IBM predicts that within five years we will be able to present and project in XNUMXD our image or the caller in a mobile phone call, the mobile computer will be charged by kinetic energy, green technologies will be used on a daily basis and more
IBM predicts that within five years we will be able to present and project in XNUMXD our image or the caller in a mobile phone call, the mobile computer will be charged by kinetic energy, green technologies will be used on a daily basis; We will use customized public transportation; and enjoy computers whose heat emission will provide power to heat buildings in the winter or for air conditioning in the summer.
An analysis of social changes and trends, market developments and technological developments conducted at IBM, led to the formulation of an updated forecast of 5 technologies and innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play in the next five years. IBM's traditional "five by five" forecast also allows learning about the areas of development in which the company is expected to focus its efforts.
The forecast is based on the predictive work of about 3,000 scientists in IBM laboratories designed to locate innovative technological ideas for the next 5 years.
A holographic conversation in which a three-dimensional image of the interlocutor is projected from the mobile phone leads the new list published by IBM.
XNUMXD interfaces such as those known today in the world of cinema, are expected to allow us to communicate with XNUMXD holograms of co-workers or friends in our free time, all in real time. XNUMXD cameras and holographic cameras are becoming more and more sophisticated and smaller, and are predicted to be integrated into cell phones, which will allow viewing photos, surfing the Web and talking to friends in completely new ways.
Scientists are now working on trying to improve the video conversation technology in order to enable the creation of "remote presence in XNUMXD". The new technique makes use of the light rays returned from objects, in order to reconstruct an image of that object, similar to the way the human eye works in constructing the image of the objects that surround us.
XNUMXD technology will allow not only to display photos of friends. Terrain and road maps that we use today - and especially large-scale maps - actually present a distorted image resulting from the transition from a three-dimensional structure (the Earth) to a flat two-dimensional layout (map). The three-dimensional display technology will allow for a more accurate presentation of such maps, as well as Accurate association labeling of photos taken at different geographical points - to the place and time they were taken, all with the help of a more convenient and natural interface.
Scientists in IBM's research laboratories are working to develop new ways to visually present three-dimensional information, including technology that will allow engineers to "enter" the plans of any building, any system or any software component, move through the content, run simulations of the spread of diseases around the world On top of a three-dimensional model, identify trends in public opinion and social experience as they are reflected on Twitter, and so on - all in real time and without distortions and interruptions.
Air-breathing batteries are the cherished dream of every laptop user who longs for a system that will work without charging for an entire day, or for a cell phone that will charge itself while it is carried in a pants pocket. IBM predicts that scientific and technological progress in the field of transistors and batteries will allow devices to operate ten times longer than what we know today. In some cases, it is possible that the batteries will disappear completely, and they will not be needed in particularly small devices.
Instead of heavy lithium-ion batteries, which are currently used, scientists are now developing batteries that will use the air we breathe to create an electrical reaction with densely charged metal with electricity, overcoming one of the main barriers that currently prevent the development of longer-life batteries. If this development effort is successful, it will be possible to enjoy lightweight, high-power, rechargeable batteries capable of powering everything from electric cars to consumer electronics and entertainment devices.
But the technology may even develop even further, completely eliminating the need for batteries. Through rethinking and redesigning the basic building block of every electronic product - the transistor - IBM strives to reduce the energy consumption of each transistor to less than 0.5 volts. With such low energy consumption, it will be possible to completely dispense with the battery in many types of devices such as mobile phones or electronic book readers. Such devices can be charged using a technique known as "energy hunting". Certain wristwatches already use this technology today: they are charged by converting the energy of the movement of the hand that wears them into electrical power, which is stored in an internal battery. A similar concept may allow mobile phones to be charged: all that will be required is to shake the phone - and dial.
You don't have to be a scientist to save the environment. Even those who are not physicists by training are in fact a moving sensor cluster. Within five years, sensors integrated into a phone, car, wallet or electronic messages and tweets sent on the Internet will allow collecting information that will provide scientists with a real-time picture of the environment in which that person is at that moment. Each of us will be able to contribute this information in order to help fight global warming, save endangered species or monitor invasive plants or animals, which endanger ecosystems around the world. Within five years, IBM expects the emergence of a new type of "citizen scientists", who will use simple sensors that already exist today, in order to collect and stream large amounts of information for the purposes of scientific research.
