• Emerging technology is a term generally used to describe a new technology
• It is reserved for technologies that are creating or are expected to
  create significant social or economic effects
• List of some currently available emerged technologies
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Blockchain
  • Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
  • Cloud Computing
  • Angular and React
  • DevOps
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Intelligent Apps (I-Apps)
  • Big Data
  • Robotic Processor Automation (RPA)

1.1.1  Introduction to the Industrial Revolution (IR)

• period of major industrialization and innovation that took place late
  1700s and early 1800s
• society shifts from using tools to make products to use new sources of energy, such as coal
• manufacturing of goods moved from small shops and homes to large factories
• The revolution started in England
• Some of industrial revolutions that changed the world
  • The steam engine
  • The age of science and mass production
  • Digital technology
  • Smart and autonomous systems

1.1.2 The Most Important Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

• Transportation
  • The Steam Engine
  • The Railroad
  • The Diesel Engine
  • The Airplane
• Communication
  • The Telegraph
  • The Transatlantic Cable
  • The
    Phonograph
  • The Telephone
• Industry: The Cotton Gin. The Sewing Machine. Electric Lights

1.1.3 Historical Background (IR 1.0, IR 2.0, IR 3.0) 

• European countries industrialized after England: Belgium, France, and the German states
• final cause of the Industrial Revolution was the effects created by the Agricultural
  Revolution : increase in food production
• The four type of industries
  • Primary industry
    • involves getting raw materials 
    • e.g. mining, farming, and fishing
  • Secondary industry
    • manufacturing 
    • e.g. making cars and steel
  • Tertiary industries
    • provide a service 
    • e.g. teaching and nursing
  • Quaternary industry
    • research and development industries 
    • e.g. IT

1.1.3.1 Industrial Revolution (IR 1.0)

• first coined in the 1760s
• transition to new manufacturing processes
• From: hand production 👉 machines
• increasing use of steam power

• Data is
  • strategic asset
  • determines the future of science, technology, the economy, and possibly
    everything
  • It presents enormous challenges that in turn bring incredible innovation
    and economic opportunities

1.3 Enabling devices and network (Programmable devices)

• In digital electronic systems, there are four basic kinds of devices:
  • Memory – store random information
  • Microprocessors – execute software instructions
  • Logic – provide specific functions e.g: signal processing, timing and control
    operations
  • Networks – collection of computers, servers & other devices connected to one another to
    allow the sharing of data e.g: Internet
• Programmable devices
  • Chips
  • Incorporate field programmable logic devices (FPGAs), complex
    programmable logic devices (CPLD) and programmable logic devices (PLD)
  • Computer is programmable device

1.3.1 List of some Programmable devices

• Lattice Semiconductor’s ECP3
• Achronix Speedster SPD60 e.t.c

• Modems
• Conferencing equipment
• Traditional channel service unit (CSU) e.t.c

1.4 Human to Machine Interaction (HMI)

• communication and interaction between a human and a machine via a user interface
• HCI (human-computer interaction)
  • study of how people interact with computers
  • consists of three parts:
    • the user
    • the computer
    • the ways they work together
• The goal of HCI is to improve the interaction between users and
  computers

1.4.1 Disciplines Contributing to Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

• Cognitive psychology
• Computer science
• Linguistics

1.5 Future Trends in Emerging Technologies

• 5G Networks
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Autonomous Devices
• Blockchain e.t.c

1.5.2 Some emerging technologies that will shape the future of you and your business

• Chatbots
• Virtual/augmented reality
• Blockchain
• Ephemeral Apps and
• Artificial Intelligence are already shaping your life whether you like it or
  not