Eddie Irving wakes up at the crack of dawn every morning to tend to his begonias. A green thumb, the retiree enjoys starting the day early and reading the Wall Street Journal from his brownstone in a suburb of Queens. Irving, 74, retired from Con Edison over a decade ago, where he was an account manager and which continues to pay him a small pension.
Adopting modern technologies at work is easier said than done. A lot of things have to be taken care of. For smooth and successful technology adoption, various requirements, ranging from funds to people to security policies must first be met.
Big data analytics is extensively used to collect and analyze data to provide a more personalized experience and to make accurate predictions about the market and customer behavior. But, the lawmakers and the civil rights groups have raised concerns about big data privacy risks, data reaching the wrong hands.
As advances in technology have led to the permeation of communication devices deep into our private spaces, we have grown accustomed to, and even favorably inclined towards, trading privacy for convenience, which may not always be a bad thing.
We obviously cannot get an exact picture of how our futuristic city will look like. But definitely, we can visualize or predict the make-over that our cities can expect, thanks to the various sci-fi movies. For example, the movie Minority Report that released back in 2002 included several fictional technologies like personalized advertising, gesture recognition, crime prediction software, retina scanners, and so on.
The Internet is shaping the world into a virtual colony, without altering the geographical boundaries. This digital colonization is being considered highly influential in shaping the future geopolitical scenarios.
Space technology has helped astronauts and scientists to research stars, planets, and the creation of the universe. But, can space technology be used for everyday applications too?