The document discusses technological imperatives of inherence, efficiency, complexity, and inevitability that are driving constant technological advancement and innovation. It then explores potential future technologies such as ubiquitous facial recognition cameras, 3D printing of structures, and augmented reality extended senses. The document concludes by considering issues of ownership and access that may arise from all things being connected through emerging transportation technologies.

1. Michell Zappa

3. Solving problems
that don’t (yet) exist.

5. GPS

6. GPS

7. 1 2 3
3 days of content uploaded every minute.

8. TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES
Inherence Efficiency Complexity Inevitability

9. INHERENCE
Technology wants to be part of us.

12. Anything useful that
“ we make is technology.
— Kevin Kelly
Founding executive editor, WIRED Magazine

13. EFFICIENCY
Technology wants to be faster.

14. COST
SPEED

15. 2012
2008
CPU × FSB RAM SSD Mbps

16. COMPLEXITY
Technology creates itself out of itself.

18. 802.11 NiMH Kernel A-GPS Touchscreens Gyrosco
Video camera RAM Proximity sensor EDGE Triangulation
Lightning USB TCP/IP Cloud GSM CDMA
Video camera Li-Ion App store Social networking LTE
LED MMS IPS SIM NFC Gestures
SMS TFT-LCD Bluetooth LCD HSDPA
Glonass Internet Compass Multi-touch QWERTY GUI
XMPP GPS Email LED Wi-Fi

19. 802.11 NiMH Kernel A-GPS Touchscreens Gyrosco
Video camera RAM Proximity sensor EDGE Triangulation
Lightning USB TCP/IP Cloud GSM CDMA
Video camera Li-Ion App store Social networking LTE
LED MMS IPS SIM NFC Gestures
SMS TFT-LCD Bluetooth LCD HSDPA
Glonass Internet Compass Multi-touch QWERTY GUI
XMPP GPS Email LED Wi-Fi

23. INEVITABILITY
If it is possible, it is necessary.

27. “SCI-FI SCAFFOLDING”

29. Faces & smiles

34. Ubiquity
Facial recognition
Object recognition
Computation

35. “UBICAM”

36. Knows where you are
Knows who you are with
Knows what to focus on
Knows what matters to you
Records & publishes automatically.

38. “UBICAM”

39. “UBICAM”

40. “UBICAM”

42. #1: “BUILT IN TIME”

44. CONTOUR CRAFTING

45. REPRAP

46. PARAMETRIC DESIGN

47. PARAMETRIC DESIGN

48. PARAMETRIC DESIGN

49. PARAMETRIC DESIGN

50. Built rapidly
Adapted to the terrain
Autonomously
Distributed

52. #2: “EXTENDED SENSES”

59. Mind-reading neuroprosthetics
Microscopic flying robots
Artificial retinas

61. 802.11 NiMH Kernel A-GPS Touchscreens Gyrosco
Video camera RAM Proximity sensor EDGE Triangulation
Lightning USB TCP/IP Cloud GSM CDMA
Video camera Li-Ion App store Social networking LTE
LED MMS IPS SIM NFC Gestures
SMS TFT-LCD Bluetooth LCD HSDPA
Glonass Internet Compass Multi-touch QWERTY GUI
XMPP GPS Email LED Wi-Fi

62. Thank you.
envisioningtech.com
@envisioningtech

65. OWNERSHIP ACCESS
?

66. U.S. car sharing: Members & Vehicles
1,000,000
100,000
10,000
1,000
100
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

71. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED

75. CAR TRAINS

78. Ride sharing
Contextual computing
Multi-modal routing
Self-driving cars

79. “DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO”

80. “DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO”