This document discusses emerging technologies and their impact on education and the nature of work. It notes that technological progress is exponential, meaning we will see more change in the next two decades than in the last century. It explores how fields like biotechnology, nanotechnology and neuroscience are converging ("neuro nano bioinfo") and changing industries. Education must also change to better prepare students for technical careers and a more interdisciplinary future where most jobs integrate multiple domains of knowledge. New tools like educational games and simulations can help engage students in STEM fields and better connect them to future opportunities.

1. The Future… Now!
Michael Bettersworth
Associate Vice Chancellor
for Technology Adv.,
Texas State Technical
College System
Jim Brazell
President,
VentureRAMP, Inc.

2. www.kurzweilai.net/.../ SIN_headshot_highres.html
“An analysis of the
history of technology
shows that
technological change is
exponential, contrary to
the common-sense
‘intuitive linear’ view. So
we won't experience
100 years of progress
in the 21st century -- it
will be more like 20,000
years of progress (at
today's rate)… because
we're doubling the rate
of progress every
decade, we'll see a
century of progress--at
today's rate--in only 25
calendar years.”
Kurzweil, KurzweilAI.net, March 7, 2001.

3. The New Age
Changing Nature of Work
The Pain and the Pill
What’s the R.U.B.?
The Future… Now!

4. How would you
describe the
age in which we
now live?

5. What is this?

10. http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/archive/users/warneke-brett/SmartDust/
Berkeley’s Golem Dust
11.7 mm3 total circumscribed volume
~4.8 mm3 total displaced volume
Berkeley’s Deputy Dust
6.6 mm3 total circumscribed
volume
4th Gen
11.7 mm3
6.6 mm3

11. MIT Technology
Review,
January, 2005
4th
GEN

12. MIT Tech Review, 2005
Sensors
Physical
Chemical
Biological
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/03102801.pdf , page 16
Actuators
Physical
Chemical
Biological
PhiloMetron™
4th
GEN

13. MIT Tech Review, 2005
This is a ROBOT
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/03102801.pdf , page 16

14. Nanobionics
Tethered bacterium
Swimming bacterium
Swimming speed ~ 20-30 μm
Protons flux/motor ~ 1200 proton/rev
Tethered bacterium
Motor efficiency ~ 90-100 %
Output power ~ 2.9×10-4
pW
Stall torque ~ 4600 pN-nm
Nano-motor (45 nm wide)Genetic Engineering
Harmless E. coli
Mohamed Al-Fandi, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of NEMS & MEMS
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Biomechanics
University of Texas

15. An artificial red cell – the respirocyte [41].
Designer Robert A. Freitas Jr. ©1999 Forrest
Bishop. http://www.imminst.org/freitas.html
“A half a liter of respirocytes… would allow a person to hold his
breath at the bottom of a swimming pool for up to 4 hours…”

16. How would you
describe the
age in which we
now live?

17. Cybernetics is the discipline that studies and creates
communication and control systems in living organisms
and in the machines built by humans. Greek kybernetes
(meaning steersman, governor, pilot, or rudder).

18. The New Age
Changing Nature of Work
The Pain and the Pill
What’s the R.U.B.?
The Future… Now!

19. How is this new
age changing
the nature of
work?

20. The number of jobs
requiring technical
training is growing at
five times the rate of
other occupations.
Innovate America, U.S. Council on Competitiveness

21. Integrates
sensors, batteries,
a control chip, and
an RF transmitter
in a 35mm-long
housing.
Lab-in-a-Pill
http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/news/2004b/nr041130capsle.cfm
University of Glasgow
Capsule Endoscope
Changing the structure of work and the economics
of health care.

22. 21st century jobs are
increasingly transdisciplinary--
existing at the intersection of
multiple traditional industry and
academic domains.

23. “In most industries you
have electricians,
mechanics and IT, in wind,
you are expected to do
everything. Turbine Techs
earn $28-$40K a year…
Many techs earning $40K -
$80K a year with OT.”
-- Bryan Gregory, Jr.
11.1.2006, TSTC West TX, Sweetwater

24. “Automotive
Technicians earn
$30K-$36K per
year.”
“Every system on a
car is monitored or
controlled by a
computer.
Technicians have to
be more analytical
and process
oriented.”
--Russell Carrigan
TSTC West TX, Sweetwater, 10.31.2006

30. Samuel Palmisano (CEO, IBM): Business Week: 10.11.2004
100 million jobs are going to
be created in a lot of these
cross-disciplinary fields
Council on Competitiveness:
National Innovation Initiative

31. Where is the
sweet spot
today?

32. Mechatronics
The synergistic
combination of
mechanical
engineering,
electronics,
control systems
and computers.
Mechanical, Aerospace, and
Nuclear Engineering
Departments at RPI
All Contents Copyright(C) 2001 Mechatronics Lab at RPI

33. http://www.toyota.com/prius/index.html?s_van=GM_TN_HYBRID_PRIUS

37. Energy-CHP

38. Utilities
A California study indicates that peak-rate usage can be shaved by 20
percent if utilities used Automated Meter Reading (ARM) for accurate
pricing information--each megawatt of reduction can equate to $400,000 in
savings per year (Jackson, 2004, p. 1) saving California utilities and
consumers at least $5 billion a year.
http://www.utilitiesproject.com/documents.asp?grID=85&d_ID=2402
More than 25 million AMR
units installed on gas (21
percent), water (11 percent),
and electric utility (16
percent) meters.
200 million units yet to be
changed out to AMR
(Jackson, 2004).

39. Security and Process Control
SCADA $3.1 B (2004) to over $4 B (2007).
SCADA security software to grow by 50%
annually through 2007 (Kuykendall, 2004).
RF Modules 1.9 MM units (2004) to climb to
165 MM units (2010) (Legg, 2004).
Industrial wireless sensors $24 MM (2001)
over $100 MM (2008)
(Donoho, 2002).
NovusEDGE
Armida
DevicePoint

40. Construction
Patent thin-nickel-strip
magneto-strictive sensor
(MsS™). Applicable to
airplanes, ships, plants,
pipelines and bridges.
US 80 billion square feet of commercial and government
facilities and buildings, and more than 100 billion square
feet of dams and bridges (Sensametrics, 2003). One trillion
dollar market (Elgamal).
http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/fall03/Future.htm
SwRI MsS™
http://www.swri.edu/3pubs/IRD2002/14-9285.htm

41. Home Technology

42. Implantable robots.

43. http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2005/04/17/bu_geeks_012_db.jpg
Bottom Line: We need more of these…

44. Especially if I have to reboot my knee….

45. How is this new
age changing
the nature of
work?

46. Jobs Context

47. Texas Cluster Initiative -
Workforce
60% of the jobs in the Texas
biotechnology cluster require only
an associates degree or certificate.
The reality is many of the Texas
Cluster’s high-tech jobs are split
between requirements for
community and technical college
degrees and 4-year degrees.
Skilled technical jobs are attainable
and critically needed by industry. Dr. Mae Jemison,
Chair, Biotechnology
Cluster

48. The New Age
Changing Nature of Work
The Pain and the Pill
What’s the R.U.B.?
The Future… Now!

49. Where is the pain
and how can
engage industry
and K-12 to create
solutions quickly?

50. • International (TIMSS) test scores show U.S.
4th graders to be 12th in the world in
math; 6th in the world in science
• International (TIMSS) test scores show U.S.
8th graders to be 14th in the world in
math; 9th in the world in science
• International (PISA) test scores show U.S.
12th graders to be 24th in the world in
math; 22nd in the world in science
Data from National Center for Education Statistics. In Mayo 2005, National Academies.
(http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/PISA2003Highlights.asp and http://nces.ed.gov/timss/Results03.asp)
National Center for Education Statistics, Mayo, 2005.

51. Data from National Center for Education Statistics . In Mayo 2005, National Academies.
(http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/PISA2003Highlights.asp and http://nces.ed.gov/timss/Results03.asp)
“The longer we stay in
the educational system,
the worse off we are
with respect to our
peers.”
Source: Mayo, National Academies2005

53. Jobs Context

54. “The amount of
private investment
in post secondary
education now
exceeds the public
investment. The
lines have
crossed.”
— Dr. Ray Perryman

55. L3 Communication Systems

56. Aviation Career
Education (ACE)
Semester 1, 2, 3
Eligibility for part-time employment at L3
Semester 4, 5
Tuition paid for first three semesters
Part-time employment at L3
Tuition paid directly by L3
Upon Graduation
Two-year employment contract with L3

57. “When you realize you’re
going to get hired by a
company like L-3 right out
of school, it’s too good an
opportunity to pass up.”
— Al Johnson, 19, Houston, 1st year student

59. Students
Education
Industry
Workforce
Eco Dev
Informed Education Choices
Improved Career Relevance
Pathways with Intent
Higher Placement
Fulfilling the Mission
Closer Industry Alignment
Informed Curriculum Planning
Compelling Data
Increased Enrollment
Informed Education Investments
Improved Workforce Analysis
Transparent Supply Pipeline
Higher Quality Workforce

60. How do we
engage K-12?

61. --A. Gold, IC2 Institute, UT Austin
1.Students have professional aspirations,
but lack knowledge about how to reach
professional goals.
2.Opportunities to learn about and explore
careers are not available at school or
accessed by the majority of students.
3.Students lack knowledge about the
context and content of careers.

62. The Next Step
- Career Exploration
- Academic Planning
- Pathways, not Tracks
- Relevant Curriculum
- Industry Sponsored
- Career Intent

63. ITSA

65. SpaceTEAMS

66. spaceTEAMS Summer Academy

67. Gameboy Video
Game BRAIN
Vision System
Lego Actuators and
Building Blocks

68. Mechatronics
The synergistic
combination of
mechanical
engineering,
electronics,
control systems
and computers.
Mechanical, Aerospace, and
Nuclear Engineering
Departments at RPI
All Contents Copyright(C) 2001 Mechatronics Lab at RPI

75. Elementary
spaceTEAMS
San Antonio,TX
Robot competition
plus career and
academic exploration
and history of
science and
technology.

