Hey everyone,
I stumbled across this article and since it's the beginning of a new year lets make some predictions of what it could bring. The past year left us with some amazing breakthroughs like the successful landing of the SpaceX Falcon 9.
The article describes possible new frontiers in innovation in the year 2016. Some of the areas in which it considers rapid advancements are:
Internet of Things (IoT) - organizations collaborate to create unified standards.
Low-cost microprocessors - which will allow hardware level security of nearly any appliance.
Privacy and access to content regulations - triggered by the rise and success of services like Netflix, etc.
Superior quality TVs - smart TVs, 4k and HDR streaming content (it requires a lot of standardization still).
Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) - rise of standards to ensure safety in cars.
Vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communication - car connectivity.
Below I've listed some questions for you to keep the conversation going:
1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
Hi Michail
ReplyDeleteThanks for interesting article.
I very like innovattions at interesting me kind of science.
I'm interesting in automotive innovations so much, becouse it is my one of favourite kind of hobby.
1) For me most promising innovations was in automotive. Systems of navigations, control driving and remotly drive.
2) Yeah... for example system to remote parking without the human inside. It will be something like have driver to park your car, and after that, that system can bring your car when you would like to drive. Excelletn for people who has not have time to park the car. You must only output the car and put the button on your keys. After that your car will looking forward the place to park. :)
3) Oh, I think that could be the park assistance in the cars.
Hey this technology of automatic parking and remotely calling your vehicle is like something taken out of a Batman movie. :)
DeleteIt's funny but as well amazing that we currently possess the technology for achieving these functionalities.
In my opinion Internet of Things is among of one of the most promising innovations. It includes the implementation of innovations designed to increase the economic efficiency of enterprises. Passing up this theme stems from the fact that in 2014 Internet of things created nearly 2 billion devices. At the same time in 2018 he has them even 9 billion. This results in a continuous Upsize Internet networks in enterprises and implementation of these new technologies. These technologies must improve management systems. 2018 development IoT applications will propel the development of retail trade. The high economic efficiency companies should result from physical systems integration. It will be a response to the increased competition and the growth of customer requirements.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion Internet of Things is among of one of the most promising innovations. It includes the implementation of innovations designed to increase the economic efficiency of enterprises. Passing up this theme stems from the fact that in 2014 Internet of things created nearly 2 billion devices. At the same time in 2018 he has them even 9 billion. This results in a continuous Upsize Internet networks in enterprises and implementation of these new technologies. These technologies must improve management systems. 2018 development IoT applications will propel the development of retail trade. The high economic efficiency companies should result from physical systems integration. It will be a response to the increased competition and the growth of customer requirements.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinion IoT is one of the areas I would love to expand in the near future because it offers so many possibilities not only for companies as you described but for overall life quality improvement.
DeleteFirstly I would like to agree with authors’ sentence “We live in what will perhaps be considered by historians as the golden age of technology...”. This is very exciting that ideas from yesterday I can introduce to you today as typical items. As far as electronic innovations are concerned I will try to follow the technological changes and generally I love all gadgets and all trends (almost all) in electronic innovation. For me most promising idea from that article is possible the agreement between companies to achieve joint standards for all IoT issues. I will be very happy when I buy a new kitchen equipment without worrying about compatibility with other existing items. In my opinion customers should avoid incompatible items because will have problems with connections to home network and finally this items will be useless. When customers avoid non-standard things their vendors will be compelled to customize to common standards. Apart from the innovations which were presented in the article there are many other new ideas in the electronic market. For example new trends in virtual reality, 3D printing or intelligent clothes etc. All this trends have their own followers who wait for new products and can pay a lot of money for new items. My favourite breakthrough concerning innovation is in TV set. I am fascinated with 4K and smart TV which can transform our television into real home theatre.
ReplyDeleteWell unfortunately (or fortunately) cinemas do advance as well so I guess our "home theater" will probably never reach the same standard at the same time. Recently I was watching a documentary about the gathering of Cordyceps in Nepal and what the people there considered a cinema was a cathode ray tube television connected to a VHS player. :)
DeleteI'm interested in the automotive industry, and for me the most impressive ADAS system and other similar systems that allow the construction of the vehicle autonomous or semi-autonomous.
ReplyDeleteA significant event the past year were photographs of Pluto, sent by the space probe New Horizons. And just leave the probe in our solar system.
