Consulting Slides from various engagements and for my current INFO students

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This beautiful image is of a R/W Hard Drive.
This year, Samsung announced a 16 TB SSD.
15 years ago this level of storage was deemed
impossible on a single unit.
In 2016 both of these technologies, along with
Moore’s Law, become obsolete.
FUTURE

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The World is
On-Line
https://gigaom.com/2013/09/23/check-out-this-visual-map-that-shows-
24-hours-of-internet-usage-around-the-world/
R E D : D e n s e . R e a l t i m e f r o m b o t n e t 2 0 1 2 C e n s
Mobile devices have now eclipsed desktop devices
For the first time, combined usage of the top four messaging apps
exceeded the combined usage of the top four social media apps
YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world
Amazon SE became Googles SE’s biggest competitor
Snapchat now receives more daily check ins than Facebook
2 0 1 6 : D E V I C E U S E I S R A P I D L Y C H A N G I N G

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Heat Map of the composition of a mini
brain utilized by researchers
MINI BRAIN
Christopher Hadiono, a 16-year old high school student has
redesigned a bioreactor that can hold more "mini-brains" at a
lower price through 3D printing. The SpinΩ is now aiding
studies on the Zika virus.
Student Invents 3D Printed
Bioreactor That Can Grow
Hundreds of Mini-Brains

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Mini Brains
Mini Brains are approx. the size
of a pencil head
Regenerated Brain Stem Cells
Chemically induced brain cells
Heat Map of the composition of
a mini brain utilized by
researchers The US $400 BIO
REACTOR
“We did not think that even a biotechnology graduate
student could make this into a reality, once you have a
good idea, that changes everything.”
While it’s current commercial versions cost around $2000, Hadiono’s bioreactor, named SpinΩ,
costs around $400 and allows several devices to be run all at the same time due to its small

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Human Longevity, Inc. raised more than $220 million. It has previously raised $80 million in 2014.
The ultimate goal of HLI is not only to keep a database on the world’s human genotypes and phenotypes, but also to subject this data to machine learning
that has the ability to predict susceptibility to diseases, such as cancer and heart disease.
Human Longevity INC
Enhanced Humans
Human Longevity: Big Investment

6. 2016:
Biologists built a piece of software that can program
living cells like a computer
For the first time, researchers have developed a new kind of software that makes it possible to genetically
engineer, or ‘program’, a cell to perform any kind of function, via a simple programming language.

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IBM HAS OFFERED
CLOUD ACCESS TO
THEIR QUANTUM
COMPUTER
Quantum computing is still very much in the early
research stage, but IBM is hoping to accelerate
the progress around it by making a quantum
computer available to researchers as a cloud
service.
IBM is allowing interested parties to access a 5
qubit quantum computer it’s calling
IBM Quantum Experience.

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While conventional systems are designed on binary
principles (where opening/closing semiconductor gates
represents on/off, or 0/1) quantum systems utilize “qubits’
which can be on, off or both on and off.
SUPERCOOLED
IBM has created its own quantum chip running at 5 qubits.
It could take a machine running between 50 and 100
qubits to surpass the capabilities of today’s fastest super
computers.
5 QUBITS
IBM: Quantum and Watson?
The programming language IBM created for this project operates almost like writing music.
The programmer can simply drag quantum objects to the “staff” to write a program.

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D:WAVE is Google’s Quantum Computer. The tech giant has been practising M&A as a competitive strategy, as their desktop search
market continues to drop.
In this instance, they have joined with NASA to create a Quantum Computing Lab (pictured centre).
Google have also teamed up with Chrysler America to create a unit that integrates into existing cars for driverless applications.
They are currently testing 100 SUV’s.
PROJECT 3
Marketing
PROJECT 1
Social Media
PROJECT 2
Awesome
QUANTUM: Google team up with NASA

10. 2016:
ELON MUSK SELLS OVER 300,000 TESLA
ELECTRIC SELF DRIVING CARS IN TWO WEEKS
Week One:
US Govt. announces implementation infrastructure
to accommodate self driving electric vehicles
Week Two:
India announced a roll out to remove all petrol
motor vehicles by 2030
Week Three:
The Netherlands, in a majority vote, supported a
motion to ban new sales of petrol or diesel cars,
starting in 2025
Week Four:
The NZ Herald published a video of The Tesla
driving “itself” over the Auckland Harbor bridge

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Apple is building a car

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April 2016:
Solar Powered Airplane Completes Its Around-the-World Flight

13. Augmented
Reality:
Holograms for
everyday use
The technology is different from virtual
reality headsets.
With augmented reality, you still see the
real world – but with some digital
embellishments.
Microsoft’s prototype augmented reality
headset, the HoloLens, doesn’t even use a
screen.
The device adjusts the scene before
you by projecting light directly on to your
retina, conjuring virtual objects that
Microsoft calls holograms.

