Today, the products themselves serve as the attraction, and this show has become the most important consumer electronics show in the world. There will be about 150,000 people attending CES from all over the world. The show takes place from January 7-10, 2014.
I follow this show carefully, as I often get to see trends developing that lend insight into what types of technology we will see in the marketplace in the relatively near future. Keep in mind that CES is specifically timed to show retailers the products that vendors plan to have in the market starting near the end of the second quarter and especially in place for the holiday season. With this in mind, here are the eight trends I see emerging during CES for 2014.
Electronics trends for 2014
I am sure there will be a lot of other products that get attention, such as new consumer-related robots, Android running on Windows PCs, new digital cameras and smarter digital video recorders. However, as I have surveyed the pre-show material and looked into my own research on CES trends, I believe the areas I shared above will represent a lot of the news coming out of CES in 2014.
Virgin Galactic is scheduled to become the first private commercial "spaceliner" to blast tourists into space, with an inaugural trip in 2014 carrying its founder, Sir Richard Branson. Branson and his children, Holly and Sam, will lift off on SpaceShipTwo from the Spaceport America in New Mexico.
At the 2013 IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, technology company Philips demonstrated a concept called the HomeCooker Next that could time cooking, change temperature and stir food -- using a smartphone. The Nest thermostat not only can control your home's temperature remotely, it also learns your behavior and makes adjustments accordingly.
The networking of our physical world will continue to boom in 2014. Connected devices are no longer just limited to smartphones and computers. Everything from door locks and home appliances to bikes and watches can now be networked.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is challenging robot-makers to address the need for rescue workers in dangerous emergency response situations. The DARPA robotics challenge is underway and will have finals happening at the end of 2014. Winners will receive a $2 million prize.
Just watching movies and shows on TV won't cut the mustard in 2014. A growing market of smart TVs will continue to expand, with more households having the option to browse the Internet, launch apps and have social interactions through their TV sets.
Privacy advocates may want to keep their eyes on several cases filed against the U.S. government in 2013 that are still pending. NSA director Gen. Keith Alexander will retire in 2014, which could spark a new round of conversations about privacy.
Not everyone has a smartphone, but that will eventually change. One prediction by Credit Suisse says that over 1 billion smartphones will sell worldwide in 2014, getting a boost from demand in China. According to IDC, smartphone shipments in China's growing market are estimated to hit 450 million in 2014 - compared to an estimated 360 million in 2013.
Mazda showed how automakers are making infotainment systems easier to use and less distracting for drivers. CES 2014 was also the year when wearable technology (like smart watches), first started to interface with cars you can buy. Finally, Toyota offered us a glimpse of a future beyond gas cars and "conventional" electric vehicles, showcasing its hydrogen fuel cell prototype vehicle.
Flash-forward to CES 2014, and we have something even faster: LTE, which stands for Long Term Evolution. It's a 4G technology that promises speeds 10 times faster than 3G. This year, the 2015 Audi A3 sedan and a number of 2015 Chevrolet vehicles will offer 4G LTE on the AT&T network.
Mazda had a 2014 Mazda 3 on hand to demonstrate its next-generation infotainment system, Mazda Connect. The system was designed to reduce distraction with a simple user interface that has a consistent look, regardless of the function the driver is using.
Similarly, BMW showed off a Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch with an app that ran its "i Remote" app for use with the upcoming 2014 BMW i3 electric vehicle. The i Remote app will display information on the battery's charge status and remaining range. The application can also show whether the doors and windows are closed and can adjust the climate control. The app will even recognize voice commands to give it navigation directions.
Time will tell if smartwatches and the other products showcased at the 2014 CES will be more than fads. But that's what CES is all about: launching what seem like far-out ideas (remember when car apps seemed a little futuristic?) and seeing which ones land and grow into products tech-hungry car buyers can actually use.
Mobile and cloud hosting services are moving technology in new directions in 2014, as an infographic from ComputerSupport.com points out. Based on a report presented by Gartner at the Gartner Symposium/IT Expo, the infographic reveals ten clear strategic technology trends impacting businesses and consumers in 2014.
