NEW TECHNOLOGY
2020
LECTURE L01
INTRODUCTION
Technology
People say we will experience more
change due to technology in the next 2-3
decades than we have in 2-300 years
The Long View
Technical Revolutions span generations — 50 to 100 years
Source: Carlota Perez
1760 19801780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960
Arkwright’s mill
in Cromford, 1771
Industrialiation
Water dams
Steam
Manchester-
Liverpool Rocket
line, 1829
Railways
Steam Engine
Carnegie Bessemer
steel, Pittsburg,
1875
Electricity
Steel
Ford’s model T,
Detroit, 1908
Oil Cars
Mass production
Motion Pictures
Phone
Photographs Radio
Intel örgjörvinn,
Santa Clara, 1971
Computers
PC
Automation
Transform societies
Industrial 

Revolutions
Water and steam powered
factories
Second Industrial
Revolution
Electricity harnessed to
power factories, light up
houses, home appliances
Information
Revolution
Information technology
used to automate
processes
Built on the smartphone, software and cloud
computing — in real-time
The Age of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
and Internet of Things
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
A revolution that is fundamentally changing
the way we live, work, and relate to one
another
Its scale, scope, and complexity is unlike
anything humankind has experienced before
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
„Software eats the world“
Intelligent Realtime Datadriven
AI is here

already
Life happens
in realtime
Collects and
uses data
Software
+ +
Fourth Industrial Revolution
PLATFORM FOR NEW SOLUTOIONS
A platform for new solutions that are more powerful
and more productive — will solve problems that were
not possible to solve before
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Smart Phone
2.3 billion people carry

smartphones
Source: ITU, a16z, Benedict Evans slides
People touch their smartphone
2.617 times per day
If you don’t have a smartphone…
Transformation from Hierarchical to Networks
The 20th century society
structure was hierarchical –
government, companies, any
form of communication
Coordination cost is high
The 21st century society becomes a
network – software connects
individuals
Coordination cost drops to zero
Any business that is built around
a hierarchy with high
coordination cost, 

will be crushed 

by a networked software solution
with low coordination cost
Lufthansa, founded 1955
Employees: 130,000
Airplanes: 283
Easyjet, founded 1995
Employees: 11,600
Airplanes: 313
Coordination cost in the 21st Century
O2O - „Online 2 offline“
Digital world connects to the physical world
Platforms connect two groups - those offering
something and consumers
Hosts and guests, drivers and riders, products and
consumers…
The Gig Economy
People work for others though platforms — your
new boss is software
Platform takes care of billing and transactions,
ratings and recommendations
Uber, Airbnb, Upwork, Taskrabbit, Postmates,
Deliveroo…
Real-time Algorithms
Using computers used to be:

you sit down and use the
computer just as any tool
Today:
The
computer
tells you
what to do
In real time
Today:
The
computer
tells you
what to do
In real time
Rise of online ordering and delivery services
Everybody in a
company must use
smartphones — it is
the new boss
BOSS
Internet of Things
Thing
Smart thing
Processors
Sensors
Software
Connected 

smart thing
Processors
Sensors
Software
Source: HBR
Farming
system
Planters
Tillers
Tractor
Harvesters
Ecosystem
Internet of Things
Smart farming
Internet of Things where
sensors are used to send
data to the cloud to analyze
information
upplýsingar
Accelerometer

Gyroscope

Magnetometer

Barometer

Proximity

Light sensor

Touch screens
GPS

WiFi

Bluetooth

GSM/CDMA Cell

NFC - Near Field

Camera front

Camera back
Sensors
Line between Reality and Virtual is getting blurred…
Augmented Reality is where digital is added
Microsoft HoloLens
Work is fundamentally changing
Virtual Reality — totally different world
VR used in Education
Artificial Intelligence
A patient is diagnosed with a rare disease –
doctors cannot find the problem
Tokyo University Hospital
It took an AI system 10 minutes…
Dr. Watson went
to medical school
AI is everywhere
Search News Tracking Translating
Naural networks is type of AI where 

Deep Lerning is used
The networks are not programmed —they
are trained to learn
Conversational User Interfaces
Robotics
Robotics in the 21st century
Robots that see, hear and sense
Robots that can communicate
Powerful machines with software
and internet connectivity
Amazon Fulfilment Center robots
Autonomous Cars
Industrial Autonomous Vehicles
Tesla cars have driven billions km on Autopilot
Cars will become work or entertainment centers
Reinvention of cities
Airbus Concept
What does this mean?
Finance Health Retail
Transportation Education
?
Whatever…
The World is Changing
WE MUST
UNDERSTAND
TECHNOLOGY AND IT’S
POTENTIAL TO BE
RELEVANT
NEW TECHNOLOGY
2020

L01 Introduction