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California’s minimum wage hikes are going to force logistics
firms with low-paid warehouse workers to invest more heavily in
robotic technology.
“It will increase the introduction of robotic technology with these
companies,” he said. “That’s the conveyor belts and things that
pack boxes and move them down the belt.
That sort of thing is going to increase, and it’s already been
increasing.”
John Husing Inland Empire Economist
California’s minimum wage
increase will add more
robotic automation in
logistics
Boston Dynamics
ATLAS

15. 2015: China Builds City's First All-Robot Factory
As part of a major push towards automation, the first robots-only factory is being built in China's Dongguan manufacturing hub, reducing
human employees to a bare minimum.

16. © 2014 Deloitte
Japanese company Spread claims to have developed the
world’s first fully automated, large-scale vegetable factory
Spread, a Japan-headquartered factory solutions provider, has begun construction of the world’s first large-scale is fully
automated vegetable factory, which manages the process from seeding to harvest and is capable of producing 30,000
head of lettuce per day.
AUGUST 04, 2015 ABDUL MONTAQIM

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DIVERSITY
A huge revolution is taking place in the technology
industry, with women forming an increasing part of
leadership and the entire tech workforce – evidenced in
part by fast growth in annual events such as the Women
in Tech Summit that takes place in several US cities.
Bridging the gender gap is a great place to be. Tech
holds the reputation of being diverse in its make up
across nationalities, but gender remains a concern.
True diversity is more than visual however.
Real diversity requires difference in thought.

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PEER TO PEER EXCHANGE
The future economy is now

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“A tour de force”
BILL GATES
On the technology behind Bitcoin

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BLOCKCHAIN
1.0 CryptoCurrency
2.0 Smart Contracts
3.0 DNA
ETHEREUM
CRYPTOCURRENCIES
Value exchange
Via P2P
(Peer to Peer)
Virtual
DNOTES
FINTECH
Disrupting the Banking
and Finance Industries
WEPAY
BITCOIN
Publically listed
Stabilizing
Future Crypto Gold
Standard?
DIGITAL WALLETS
BASICS

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WHAT IS BITCOIN?
A consensus network that enables a new payment system
that is entirely digital.
The first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network that is
powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen.
It is a form of currency that is more stable per user than the
fiat currency of many countries, some of which are
categorized as developed.
BITCOIN EXPLAINED

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Text or email financial transactions between peers (P2P)
Current: Transfer of funds from sender to receiver. Receiver
deposits text or email into assigned debit account
Future: Individuals can text or email a financial transactions,
in real time, across borders, anonymously
GOOGLE WALLET
DOWNLOADS
2014
20 Million
GOOGLE PLAY REVIEWS
ONLY 1 STAR
14.8 %

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ALIPAY
Mobile-based payments in the United
States are expected to reach $142 billion
in volume in 2019.
Mobile Payments US 2019:
Just 23% of purchases on smartphones
use alternative payment methods, while
just 16% use digital wallets across
desktops and 19% use the payment
option on tablets.
Alternative Payment MethodsTransform Bitcoin into your
checking, mortgage or credit
accounts
Pay for Pizza, Taxis and online
purchases with whatever account
you want
Specify the App or Account that you
want to purchase from or to
800,000,000 Registered Users
Over 171,000,000 Global
Transactions daily
Ali Baba’s golden
innovation

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PUBLICLY LISTED
In order for Bitcoin to publicly list, it needed a
public form of record – an available ledger.
To explain how this is achieved, we need to
explore a simple piece of code that may be applied
to almost every industry, and which may have
finally solved the age old “Byzantium Generals
Problem”.
Its called the Blockchain

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TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY
BLOCKCHAIN

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Smart contracts enable an
entirely new form of exchange
called Peer To Peer (P2P),
Permissioned or Permission-
less, required platforms are now
available.
CONTRACTUAL ASSET EXCHANGE
2.0
When mapped, Human DNA is
approx. 5 gigabytes and can be
accessed, transferred and
analysed digitally.
MEDICINE
3.0
While Bitcoin, the first to list and
the most widely known digital
currency, is arguably as stable
as many fiat currencies, it is
simply one CryptoCurrency of
an increasingly growing number.
CURRENCY
1.0
Blockchain Applications

27. Stephen Haw king
“If machines produce everything we need, the
outcome will depend on how things are distributed.
Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the
machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people
can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners
successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So
far, the trend seems to be toward the second option,
with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.”
WE ARE VERY
CREATIVE PEOPLE

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