IBM Smart Work Jam - What is coming in the next 10 years?
Written by Olivier Adam on Monday, 21 September 2009 12:38
IBM was running a 3 days work jam session that was open to all at the end of last week. In this "Jam", conferences were being held and there was the possibility to discuss on different topics concerning work in the future. 5Deka of course participated in this and we thought it would be interesting for all to see some of the comments we wrote. Here's an overview of what we posted.
On the subject of "Major innovations in the next 10 years", the question was:
"Many of you may remember using an electronic typewriter to type out your college papers (dating myself). But Looking back I cannot imagine the laborious process of typing, re-typing and using white out?? We've also seen the evolution of the cell phone and instant messaging in the last decade. All of these major evolutions in our lives have bled into our work life. What might be some new innovations we'll see over the next 10 or 20 years that will pervasively change the way we live and work?"
And the comment we made:
"Here you go: Augmented Reality for sure, Virtual Reality with business application like the eLenovo Lounge with Avatar, Full Unified Communications implementations, no more Laptop but highly powerfull device like IPhone next gen with full wireless add-on devices to hook with (Wireless HDMI Screen, mouse, and keyboard), Nanotechnology breakthrough, Huge growth in personal Robots applications especially in Japan / Korea by 2025 to reduce birth gap in different tasks, Geo base location services with direct link to your profile (ie walking in a store with your GPS turned on and be recognized with your profile and preferences (ads, directions, etc... displayed on your mobile device just for you), eINK and applications such as the Tiger in the Frosted Flakes Cereal Box waving at you in supermarket vs static collor cover box, RFID on every devices (no more inventory required, instant inventory tracking ... to the bottle of shampoo...), Social networking evolving inside corporate (ie from simple coordinate of an employee on line to his full profile), Public Rating tools on many public services and inside corporation (today in China, once you past the custom, you are ask to rate the service of the custom agent you just pass by), an Hyperconnected world with close to a trillions device connected to the web (your dog, shoes, applicances, etc...), from eCommerce to V-Commerce (virtual), next gen eBook replacing Students 2D book (each student will have a tablet-PC / eBook type, and students book will be update constantly and the students will have multi-media interactions with his book, No more remote control where Gesture Remote control will be full blown, Video game will be totally immersive and will be use more and more for training (evolution of the Wii at fast pace), the Human is more and more making one with his electronic universe (eyes is his Passport, Finger his wallet, hands his remote control, blood in 2050+ his Resume....(I know this one is scary...)), Holographic technology breakthough, 3D LCD type TV set without a requirement for glasses, "GPS Enabled Collaborative car" on street and highway (ie each car now talking to each other and reducing accident and risk of drive), more and more "Self-Doctoring" in healthcare with multiple personal monitoring & diagnostic devices at home, DNA scan for less then 1000$ in 15 minutes (see Fortune magazine on this...another scarry part of the future if mis-use), You can read see a Day in 2050 at www.5Deka.com, to know more longer term. "
Another subject was: "What will your office look like in 2010?" and the question was:
"I'm working at home right now. I also have an office (not cubicle). I wonder...
What will your "office" look like in 10 years? Will there be "offices" as we know them today? Who will have "offices" (and who won't)?"
We replied:
"baby boomers and Generation X will have an office...Generation Y and the next one the Cyber Generation wants total freedom, a Laptop with full wireless and UC-collaboratives tools, being able to work at home, at the office in open areas with colleagues, in a Starbucks coffee, on the terrace, at the hotel, at the Airport lounge. They want to feel their friends and colleagues presence where ever they are. They want as my Generation Y employees, being able to login at the hotel at 1:00 am and see who is present live around the globe, and exchange ideas on the fly with them. WWW.5Deka.com for more."
If you want to read all the discussions and contribute your own thoughts, you still have a few days lefts to do so and you should head over to the IBM Smart Work Jam website.