-
speed transport system to the Persian Gulf,
to connect with Abu Dhabi, the capital of
the UAE.
• Currently, the 123-km journey along the
coast takes well over an hour by car – by
Hyperloop, organizers claim the trip would
be cut down to just 12 minutes.

Flying Cars –
Back to the
Future
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Space X
• Landing and reusing rockets is part of SpaceX's long-
term vision of reducing the cost of its missions to its
customers. It ambitiously plans to reduce the cost of
its rockets from the current $61 million to between $5-7
million.
• Space X has about 70 launches in line, worth more
than $10 billion. In addition to commercial launches,
SpaceX ferries supplies to the International Space
Station and is developing a capsule capable of
carrying astronauts to the station.
• The company had eight successful launches in 2016,
averaging about one launch per month.
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Internet of Things (IoT)
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IoT is the connectivity and
collaboration of everything
over the internet.Things can
be home appliances,
vehicles or planes, building
management to name a few.
There is potential for IoT has
only recently been realized,
and will have the ability to
grow at an exponential rate

Internet of Things (IoT)
• There are IoT products and apps already in
the market:
- A smart fridge that checks your food
wastage or reminds you when you need
to stock up on your smartphone
- Vehicle-to-vehicle communication to warn
of incoming dangers and traffic or provide
statistics of your journey on your
smartphone
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Bitcoin and Blockchain
• Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer electronic payment
system invented around 2007 which is
disrupting many industries already.
• It is not tied to any country’s developments and
it has proven to be more stable than many of
the world’s economies.
• For Banking.
• For Charity
• For Music
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SolarCity
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• SolarCity is a company that
specializes in solar energy services, it
is the largest solar energy services
provider in the US.Tesla closed its
$2.6 billion merger with solar-power
provider SolarCity Corp. in
November, 2016
• In theAugust 2016, Elon Musk
announced a photovoltaic electrical
energy generating devices and
system would make up an entire roof
surface, rather than merely be the
mounting of solar panels on an
existing roof, stating “It’s not a thing
on a roof. It is the roof”.
• Assorted styles of solar roof tiles,
made of glass, were unveiled in late
October 2016.

Convergence of IoT, AI, Machine Learning & Deep Learning
• Soon companies will be focusing
on having sensors in all electronic
appliances, that sends information
back to the cloud for big data
analytics.
• Demand is growing for analytical
tools that seamlessly connect to
and combine a wide variety of
cloud-hosted data sources
• Such tools enable businesses to
explore and visualize any type of
data stored anywhere, helping
them discover potential
opportunities in IoT or artificial
intelligence.
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Convergence of IoT, AI, Machine Learning &
Deep Learning
• One such example of this convergence is from Google
Now and Google Assistant, which is able to keep track
of your flight plans, alert you to flight delays, let you
know when is the last bus home from your current
location, etc.
• Not just Google, now many companies are taking
advantage of this convergence created through big
data analytics, such as: Microsoft Cortana, Amazon
Alexa to name a few.
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Amazon Alexa and Echo
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Smart
Cities
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References
• https://hbr.org/2015/12/8-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2016
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2016/11/16/7-technology-trends-that-will-dominate-
2017/#589531ad1b2a
• http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/technology-trends-2017/
• http://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/top-ten-technology-trends-signal-the-digital-mesh/
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