Technology Trends

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Technology Trends

• Michael L. Best
• mikeb_at_cc.gatech.edu

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Screens

• OLED, photon vacuums, and other emerging screen
  technologies may hit big. Low cost screens that
  consume small amounts of power would allow the
  "100 laptop" vision to finally become a reality.
  The impact on ubiquitous computing in low-income
  settings could be major. The regulatory impacts
  would be secondary I suspect.

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Micro-fuel cells

• These technologies are often promised but should
  be finally delivered within the next few years.
  Combined with new screen technologies (above) and
  the Internet should be finally fully off the grid
  (power and otherwise). Cottage charging
  industries will emerge. Regulatory impacts in
  terms of energy utility commissions could be
  significant.

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Location technologies

• Europe should deploy Galileo with improved
  resolution. Location aware applications could
  flourish especially if the consumer-side chipsets
  drop in price and increase in power performance.
  Potential regulatory issues include privacy
  concerns, security, etc.

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Terrestrial wireless

• OFDM can easily be the next-big-wireless-thing
  and support broadband at vehicular speeds, etc.
  The technology enjoys significant spectral
  efficiencies especially relative to WiFi and this
  can impact regulators involved in spectrum
  management.

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Kill the root

• The end of the DNS false economy. The
  technologies to end the monopoly status of the
  DNS root is easily available but the
  institutional will has not yet been present. But
  if we end the false scarcity of TLD's (and other
  false economies created by ICANN) there could be
  a lot of wins. Regulatory impacts might be
  significant as it relates to IPR, ccTLD
  management, etc.

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Smart radios and antennas

• A lot has been said about this. Could mean the
  end of interference? Big impacts to spectrum
  regulations.

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Technology Trends

• Michael L. Best
• mikeb_at_cc.gatech.edu