76. spaceTEAMS
San Antonio,TX
Middle School

77. US First-EISD
Andrew
Schuetze
San Antonio,TX
High School

78. The New Age
Changing Nature of Work
The Pain and the Pill
What’s the R.U.B.?
The Future… Now!

79. “Nobelist
Herbert A.
Simon has
written that the
availability of
technologies to
youth is its own
instructor.”
Dr. George Kozmetsky

80. What is
this?

81. TERAFLOP
SUPER
COMPUTER
for $300!

82. 10 years ago,
the cost of a 2
Teraflop
supercomputer
was $100M.
--Frietas, The Future of
Computers

83. What is
the
average
age of
all video
gamers
in US?

84. Entertainment Software Association (ESA), 2005 Essential Facts About the
Computer and Video Game Industry, May 18, 2005.

85. What percent
female and
male?

86. 55% and 43% of all
games
Entertainment Software Association (ESA), 2005 Essential Facts About
the Computer and Video Game Industry, May 18, 2005.

87. “It’s not true that
women do not like to
hunt. They like to
hunt in packs and
with a reason to kill.”
--My Mom

88. What is
this?

89. Improved Target Acquisition System Trainer

90. $7.5 million project that immerses students in the hectic environment of a hospital's
intensive care unit and places them in a first-person role as a health-care professional.
Funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, Pulse!! is being developed by Texas
A&M-Corpus Christi, which in turn hired Hunt Valley (Md.)-based BreakAway to
produce and design the platform. –Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2006/id20060410_051875.htm
Pulse!!

91. Case study: Emergency Response
Training, Pjotr van Schothorst
VSTEP BV, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands

92. USC ISI and Tactical Language Training
(ITSEC 2005)

93. NETC – 24 Blue
(ITSEC 2005)

94. What is
this?

96. COPYRIGHT 2003-2005 CRITICAL MASS INTERACTIVE, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
USAF: AIR DOMINANCE
ACTION FLIGHT SIMULATOR

98. What is
this?

99. ©numedeon,inc.2006

100. ©numedeon,inc.2004
Virtual Biotech company
Make viruses
Release into community
Join team to find vaccine
Reach 20,000 for awareness
Refer 1,000 for education
WHERE’S
MY
VACCINE!
WhyPox
Biotech

101. ©numedeon,inc.2004
Make airplanes
Do flight test
Manage supply
chain
WHERE’S
MY
AIRPLANE!!
New Century
Manufacturing
Reach 20,000
for
awareness
Refer 1,000
for education

102. What is
this?

105. Math Engineering
TechScience
TEAMS
What are they
learning?

107. What is
this?

108. A robust program of research and
experimentation is needed to enhance
development of educational games by
stimulating transfer of the art and
technologies of video games to
education and learning systems.
High development costs in an uncertain
market for educational innovations
make developing complex high-production
learning games too risky for video
game and educational materials
industries.
Educational institutions need to transform
organizational systems and
instructional practices to take greater
advantage of new technology, including
educational games.
Outcome data from large-scale
evaluations of educational games are
needed to demonstrate that these
technologies are equal to or offer
comparative advantage vs. conventional
IM.

110. We seek to advance
the learning and
career development
of science,
technology,
engineering and
mathematics
domains (STEM)
using a vanguard
educational solution
that combines real
world simulation
tools with video
game technologies.

111. This is about much, much more t the
MacArthur Foundation announced a $50MM
han fun and games. On 10.19.2006,
fund for digital learning and games.

113. What is
this?

114. Learning
Machine

115. 21st Century Teacher

116. Can you make the shift?

117. The New Age
Changing Nature of Work
The Pain and the Pill
What’s the R.U.B.?
The Future… Now!

118. www.kurzweilai.net/.../ SIN_headshot_highres.html
“An analysis of the
history of technology
shows that
technological change is
exponential, contrary to
the common-sense
‘intuitive linear’ view. So
we won't experience
100 years of progress
in the 21st century -- it
will be more like 20,000
years of progress (at
today's rate)… because
we're doubling the rate
of progress every
decade, we'll see a
century of progress--at
today's rate--in only 25
calendar years.”
Kurzweil, KurzweilAI.net, March 7, 2001.

119. Adapted from Charles Ostman
Senior Fellow
Institute for Global Futures
NEURO NANO
BIOINFO
21st Century Architecture

120. Adapted from Charles Ostman
Senior Fellow
Institute for Global Futures
NEURO NANO
BIOINFO
Structural Integration

121. Industrial
Age
Notion of
INFO AGE
Historic –
Economic –
Social Shift
Cybernetic
Age