Into the Future: Language, Culture, and New Technologies

This paper deals with innovative fruition modalities of cultural heritage sites. Based on two ongoing experiments, four pillars are considered, that is, User Localization, Multimodal Interaction, User Understanding and Gamification. A survey of the existing literature regarding one or more issues related to the four pillars is proposed. It aims to put in evidence the exploitation of these contributions to cultural heritage. It is discussed how a cultural site can be enriched, extended and transformed into an intelligent multimodal environment in this perspective. This new augmented environment can focus on the visitor, analyze his activity and behavior, and make his experience more satisfying, fulfilling and unique. After an in-depth overview of the existing technologies and methodologies for the fruition of cultural interest sites, the two experiments are described in detail and the authors’ vision of the future is proposed.

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Digital Authoritarianism and the Future of Human Rights

International Organization ◽

10.1017/s0020818320000624 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-27

Author(s):

Tiberiu Dragu ◽

Yonatan Lupu

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

New Technologies ◽

Theoretic Model ◽

Human Rights Abuses ◽

Human Rights Regime ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Future ◽

Technological Developments ◽

Game Theoretic ◽

Strategic Context

Abstract How will advances in digital technology affect the future of human rights and authoritarian rule? Media figures, public intellectuals, and scholars have debated this relationship for decades, with some arguing that new technologies facilitate mobilization against the state and others countering that the same technologies allow authoritarians to strengthen their grip on power. We address this issue by analyzing the first game-theoretic model that accounts for the dual effects of technology within the strategic context of preventive repression. Our game-theoretical analysis suggests that technological developments may not be detrimental to authoritarian control and may, in fact, strengthen authoritarian control by facilitating a wide range of human rights abuses. We show that technological innovation leads to greater levels of abuses to prevent opposition groups from mobilizing and increases the likelihood that authoritarians will succeed in preventing such mobilization. These results have broad implications for the human rights regime, democratization efforts, and the interpretation of recent declines in violent human rights abuses.

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The Networked World, New Technologies and the Future

Journal of Human Development ◽

10.1080/713678043 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 183-190

Author(s):

Douglas M. Sweeny

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

The Future

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Intuitive, digitale Strukturlayoutplanung*/Intuitive digital planning of structure layouts – Overcoming the challenges of disruptive production programs in the automotive industry

wt Werkstattstechnik online ◽

10.37544/1436-4980-2018-09-47 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 108 (09) ◽

pp. 611-616

Author(s):

S. F. Schäfer ◽

U. Bracht

Keyword(s):

Automotive Industry ◽

New Technologies ◽

Know How ◽

Digital Planning ◽

The Future ◽

Factory Of The Future ◽

Future Technologies ◽

The Impact

Zukünftige Antriebstechnologien sowie neue Fabrik- und Logistikkonzepte verändern die Rahmenbedingungen der Automobilproduktion grundlegend. Schon heute muss die Strukturlayoutplanung Innovationen und Unsicherheiten in Form von mehr Varianten, abgestimmt in sehr kurzer Zeit, durch die Einbeziehung von weiteren Know-how-Trägern berücksichtigen. Neue Herausforderungen, wie die Planung der Batteriefertigungen, müssen schnell und intuitiv gelöst werden. Einen Beitrag dafür liefert dieser Artikel.   Future technologies in automotive mobility as well as new factory and logistic concepts are changing the framework in car production. Innovations and uncertainties (e. g. the impact of new technologies) have to be taken in consideration for the factory of the future. New tasks, such as planning the assembly of batteries, need to be solved fast and intuitively. This paper presents an approach to this topic.

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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the Oil Industry: Will it Take My Job?

10.2118/204643-ms ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Armstrong Lee Agbaji

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

New Technologies ◽

Oil Industry ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Human Robot Interaction ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Deep Dive ◽

The Future ◽

And Robotics

Abstract Historically, the oil and gas industry has been slow and extremely cautious to adopt emerging technologies. But in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the industry has broken from tradition. It has not only embraced AI; it is leading the pack. AI has not only changed what it now means to work in the oil industry, it has changed how companies create, capture, and deliver value. Thanks, or no thanks to automation, traditional oil industry skills and talents are now being threatened, and in most cases, rendered obsolete. