Lesson 2 - Emerging Technologies

Technologies that are perceived as capable of changing currently.

• Emerging Technologies

• Changing Technologies

• Current Technologies

Choose all the emerging technologies:

• Information technology

• Wireless data communication

• Man-machine communication

• Bio-technologies

• Advanced Robotics

What are the characteristics of Emerging Technologies?

• Radical Novelty

• Relatively fast growth

• Coherence

• Prominent Impact

• Uncertainty and Ambiguity

Very different from the usual or traditional.

• Radical

• Novelty

Something new or unusual.

• Radical

• Novelty

Rapid development of a certain technology.

• Radical Novelty

• Relatively fast growth

• Coherence

• Prominent Impact

• Uncertainty and Ambiguity

Systematic or logical connection or consistency.

Ex: Features in phones that allow consistency in previous technologies like calls and texts

• Radical Novelty

• Relatively fast growth

• Coherence

• Prominent Impact

• Uncertainty and Ambiguity

Widely/popularly known effect.

• Radical Novelty

• Relatively fast growth

• Coherence

• Prominent Impact

• Uncertainty and Ambiguity

Not sure or not certain.

• Radical Novelty

• Relatively fast growth

• Coherence

• Prominent Impact

• Uncertainty and Ambiguity

Which of these are contributing factors in the adoption of emerging technologies?

• Cost of IT Adoption

• Return on Investment

• Staff Training Levels

• Competition (Competitor's use of IT emerging technologies)