IBM’s Next 5 in 5 Five Innovations That Could Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years

1. IBM’s Next 5 in 5Five Innovations That Could Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years Ku-Jei King, Ph.D. Manager, System Development, IBM Taiwan Systems and Technology Lab October 30, 2007

2. IBM’s “Next 5 in 5” Overview • Speech Translation will be Real-time • There will be a 3-D Internet • Cell Phones will Read our Minds • Computer Technology will Help Solve Environmental Issues • We will Have Remote Access to Healthcare

3. Real-time Speech Translation Will Help Eliminate Language Barriers

4. Real-time Speech Translation Technology Eliminating Language Barriers • Imagine instantly being able “speak” or understand another language anywhere in the world • Communicate via a handheld, a laptop, or just by picking up the telephone and asking for real-time translation services • Translation technologies embedded into handheld devices, home phones, cars, and more. • Implications for emergency medical teams, travelers, business, governments.

5. Text translation Speech Recognition Machine Translation Speech Synthesis Speech Translation Technologies Today, speech innovations are allowing media companies to monitor Chinese and Arabic news broadcasts over the Web in English, travelers to use PDAs to translate menus in Japanese, and doctors to communicate with patients in Spanish. • MIT Technology Review - One of “10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Your World” • Time Magazine - One of ”5 New Things that Will Blow your Mind”

6. MASTOR: Bi-directional free form speech

7. There will be a 3-D Internet

8. Virtual Worlds – highly visual, immersive environments … … not just games, user generated worlds with social aspects already showing promise for business …

9. Business Implications and Opportunities • Transforming Customer Experiences • Improving Business Process (i.e. supply chain, manufacturing, HR) • Commerce and Transactions • 3D Modeling and Simulations • Real World and Virtual World Connections • Building out the 3D Net And their impact on society: • Medical or other training using virtual world technology • Rehearsal and role playing • Simulations and response • 3D models, immersive environments recreate real life and simplify the complex

10. Virtual Circuit City Replicates products in 3D Use of avatars to walk the aisles; consumer experiences products as in real life Extends community of customers and experts from stores, to forums online and the virtual world Creates a richer, more immersive experience for customers Virtual worlds and 3-D environments in the multi-channel retailing environment

11. Cell Phones Will Read Our Minds

12. Cell Phones Will Read Our Minds Advanced “presence” technology will give handheld devices the ability to automatically learn about your preferences and know where you are. Presence technology could direct you to the closest branch of your bank, or even recommend a nearby restaurant you’d like.

13. Mobile Devices Learn Users’ Locationand Preferences • Norway's largest telecom company, Telenor, is testing technology to allow mobile devices and networks to learn about users' whereabouts and preferences as they commute, work and travel.  • Telenor plans to improve its service by using the knowledge of where its users are located and automate routine operations. • The system - known as PASTA -- uses sensors like GPS and processing software to filter information and uses the important events to adapt to the user's preferences. • Complete “presence” awareness • Infrastructure works with a variety of wireless  networks - GSM, GPS, RFID and Wi-fi, for example.

14. Technology Will Address Environmental Issues

15. Need for New Water Filtration Technologies The World Bank reports that 80 countries now have water shortages that threaten health and economies while 40 percent of the world more than 2 billion people — have no access to clean water or sanitation.

16. Imagine Computing Technologies Helping Address Environmental Issues Early 2007 New research effort focused on environment Apply advanced computing technologies to emerging environmental opportunities, such as water filtration via nanotechnology and efficient solar power systems.

17. Reducing Data Center Energy Consumption • PG&E to optimize energy efficiency opportunities in California IT ops • Server consolidation and new measurement methods to reduce heat consumption in 40,000 sq. feet of raised floor • Virtualization technology to boost utilization of the systems from 10% to 80% • IBM “Project Big Green”

18. Remote Access to Healthcare

19. Emerging need for remote healthcare access • The 2006 Census Bureau report : people are migrating out of major cities and moving into counties 40 or more miles away from major cities. • Healthcare cost crisis continues to develop • A significant percentage of developing world populations have virtually no access to meaningful healthcare, especially due to lack of transportation.

20. Benefits of Remote Healthcare • Imagine if a doctor could monitor a patient’s health remotely • A patient could take her blood pressure at home and then an authorized care provider could securely access the results through a cell phone. • IBM and its partners are working on remote healthcare technologies.

21. Research hospitals treat health care problems with innovative technology access • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), an innovator in remote patient monitoring: “Telehealth” monitors chronic heart conditions • Collaboration between hospitals and manufacturers as industry moves toward portable equipment and implantable devices • Open healthcare software standards provide access to complete medical history

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