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The Future is Information The Future is Information TechnologyTechnology

Dr Brian Whitworth

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INFORMATION SYSTEMSINFORMATION SYSTEMS

Social LevelSocial Level

Personal LevelPersonal Level

Software LevelSoftware Level

Hardware LevelHardware Level

Person + S/W

+ Device

S/W Code + Device

Devices

Online Community

+Person + S/W

+ Device

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEM

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEM

Software

HardwareEngineering

Programming

INFORMATION

SYSTEM

INFORMATION

SYSTEM

Online BusinessOnline Business

Online PeopleOnline People

Human-Computer Interaction

Organizational Computing

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SMART Face-recognition

Smart Robots (Roomba)

Smart Houses

Handwriting recognition

CUSTOMIZABLE

Language TranslationCar diagnostics

Voice-recognition

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Mini-TVsCameras

MINIATURE

Cell Phone Ear-Piece

Smart Business Cards

Personal Networks

ID Locator Chips

Pull-Out Screens

Holographic Keyboard

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

SOCIALPEOPLE

CONNECTED

AWARELocation (GPS)

Health

CarPet

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SECURE

Anti-Virus

Nomadic Networking

PE

OP

LE

FAIR

ONLINE COMMUNITY

SpamWikipediaE-Bay Trade-me

MySpaceSpyware

E-Learning

Polite Computing

E-Voting

Online Games

INFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATIONINFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATION

Software

Hardware

USABLE EXPRESSIVE

Touch Screen Help

Mobile Browser

Mobile E-mailMobile Maps

Mobile Purchases

Local Google

Mobile Chat

Texting

Blogs

SO

CIA

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Mobile FutureMobile Future

The Future is Information Technology