1. Jason Griffey
Head of Library Information Technology
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Kentucky Library Association
Sept 12, 2013
Kentucky Library Association
Sept 12, 2013
Crazy Near Future Technologies That Will Change EverythingCrazy Near Future Technologies That Will Change Everything
Libraries in the
Post-PC Future
Libraries in the
Post-PC Future

2. everything is amazing...
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4. Three Laws of Technology
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5. Moore’s Law
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6. Koomey’s Law
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7. Metcalfe’s Law
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9. Visions of the Future

10. Stross’
Extrapolation
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2012/08/how-low-power-can-you-go.html

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12. Gabe Newell

14. Mike Abrash

16. http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/abrash/valve-how-i-got-here-what-its-like-and-
what-im-doing-2/
Valve: How I Got Here,
What It’s Like, and What I’m Doing

17. By “wearable computing” I mean mobile
computing where both computer-generated
graphics and the real world are seamlessly
overlaid in your view; there is no separate
display that you hold in your hands (think
Terminator vision).The underlying trend as
we’ve gone from desktops through laptops and
notebooks to tablets is one of having
computing available in more places, more of the
time.
no separate
display

18. The logical endpoint is computing
everywhere, all the time – that is, wearable
computing – and I have no doubt that 20 years
from now that will be standard, probably
through glasses or contacts, but for all I know
through some kind of more direct neural
connection.
computing
everywhere, all the time

19. And I’m pretty confident that platform shift
will happen a lot sooner than 20 years –
almost certainly within 10, but quite likely as
little as 3-5, because the key areas – input,
processing/power/size, and output – that need
to evolve to enable wearable computing are
shaping up nicely, although there’s a lot still to
be figured out.
little as 3-5
quite likely as

20. Vernor Vinge

23. Photo by Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/lumus-see-through-wearable-
display-hands-on/

32. sensors everywhere

35. • Mio Alpha
• Fitbug Orb
• LG Smart Activity Tracker
• GeoPalz iBitz
• Bodymedia
• Nike+ Fuelband
• Jawbone Up

39. autonomous robots
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44. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669200/flying-swarm-of-robots-gives-protesters-and-activists-free-wi-fi-on-the-go

45. http://www.darwinaerospace.com/burritobomber

46. Possible Futures
for Libraries
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47. Every Book a Node
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48. Libraries
as
Privacy Spaces
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49. Libraries
as
Data Hubs
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50. Libraries
as
Archival Units
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52. Libraries
as
Activists
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53. conclusions

54. Douglas Adams said...
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re
born is normal and ordinary and is just a
natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that’s invented between when
you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and
exciting and revolutionary and you can
probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five
is against the natural order of things.

55. We look at the present through a
rear-view mirror.
We march backwards into the future.
--Marshall McLuhan
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56. Ellis’
Projection
How to See the Future
http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=14314

57. Act like you live in the
Science Fiction
Condition.
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58. Photo by robert.barney - http://flic.kr/p/4JGHGN

59. SSID: LibraryBox - Free Content!
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