ilead usa - emerging technologies

Emerging TechnologiesBy Brian Pichman of the Evolve Project

ILEAD USA, June 18th 2013

Technology As An Evolution 1990 – 2000: Internet Burst 2000 – 2010: Value Adds to Technology 2010 – 2020: Technology Burst

Future of Technology To discover and curate information Value adds (efficiency, reliability) To build or discover new “things”

Future of Search Has ChangedSearches based off of visuals instead of keywords

Clicking Images rather than entering in words

General Themes Touch-Based Gesture-Based Object Orientated Mobility/Connectivity Open Source Hardware

Touch Based People want to touch everything

Discover Through Touch Search Through Touch Learn Through Touch

Gesture Based Communicate with Technology Hands

Free Uses multiple cameras to detect

depth/movement Microsoft Kinect

Sites to Explore: Microsoft Kinect PrimeSense Evoluce

Wearable Gesture Based Computing

http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/

Object Orientated Use Objects to interact with surfaces

Have You Considered… People are more mobile / more

connected than ever before Social Networks Email SMS (Texting ;) )

How does this translate to libraries? Constant Connection to Information and

Databases

Back To Searching Technology is becoming more “visual”

orientated Whether it be from touch, gesture, or

objects Search Dynamics are changing

Gamification

Interactive Library Cards Put a “Reward System” into the library card

Badges Prizes Exclusive Programming / Event registration

Low Tech: Print new more colorful library cards, allow patrons to

customize their card with different and increasingly more desired badges – based off books read, programs attended, etc.

High Tech: Create Library Cards with screens Send Messages to card when they are in the library

(wirelessly connected) Display “reading level” or “badges they own”

Libraries Can Do This Too We are in a time of new inventions and

great technological achievements Put together groups to build new ideas,

concepts, and technology Open Source Hardware / Software Build New Staff

Transform the way you work, play, and collaborate.

Future Concepts People watching TV can point and click

to buy content (clothes, cars, etc) Predictive searches (Amazon does it

now)

Places to Watch Mashable Engadget TED Talks (TED.com) Crowd Funding Sites (ex Kickstarter) CES (Consumer Electronics Show)

What Things Do You See?

Contact Me Twitter: @bpichman Email: bpichman@evolveproject.org Cell: 815-534-0403

Slides will be posted on slideshare.net/bpichman