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In this issue:

  * Wireless Home Video
  * Developments in Smart Membranes
  * The Cell-Phone-Centered World
  * Regulations and the Wireless Future
  * RFID in Health Care
  * A Television Revolution
  * Signals of Change
  * Online Educa Berlin
  * Smart Materials for Automotive Applications
  * AI in Learning
  * Updated Semiconductor Roadmap
  * SRIC-BI Presentation at NIST Conference


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 Recent Publications
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Wireless Home Video

Wireless home video will not only banish unsightly tangles
of cables, it will increase options for locating devices,
thereby improving ergonomics and providing convenient,
user-friendly options for viewing TV and movies. Though
analog wireless video senders have been around for ten
years, they require outboard senders and receivers, often
provide disappointing audio and video quality, and require
users to buy all their equipment from the same
manufacturer because of a lack of standards. Digital
wireless technologies promise to solve these problems and
enable simple installation of home-video networks.
(Wireless Applications: Wireless Home Video)
http://www.sric-bi.com/WF/summaries/WA/2006-01wrlsshomevid.shtml



Developments in Smart Membranes

Smart-membrane technology is an emerging area of membrane
research that promises highly selective transport
characteristics and the potential to change selectivity in
response to temperature, electric potential, or pressure.
Few applications exist today, however, and the technology
remains in the domain of fundamental research.
Developments in nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology are
beginning to have an impact and could enhance existing
applications and open new opportunities.
(February 2006 Membrane Separation Viewpoints)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Explorer/MS.shtml



The Cell-Phone-Centered World

Cell phones are on their way to becoming the
quintessential mobile device in today's digital society,
opening opportunities for a mind-boggling number of
features that extend well beyond voice communication.
However, the pace at which the technology is changing has
its downside. Manufacturers not only have to stay on top
of technology developments and market dynamics, but they
must serve a constantly shifting target as consumers'
needs and desires shift with every new development.
(Opportunities in a Cell-Phone-Centered World)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Scan/ScanMonthly/SM035.shtml#D06-2521
(Challenges in a Cell-Phone-Centered World)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Scan/ScanMonthly/SM036.shtml#D06-2522



Regulations and the Wireless Future

Regulations, such as the rules that helped establish
Bluetooth and wireless fidelity, can speed up the
development of the wireless  infrastructure. Conversely,
some laws protect incumbent network operators, preventing
new technologies from delivering important benefits.
Product and market developers need to be well informed
about the governance of communications networks to craft
products and services that can succeed despite regulatory
restrictions.
(Impacts of Regulation and Policy on the Wireless Future)
http://www.sric-bi.com/WF/summaries/WA/2006-02impactsreg.shtml



RFID in Health Care

The health-care sector has been slow to adopt information
technology, partly because it is largely a service
industry that requires a big dose of personal attention to
deliver value to end users. However, cost pressures are
prompting health-care professionals to look at
technologies, such as  radio-frequency-identification
(RFID) technology, that can help them improve their
performance. Emerging RFID health-care and pharmaceutical
applications will allow service providers to implement
more efficient processes, reduce costs,  and improve
services.
(RFID Technology in the Health-Care and Pharmaceutical Industries)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Scan/ScanMonthly/SM036.shtml#D06-2523



A Television Revolution

Announcements at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in
Las Vegas, Nevada, indicate that the television revolution
that began to emerge in 2005 will go into full swing in
2006. Dramatic changes are under way in the distribution
and programming of content as well as in TV advertising.
Companies ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to the
world's largest corporations will usher in this new era,
which will touch everyone from artists and engineers to
producers and consumers.
(A Television Revolution)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Scan/ScanMonthly/SM035.shtml#D06-2520



Signals of Change

Advances in medical science may be encouraging risky
behavior by providing fixes for stunt-caused injuries or
health-endangering behaviors such as smoking or
overeating.The latest issue of Scan[TM] Monthly explores
this and other signals of change, such as the
democratization of cartography through online mapping
programs, people's interest in both enhancing and numbing
the senses, new tools for predicting the spread of
epidemics, and South Korea's success as an exporter of
television series to the rest of Asia.
(Scan[TM] Monthly, February 2006)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Scan/ScanMonthly/SM036.shtml#SoCs



Online Educa Berlin

Every year, nearly 2000 people gather in Berlin, Germany,
for the annual Online Educa conference, one of the largest
learning and learning-technology conferences in the world.
In a recent Learning-on-Demand program travel report, 8
U.S. and European learning professionals offer their
personal perspectives on the conference, providing both
veteran and first-timer viewpoints.
(Reflections on the Online Educa Berlin Learning Conference)
http://www.sric-bi.com/LoD/summaries/2006-01OnlineEduca.shtml



Smart Materials for Automotive Applications

The automotive industry is already a major user of smart-
materials technology, and the future is likely to hold
many opportunities for these advanced materials.
Automotive and ground-transport applications are
attractive to developers of smart materials because a
single product can generate very high sales volume.
However, competition is strong, and the automotive market
is extremely cost sensitive.
(February 2006 Smart Materials Viewpoints)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Explorer/SM.shtml



AI in Learning

In recent years, Internet search engines have had a major
impact on formal and informal learning in organizations.
Yet experts claim that we are just in the early days of
search technology. Advances in artificial intelligence
(AI) will help produce tools and technologies that improve
search and in turn improve learning. Moreover, AI will
usher in other applications, such as intelligent agents,
and will help reduce the human labor necessary to
document, organize, and find information.
(The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence in Learning
and Knowledge Work)
http://www.sric-bi.com/LoD/viewpoints.shtml



Updated Semiconductor Roadmap

The fourth edition of the International Technology Roadmap
for Semiconductors reveals how much the semiconductor
market has matured since the early days when a few
leading-edge device features determined the cycle of
industry development. With maturing industry dynamics,
each market today has separate technology drivers, and the
pace of advancement depends more on economic feasibility
and market forces than on the availability of technology
solutions.
(February 2006 Advanced Silicon Microelectronics/ULSI Viewpoints)
http://www.sric-bi.com/Explorer/ULSI.shtml



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 Presentations by SRIC-BI Staff
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SRIC Presentation at NIST Conference

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's
Manufacturing Extension Partnership will feature Brock
Hinzmann, SRIC-BI's technology navigator, speaking on the
future of manufacturing at a national conference beginning
on 21 May at the Marriott World Center in Orlando,
Florida. Hinzmann will relate recent signals of change to
emerging strategic issues and technology choices for
business.



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