Yeah I remember the photo and the many remixes that they made of it, especially those envisioning a heart on its surface. Do we already possess close "fly-by" pictures of all the planets in our solar system?
DeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteand all the best in 2016. I agree with above ZC comment.
In last years everything is “smart”, but in my opinion in 90% of cases it ridiculous. What is smart in washing machine, which send message when job is done? It is simple functionality without a dose of intelligence.
IoT, AI, AR are most promising areas of innovations. I think we have to combine this areas to produce real innovation. I saw an article about solution developed by polish students. Blood analyser gives a possibility to check blood type in about 3 minutes. Solution has over 98% efficiency right now and target of this solution is 100%.
1 &2 Significant efforts have been made by car manufacturers over the last few years to achieve competitive advantage. They are working with new technologies to ensure clients the best level of security and comfort. It is not possible to exceed customer expectations without new technologies.
3 Blood analyser (as I wrote). Why? Because this tool can save lives. It is very important for car accident victims. Every second is important there.
Thanks for your opinion, I think that hte word "smart" is used more like a marketing element nowadays. During the christmas period I was at Gdansk to visit some friends and they had a "smart TV" which actually just had the additional functionality of opening applications like youtube. :)
DeleteIn my opinion interesing achivement in last year was Planarian Regeneration Model Discovered by Artificial Intelligence. If you want you can read about it in the article posted by Kinga here http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-top-ai-breakthroughs-of-2015. I think that the use of Artificial Intelligence in the automotive industry can be important inflection point too. More self-driving cars and vehicle with ADAS features can change way we live. For example I think might be safer. When we start to use them on a daily basis it will be for us a huge change at the the beginning.
ReplyDeleteI agree, we will have to test these new automotive solutions before letting them on the streets. New laws and policies will have to be created that regulate many repercusions that they might bring.
DeleteI actually feel that Falcon 9 upright landing, which you linked, was a huge breakthrough. Thanks to this we are getting much closer to serious space travel. This actually got my hopes up for affordable space flights available for regular people. Maybe we can get to this point during our lifetime :).
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to IoT a common standard as well as addressing security concerns is a must. It seems that Google is moving into this area, so I expect to see something from them in 2016.
For space travel to become reality I think we should focus on finding cheaper fuel alternatives, because the most limiting factor here is actually the price of the fuel that is currently used. As for IoT I am pretty confident that since Google moves into this area we might see something worthwhile from them in this year.
DeleteThe Internet of Things represents the next step towards the digitisation of society and economy, where objects and people are interconnected through communication networks and report about their status and/or the surrounding environment.
ReplyDeleteAccording to a recent European Commission study, the market value of connecting devices in the EU is expected to exceed one trillion euros in 2020, compared to 307 billion in 2013. The number of connections within the EU28 will increase from approximately 1.8 billion in 2013 (the base year) to almost six billion in 2020.
The study found investment programs or initiatives in this field in 13 member states. Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom appear to lead in terms of capability (investment growth, ICT diffusion, Government support) and other initiatives related to the Internet of Things.
Thanks for the definition and market analysis. IoT is actually a pretty old topic in the scientific community however now I see that it is possible to finally get realized. The technologies required to support it have finally matured enough for it to become prominent.
DeleteHi Michail,
ReplyDelete1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
For me the most promising innovations which presented in the article is Internet of Things. Thats it a huge idea which may be sucessfully.
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
In my opinion it is cars which can be parked and drive without human. It is very interest innovations.
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
I am agree with Piotr Gzik about it is park assistance in the cars.
Hey, as most of our colleagues already noted the most prominent breakthroughs are those of IoT and automotive areas. And I have to agree however I find anything related to AI a step closer to singularity which is the one thing that is probably the most anticipated in this century and estimated to happen at around (2045). However thats further away in the future.
DeleteIt seems to me that the concept of intelligent homes and self-driving cars are the most promising, when it comes to tangible results in the near future. I was willing to say that while the intelligent house idea might be a norm in a few years (for example in the store there will be only the intelligent fridges to buy) then the new technology behind the self-driving cars may have more invasive impact on our lives. Starting with the introduction of such cars to the market through to a formal ban on driving manual cars because accidents caused by people will be more probable than once caused by a computer. We shall see, a few years of such inventions and the world as we know it will cease to exist.
ReplyDeleteHi, I agree with your opinion, self-driving cars are one of those breakthroughs that will require additional laws, policies and effort into complete adaptation, like I stated in the answer to Przemysław.
