The document discusses how technology will transform important aspects of life such as transportation, education, communication, and entertainment by 2022. Cars of the future may fly, have retina identification to start, and monitor for drunk driving. Education will involve virtual teachers and paperless, tablet-based learning. Communication devices will offer 3D video chat, home automation controls, and replace computers and landlines. Entertainment on tablets and TVs will converge, allowing viewing, calling, surfing and more from either device.

1. The Future of technology
Brittany Taylor

2. Welcome to 2022…
• WE all would love doing little work for the
best benefit(profit), right? Finally in 2022,
little will be the standard. Technology will
literally rule the world in the future. Some of
the most important aspects of our lives such
as cars, education and communicative and
entertainment devices will be totally
transformed. Are you ready???

3. Vroom, Vroom. BEEP Beep
• Cars are some individuals most prized
possessions.
• Cars that can fly, send an alert to your phone
when unregistered finger prints touch door
handles and cars that only start with retina
identification.
• Voice control temperature control and radio
programming.

4. Benefits of cars of the future
• Flying cars means less travel time and cheaper
expenses while traveling.
• Retina identification to start the car will
drastically cut down on theft of motor vehicles
and keep underage drivers off the road.
• Breathalyzer machines will also be required to
start the car, saving many lives.
• Digital meters of fuel levels.

5. Roger’s Diffusion of Innovations
Rogers’ believed, “Diffusion is the process in
which an innovation is communicated through
certain channels overtime among the members
of a social system (Rogers)”
Diffusion of Innovations is a framework of
transformation.

6. Hello class.
• Education in the future will take on a new
perspective of technology.
• Learning will be a new experience. Each student
will place a helmet over their head in which they
select their chosen subject and start the lesson.
• Each helmet is sound proof, during lectures a
virtual teacher will appear on the screen inside
the helmet. Learning will become paperless all
textbooks will be on a tablet and look similar to
an e-textbook.

7. Purpose of education in 2022
• Benefits of education in the future appeal to each
student. You have the choice of which subject you
want to start on and the pace at which you move
along in the lecture.
• Instead of the traditional raising your hand in
class, you simply click on the professor link and
speak or type your question, then the professor
will appear on the screen and answer the
question.
• This appeals to visual, audio and/or both types of
learners.

8. Uses and Gratifications Theory
• “Uses and gratification theory suggests that media users
play an active role in choosing and using the media. Users
take an active part in the communication process and are
goal oriented in their media use. The theorist say that a
media user seeks out a media source that best fulfills the
needs of the user. Uses and gratifications assume that the
user has alternate choices to satisfy their need”.(Blumler
and Katz )
• Uses and gratification theory is applicable to entertainment
because there are many choices available.
• This drives manufacturers to produce the most appealing
products to consumers with updated technology with many
unique features.

9. Entertainment devices
Entertainment is something we all share in
common. In 2022, due to demand all
entertainment devices will appeal to all.
The tablet and television will take on many of
the same features. On both device you will be
able to set your home temperature, call and
text, turn on/off lights in your home, start your
car and for the television you will be able to surf
the internet.

10. Moore’s Innovation Adoption Rate
• “The rate of adoption is defined as the relative
speed with which members of a social system
adopt an innovation. It is usually measured by the
length of time required for a certain percentage
of the members of a social system to adopt an
innovation”(Vincos).
• In our society if five people like a product over
time five million will. This trend will always be the
norm especially if a celebrity endorses a product.

11. Communicative devices
• The cellular device will totally be transformed.
• Videochat will become 3D. This makes the conversation
more lifelike.
• You can also text on videochat making the application
more like Skype. You have the option to type if others
are around.
• The cell phone will become even more than what we
know today such as a home video security system,
remote lock your home from your phone and watch
television.
• Landlines will virtually disappear because of all the task
the cell phone will be able to do.

12. Communicative device takeover.
• As discussed, the cellphone, television and
tablet will be the reason behind many devices
disappearing such as landlines and computers.
• On all devices you will be able to
communicate orally(voice and video chat) and
written(text, email, etc)
• Along with many added features these will
become the three most compatible,
convenient and popular products in 2022.

14. References
• Blumler J.G. & Katz, E. (1974). The uses of
mass communications: Current perspectives
on gratifications research. Beverly Hills, CA:
Sage.
• Rogers,E.(1995). Elements of diffusion. In
diffusions of innovations (4th ed.) New
York, Ny. The Free Press.
• Vincos Blog. Media Social Statistics. Web.
Retrieved 6 December 2012.