Auburn What Privacy Concerns Could Be Raised by Collaborative Technologies Questions

part 1

Questions

1. Which countries are the biggest users of the Internet? Social media? Mobile? 

2

. Which country had the largest Internet growth (in %) in the last five years? 

3. How will most people connect to the Internet in the future? 

4. What are two different applications of wearable technologies?

5. What are two different applications of collaborative technologies? 

6. What capabilities do printable technologies have? 

7. How will advances in wireless technologies and sensors make objects “findable”? 

8. What is enhanced situational awareness?

9. What is a nanobot? 

10. What is a UAV?

Exercises 1. If you were going to start a new technology business, which of the emerging trends do you think would be the biggest opportunity? Do some original research to estimate the market size. 

2. What privacy concerns could be raised by collaborative technologies such as Waze? 

4. Write up an example of how IoT might provide a business with a competitive advantage. 

part 2 300 words

focus turns to the future as we talk about trends in information systems.  Describe the current trends in information systems as well as how technology changes impact society and culture.