DeleteYou are absolutely right :). The legislation efforts have already started in several states in US resalting with making self-driving cars and trucks legal on the road in Nevada and Califirnia for example. One can expect similar development in Europe soon, however, the additional complicating factor is liability legal system used by all insurence companies.
DeleteI think that IoT without common standards agreed between manufacturers is pointless. Devices need to communicate with each other regardless of the manufacturer. That's why I'd pick automotive improvements from your article. One of most promising news in 2015 in automotive was in my opinion release of Toyota Mirai. It's not quite innovating in terms of IT area, but I'm glad that companies research not only autonomous, but also ecological cars. I hope that in upcoming years there will be more investments in proper infrastructure for ecological cars.
ReplyDeleteHey, this car really looks impressive not only technologically but also visually (i like the front bumpers). I wonder however what is the mainteinance and fuel price of such a car, do you know how it compares with current popular alternatives?
Delete1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
ReplyDeleteBy my standards, none of them is actually an innovation, all of them are merely a novelty.
Nonetheless, I hope that someday advancements in car safety systems (there are many listed in the article) will prevent many accidents. However, I do believe it has to be forced by a legislation, otherwise we won't see any common standard. If you ever heard about Prometheus 2000 (road safety initiative from mid 80's), you probably know what I mean.
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
Let's face it: if it's going to be an innovation, not just a novelty, it is something we don't expect.
And I don't think it will be related to Apple Car, or Microsoft being a mobile operator (as some new leaks suggest).
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
I believe the real breakthrough came in AI research. For instance inductive learning from just one element and being able to generalize on it, seems like a major breakthrough (especially if someone will be able to reproduce this with neural networks). On the other hand, learning atop of previously learned concept is a strong contender. I have hard times to pick between those two.
Hey, you are right there is a gap between innovation and novelty although sometimes its not that straightforward to differentiate between the two.
DeleteI haven't heard about the road safety initiative that you speak of as I wasn't born yet at those times and it seems to be obscured in the internet.
I didn't really expect a launched rocket to be able to land safely so for me that was an innovation. ;)
Yeah I was watching successful landing of the SpaceX Falcon 9 that was really impressive and amazing.
ReplyDelete1. I am looking forward to see some standardisation in IoT systems, every time when I am reading some papers about this stuff everyone wants to deliver their own standard. This kind of attitude brings us to over 400+ compelling standards.
And really I am curious what they will achieve in this area, especially that there is AllSeen Alliance and ZigBee Alliance (they are responsible for ZigBee protocol, it is very common in Wireless Sensor Networks).
2. Yes I know some additional innovations from my area of study, this will be (including first point of course) gathering energy from different sources by devices in Wireless Sensor Networks area.
Second one will be maintenance and real time software update in IoT and WSN devices.
3.For me it was Autonomous Car made by Google.
That's true the overwhelming amount of standards that are created for some of the technologies is sometimes making it confusing and hard to combine especially in an environment like IoT which needs a high level of interoperability. However on the other side most of those standards will not stand the test of time and just get obscured and hopefuly pave the way for new better ones or upgrade currently dominant ones.
Delete1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
ReplyDeleteIn my honest opinion Autonomous vehicles, especially for elder people. If you have enough money it would be nice to get a car like this and use it.
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
I would like to read about new engines like this:
http://www.sciencealert.com/this-plasma-engine-could-get-humans-to-mars-on-100-million-times-less-fuel
Would be so awesome to brake another barrier.
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
Same as in point 1, autonomous cars.
Many people find driving a car enjoyable and even relaxing (I am one of them). I would actually feel like owning a taxi rather than a personal car. I think there should be a possibility to switch between automatic and manual mode in these new cars. The manual mode could of course be supervised by the system to minimize accident likelihood.
DeleteI read somewhere that one of the best engines that could theoretically get us over long distances in space are ones that detonate nuclear bombs to achieve acceleration. I think its caleld nuclear pulse propulsion and there is a project by NASA called Project Orion that is envisioned to use such an engine.
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ReplyDelete1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
ReplyDeleteLike previous speakers, I consider that the most promising area is the internet of things, I believe that soon there will be common standards that will make you the counsel will be more compatible.
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
We expect further steps approaching us to self-propelled cars.
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
The successful landing of the SpaceX Falcon 9.
1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
ReplyDeleteOne of the presented innovations which is the most promising to me is Internet of Things because of process optimization and omptmized resource consumption as well as increased control of the device/systems. IoT means new situations where analytics can be used which will help us discovering new ideas.
