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Emerging Technologies
The Swedish Data Inspection Board. Ubiquitous Computing
Sep 13th
If you say “Ubicomp”, many laughs and thinks of intelligent fridge. But the phenomenon should not be underestimated. For years, IT industry in the U.S., EU and Japan spent astronomical sums on development. People and equipment are bound together in a giant wireless network, it is intended, and it could More >
Statement by the Swedish Research Institute of Defence at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce 2012 03 21
May 1st
The art of creating machines with ethical behaviour is something that robot scientists and philosophers have started to study.
What part has man to play in a future, in which ethical decisions will be taken also by machines?
When will a machine become a human being?
The question of borderlines between man and More >
Virtual/Augmented Reality
Feb 6th
Virtual/Augmented Reality
Similar to[1]:
·Virtual worlds: mainly referring to entertainment when virtual reality refers more to utilities
·Mixed reality: mainly used in entertainment applications where different kinds of realities are mixed. Augmented reality on the other hand refers to situations where reality is augmented with some other elements.
·Metaverse: vision of an immersive 3D virtual world, to More >
Robotics
Feb 6th
Robotics
History
The term “robot” was derived from early 20th century literature (Čapek 1920) to denote machines that are apparently able to work independently of direct human control. There is currently no uniform agreed definition of “robot”, although the International Standard Organisation (ISO) 8373 defines them as “an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, More >
Quantum Computing
Feb 6th
Quantum Computing
History
Blackbody Radiation
The technology of quantum computing is based on the idea of extending classical information theory. This is done by combining it with the concept of quantum physics and thereby enhancing computer science, which has so far been reduced to a binary architecture, built on transistor systems. More >
Neuroelectronics
Feb 6th
Neuroelectronics
History
Neuroelectronics, sometimes referred to as neurotechnology, is the discipline that deals with the interface between the human nervous system and electronic devices. It is a highly complex and interdisciplinary field with contributions from computer science, cognitive science, neurosurgery and biomedical engineering. Neuroelectronics has roughly three related branches: (1) neuroimaging, (2) More >
Human-Machine Symbiosis
Feb 6th
Human-Machine Symbiosis
History
Human-machine symbiosis can be traced back to Licklider who in 1960 envisaged a situation where machines could work side by side with humans. Licklider’s vision was that humans and machines could be coupled together and work interactively. He stated the following:
Man-computer symbiosis is an expected development in cooperative interaction More >
Future Internet
Feb 6th
Future Internet
Related terms:
Web 3.0, Internet of Things, Real World Internet, Semantic Web, Intelligent Web, Internet of Services
History
The development of digital information networks begun in the U.S.A. in the 1960’s at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)[1] and as a result the first network called ARPANET was opened between four American More >
Cloud Computing
Feb 6th
Cloud Computing
Similar to:
·Utility Computing
·On-Demand Computing
History
The history of cloud computing as a concept that would deliver computing resources to different locations through a global network can be said to have originally been introduced in the sixties by Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider often shortened to J.C.R Licklider. J.C.R Licklider’s idea of an More >
Bioelectronics
Feb 6th
Bioelectronics
History
One can state that bioelectronics is quite an old scientific research area although the actual term, bioelectronics can be traced back to the mid- 1970s. The first attempts to integrate biology and electronic devices have been associated to medical development in for example the development of the electrocardiograph. Electrocardiograph is More >
Artificial Intelligence
Feb 6th
Artificial Intelligence
History
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a diverse field of R&D dealing with machine intelligence. Its underlying concepts reach back many centuries into Greek philosophy and mathematics. The idea of universal computation has been discussed in connection with concepts for computational devices since at least the times of Charles Babbage More >
Ambient Intelligence
Feb 6th
Ambient Intelligence
History In 1998, Philips and Palo Alto Ventures coined the term ‘ambient intelligence’ (AmI) in order to illustrate a vision of the future where technologies seamlessly interact and adapt to human needs while being none obtrusive. From then on they have further developed the concept, or vision, and designed More >
Affective Computing
Feb 6th
Affective Computing
Also known as
- Emotional computing
- Emotion-oriented computing
History
Research into affect can be traced to the 19th century. However, it used to be linked to living organisms. Interest in the computational aspects of affects (or emotions, the terms seem to be used interchangeably) has only developed in the last decade of More >
Computer – Brain – Interaction
Feb 3rd
Brain- Computer- Interaction
Development of BCI-AI (Brain-Computer-Interaction and Artificial Intelligence)
Research and development going on in secret. Ethical debates and legislation is nonexistent.
The lack of facts in this matter creates naive ideas about the safe development of
BCI-AI.
The researchers put the lid on the public debate on the subject More >
