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Towards the Future...

Peter Korn, Accessibility Principal

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Past informs the Future

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Past informs the Future

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AEGIS: Foundation for the Future

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The Past Filled a Room

● 1975Cray-1A$8.86m136 MFLOPS4,989 kg

● Fastestcomputerin the world

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The Future is in your Pocket

● 2011Samsung Galaxy S II$478259 MFLOPS150 grams

● Twice the floatingpoint performanceof a supercomputerfrom a generation ago...

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The Future in the Clouds

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The Future in the Clouds

● Answers from the cloud● Google & search engines● VizWiz● Siri

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Future in the Clouds

● Augmented reality● Star Walk● Nearest Places● Wikitude● Heads Up Navigator

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The Future is Ubiquitous Computing

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But... not without Storm Clouds

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The Future is what we make it!