Dave Pollard writes about Business 2.0’s article which selects social networking as the Technology of the Year, and makes a point (which I agree with) that “they missed the companion technology that will provide the data essential to the functioning of future Social Networking Applications. That technology: Personal Content Management and Publishing Applications (notably Blogs and RSS). You can’t have one without the other.”
Among the other new technologies:
1. HOME NETWORKING – Ultra-wideband
2. SUPPLY CHAIN – RFID
3. WIRELESS BROADBAND – 802.16
4. ENERGY – Micro fuel cells
5. HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS – Gecko tape
6. SOFTWARE – Antispam software (that works)
7. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS – OLEDs
8. LIGHTING – LED lightbulbs
9. COMPUTER MEMORY – MRAM
10. MEDICINE – Bioinformatics