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
I am afraid I cannot indicate any new innovations. These may be rather minor discoveries.
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
I think it was Google's Autonomous Car as well as landing of the SpaceX Falcon9.
The thing is that I do not feel that I live in "golden age of technology" in my everyday life. When I was younger and imagined life in 2016 I thought we will not only have automatic cars by now but also flying cars (different topic if they are good or needed solution) and that our lives will look more like in "5th element". It feels to me that somewhere (in the army/US/medicine) there are advanced technologies but it seems like it will take ages to incorporate them into our everyday lives. Good example is Siri - in my opinion she is still completely useless in everyday tasks.
ReplyDeleteDon't let me start on security : ) - in 2016 it seems like there is no interoperability between basic emergency services (it takes 3 phone calls to report that somebody drunk is lying on the street) so how they can address more challenging technologically issues connected to IoT.
I agree with Marcin that it would be really great if the technologies were more accessible for broader audience and really looking forward what development of IoT will bring. As I said in previous discussions I dream of automatic car so I am really looking forward to developments in this field as well.
As I don't really watch television I am less excited in developments in this area.
1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
ReplyDeleteBecause of my PhD I'm very focused and IoT but also I'm very interested in the SpaceX program progress. It can help us better understand our universe thanks to lowering costs
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
Google glass 2 ;)
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
Microsoft Hololens. This is the future !
Julia and Marcin have a good point, the biggest breakthrough would be introducing widely technology really helpful for society. Answering your questions: IoT sounds very promising in terms of growing influence of technology in our lives.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I don't have much to say about any additional innovations which might appear this year. Maybe I spend too less time reading news on websites or forums associated with new technologies. If I had to choose which breakthrough achieved in 2015 is my favourite then I would pick up that one with rocket that successfully landed back on earth (at least I've heard about it before reading your article).
1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion the idea of IoT is the most promising. I know that the problem with compatibility is raised very often, and I agree this is a big issue, but I think the possibilities that IoT may give are so tempting that the one standard will finally appear.
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
I really liked the idea of using virtual reality in children therapy. I think it might be a big step in healthcare (example: http://factor-tech.com/virtual-reality/19506-virtual-reality-experiences-offer-therapy-for-children-with-special-needs/).
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
I like the idea I mentioned about in previous answer.
Self driving car sound most promising for me. If car producers would be able to remove the feeling of acceleration at the same time, then it will be just like sitting in the room. Sounds great for me, because people wouldn't lost their time for traveling - they could for example read, write instead. All make sense if you could turn it off when feel like you want to drive a regular car.
ReplyDelete1. I do believe that Internet of Everything will is the most promising area of innovations. Smart homes, cities, grids, a huge amount of devices interconnected able to influence and make our day-to-day lives easier, safer (i do not mean privacy here) and more comfortable. There are vast numbers of use cases and opportunities out there, just waiting to be materialised.
ReplyDelete2. & 3. I would have say.. General-purpose Artificial Intelligence, which would be greatly complementing the IoE. Imagine all the event-driven architectures and solutions we could come up with now.
IoT is the most promising area of innovations. Unfortunately, there are too much industry fights between the biggest gamers and that's why is so difficult to establish standard. There are so many opportunities coming from connecting all kinds of machines into one network and improving direct communication between them!
ReplyDeleteI also see a lot of opportunities in Virtual Reality and I think that many innovation this year will come from applying VR in different contexts.
My most favourite breakthrough achieved in the passing year was Tesla's software update with Autopilot - it's the first self driving mode applied in a real car on real roads for real drivers.
1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
ReplyDeleteAI developments especially Planarian Regeneration Model Discovered by Artificial Intelligence
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
It would be worth to improve communication tools and techniques.
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
Autonomous cars.
1. Which of the innovations presented in the article looks most promising for you?
ReplyDelete> I'm super excited with the low cost processors. Amazing opportunities with the upcoming open source `Risc-v` computing units. IOT is a bit vague area. We might be talking about more decentralized solutions upcoming years.
2. Do you know of any additional innovations which might appear this year? (Maybe some related to your area of study).
> 'risc-v'! Imagine a microprocessor for a penny..
3. Which of the breakthroughs achieved in the passing year (2015) was your favourite?
> Apple watch is my favorite piece of tech for the last year. Introduced at 2014 but appeared in the marked last year.