Simple observations and data such as the exact place where snow melt begins in the urban area, the place where the first mosquitoes appear every year, the drying up of streams and so on, constitute valuable data for the use of scientists who are unable to track them today. Even a normal laptop can be an earthquake sensor. If such a computer is linked to other computers, it may help in the rapid mapping of earthquakes, and speed up the work of rescue teams in order to save victims.
IBM recently registered a patent for a technique that allows the system to perform an accurate calculation of seismic centers after an earthquake and to provide early warning against the next tsunami following earthquakes, while accurately calculating the disaster area for the purpose of formulating priorities for the action of the emergency forces. The company also contributes mobile phone applications that allow each user to provide useful information and data, such as improving water quality or reporting noise nuisances. The application, Creek Watch, allows users to photograph a stream in the field, answer three simple questions about this stream - and make the information available to the water authorities.
Transportation without traffic jams, without overcrowding on the bus or subway, without delays due to road works and without fear of being late for work, will be possible in the future thanks to analytical computing technologies that will provide personalized recommendations regarding the roads, lines and routes that will bring the user to his destination in the shortest possible time. Transportation systems that have the ability to adapt and dynamically adapt to changes in loads will learn the behavior patterns of passengers, in order to provide a higher level of safety and route these passengers in the most efficient way.
IBM scientists are developing new models that will make it possible to predict in real time the results of changes in transportation routes and private and public traffic, far beyond the systems that exist today that focus on the backward analysis of events, and which are unable to influence the actual routing of traffic. In this way, it will be possible to avoid the frustration of receiving an accurate report about the traffic jam you are already standing in - in favor of a reliable prediction of the future traffic jam in the route you may enter, for the purpose of routing and redirecting to another, more free route.
New mathematical models applied in IBM's analytical forecasting tool will allow the company's researchers to analyze and integrate a variety of possible scenarios that may affect passengers on different roads and tools, to best route daily transportation while taking into account factors such as accidents, the location of the passenger, road works, events expected throughout the city and so on. The system will be able to offer alternative transportation channels such as railroads, provide comprehensive information on parking options, and take into account current and forecast weather data, at the local level.
The computers themselves will become a source of energy at the urban level. Innovations in the field of data processing centers today make it possible to direct and route the heat emitted from these systems, and the energy that was wasted until now in the emission of this heat - to tasks such as heating buildings in the winter, or operating air conditioning systems in the summer.
Up to 50% of the energy currently consumed in modern data processing centers is currently invested in the air conditioning and cooling of the computer rooms. Most of the heat emitted from the systems is currently wasted, and is simply emitted into the atmosphere. New technologies, such as water cooling systems for computer chips, developed at IBM, make it possible to recycle the thermal energy generated in clusters of processors and computers - in order to heat water for office or home use.
A first-of-its-kind project in this field, carried out in Switzerland, includes a computer system equipped with technology that is expected to save annually up to 30 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, while reducing the carbon footprint of the computer system by 85%. On top of each chip in this computer cluster, a network with an innovative structure was installed, of tiny liquid bulbs that are integrated into a heat exchanger and allow water to flow in a space of a few microns from the silicon surface itself. The flow of water so close to the surface of the chip allows for more efficient removal of the heat. The water, which reaches a temperature of up to 60 degrees Celsius, is circulated through a shore exchanger, which provides heat to the heating system.
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Roy - The sentence you wrote in response to the sparrow is true in itself, but it is not true as a response to the sparrow. Dror is right and indeed power or energy consumption is not measured in volts.
The article is about future semiconductor technology where the supply voltage is half a volt (compared to common technologies such as 5 volts or 3.3 volts). If we are talking about low signal levels and the output signal of the circuit is not required for power - then of course we have energy savings - the same functions with a lower operating voltage and this in itself constitutes a power saving and it is possible that the current consumed is also lower which results in additional power savings.
In any case, it was not correct to write in the article "IBM strives to reduce the energy consumption of each transistor to less than 0.5 volts." The appropriate wording should have been - to reduce the operating voltage of each transistor to less than half a volt, which results in reducing the power consumed.
sparrow,
The break can be calculated by P=(V^2)/R. That is, the more the tension, the lower the power and energy consumption will decrease squarely.
Charging of course, I will fix.
Batteries with high power and can be tasted?
How many flavors does it come in?
Since when is energy consumption measured in volts?
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In my opinion, the forecasts should have been shown 5 and 10 years ago. To test the accuracy of the fulfillment of the predictions. Every child can predict things that will not happen.