Distinction between emerging and converging technology
Possible future directions
100
A very common sight in classroom settings from elementary schools to universities.
What are computers?
100
Process of working for a company without being physically present at the company's office
What is telecommuting?
100
Patient care which allows doctors to practice and advise in patient diagnosis and treatment from a remote location
What is telemedicine?
100
Clumsy, slow, occupied an entire room, produced limited computing power and invented in the 20th century.
What is first digital computer?
100
Can be used to control environments without human intervention, such as dimming the living room lights when the movie starts.
What is Pervasive computing?
200
Using this, the drafting table has mostly become a thing of the past for architects.
What is the design software?
200
An employee is given access to VPN to access corporate computers.
What is internet service?
200
Combines computer technology and healthcare disciplines to manage the acquisition and use of health-related information.
What is Health informatics?
200
Any new way of using computers differently from what is established.
What is emerging technology?
200
Process of computers providing enhancements to our environment also adds statistics, graphics, and other computer-generated information to real images to make them more meaningful.
What is augmented reality?
300
To make reservations, market themselves, and connect with guests via social media links.
What are ways to use the web?
300
Allows organizations to connect to each others's extranets.
What is virtual private network (VPN)?
300
Can help design strategies for using Facebook, Twitter, and the next new communication tools effectively.
What is social media strategist?
300
The manipulation of matter and creating machines at the molecular scale.
What is nanotechnology?
300
Create a feeling within user that the artificial environment or actions are in some way real.
What is immersive experience?
400
Education, healthcare, sales, tourism, and hospitality.
What are examples of computing fields?
400
The user should develop a plan for how to continue working when connectivity or computer hardware does fail.
What is preparing a loss of service at the office?
400
Aggression and a single-minded focus, flexibility and adaptability
What are two life skills that can help you stay ready for new opportunities in your career
400
Smart phones are replacing PDAs which managed appointments, ran spreadsheet programs, allowed people to take notes with a stylus and great idea for a wide range of business and casual users on the go.
What is technological convergence?
400
The science of creating machines that possess a version of intelligence similar to what is found in humans and certain other animals.
What is artificial intelligence?
500
A vast, multi-disciplined collection of professions, such as researchers, doctors, engineers providing new and better ways to help people thrive and survive