Smart Technologies Key Recent Media Coverage, December 2009

One of the most intriguing and significant developments in the world of technology is the ever-evolving field of smart technologies. A term used to describe a wide array of machines and other systems that feature some form of built-in intelligence, smart technologies, once the stuff of science fiction, now promise to radically alter many aspects of modern life. From security systems to supply chain management, from traffic management to patient care, smart technologies are becoming a ubiquitous part of modern life. Combining advances from a wide array of technologies -- including robotics, artificial intelligence, wireless technology, human-machine interaction, RFID, and GPS -- smart technologies offer greater effectiveness and efficiency than their manual counterparts. This TecTrends Reporter covers developments involving many kinds of smart technologies, including smart homes and other buildings, smart environmental and energy management systems, smart materials and the products made from them, and smart cars and transportation systems. What new areas of life are being impacted by smart technologies and what new kinds of intelligence are being designed into them? The TecTrends Smart Technologies Reporter provides insight on these and other questions related to this rapidly emerging area of technological innovation.

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SEARCH TERMS
Digital Cameras
Industrial Automation
Robotics
Smart Technologies
Innovation
and more...

COMPANIES
University of Calgary
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Netflix Inc
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
National Aeronautics and Space Admin (NASA)
and more...

PRODUCTS
Netflix Prize
Mars Science Laboratory
Apple iPhone
and more...
COUNTRIES
Canada
United States