The rapid adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in many workplaces has brought new challenges for security professionals. 2014 is the year professionals will realize the risks related to mobile devices and strengthen policies to address these risks.
According to the latest data, video for homework is on the rise; mobile computing is "beyond the tipping point"; and most kids don't use traditional computers to connect to the Internet at home. Those are just three of the major trends revealed in the 2013 Speak Up Survey from Project Tomorrow, which CEO Julie Evans revealed at the FETC 2014 conference last week.
An example of this is Delta Airlines, which rolled out 19,000 Nokia Lumia 820 handsets to its flight attendants last year and equipped 11,000 pilots with Surface devices to replace electronic flight bags. Delta cockpits are projected to be paperless by the end of 2014.
Trend #7: Screenless computing. Google Glass and DocoMo Translator Goggles are both examples of screenless computing, a trend that will take off in 2014. The pressure is on newsrooms to figure out completely new story types for these devices, Webb said.
The year 2014 started off awesome with my annual pilgrimage to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas where future trends and bleeding edge products are announced. Many of these products will make it into the consumer market this year impacting us and our clients in our homes, and some will eventually impact the accounting profession and make their way into our firms.
Our three-day mission was to canvas through the massive show floor (3,200 vendors spread out over an area about the size of 35 football fields) to identify key technology trends and comb through all the gadgets that could impact accountants someday. Below we highlight Ten Trends worth watching and the products that may some day change our world.
Virtual Reality: Finally, the world of virtual reality is closer than ever before, particularly with devices such as Occulus Rift's High Definition Prototype Goggles we were able to experience, twice! Imagine future auditor training by being able to look in any direction and move with Virtuix's Omni device. Training trends are moving towards the concept of gamifcation and could be a way to optimize auditor training such as client interviews and inventory observations.
The Information Technology (IT) industry encompasses many different sectors, all of which receive make-overs on a frequent basis because of the constantly evolving nature of the industry and resulting new discoveries. While many IT trends change quickly, there are some trends that are sticking and expanding into bigger ideas for future technologies. Some of the most notable trends include: mobile diversity, software-defined networking, smart machines, 3-D printing, the internet of everything, and cloud computing.
As technology continues to change and new innovations for IT develop, we will see trends result to fit the needs of the consumer. We live in a technology-driven world, which continues to allow these cutting-edge advancements to be easily accessible. This, in turn, has made the IT industry one that most organizations want to be a part of so they, too, can have a piece of the pie.
CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading global provider of software and services for nonprofits and creator of The Blackbaud Index today announced key technology trends that will have the biggest impact on the nonprofit sector in 2014. Top technology trends to watch include: Mobile will continue to play more and more of a key role; analytics will provide greater insight for nonprofit organizations; software will become smaller and more focused; the cloud will provide cheaper and more secure alternatives for nonprofits; and social media will become more integrated.
Internationally, point prevalence surveys are the main source of antibiotic use data in residential aged care (RAC). Our objective was to describe temporal trends in antibiotic use and antibiotics flagged for restricted use, resident characteristics associated with use, and variation in use by RAC home, using electronic health record data.
Point prevalence surveys have been implemented internationally to measure antibiotic use in RAC and are currently the main source of data in this setting. In Australia, there have been three large point prevalence surveys conducted annually as part of AURA [5, 6]. The reported percentage of residents using systemic antimicrobial agents was 7.5%, 6.7 and 6.7% on a single day in 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively [5, 6]. Point prevalence surveys provide a snapshot of antibiotic use, but they cannot assess seasonal trends, and have limited capacity to characterise longitudinal trends in antibiotic use. Additionally, point prevalence surveys can be resource-intensive requiring chart review by staff of already under-resourced RAC homes [7]. The implementation of electronic health records in RAC provides a new opportunity to examine antibiotic use in RAC in more detail, while reducing reporting burden on RAC staff. A number of studies have demonstrated the utility of these data but electronic health records are still underutilised for monitoring purposes [8,9,10]. 2ff7e9595c
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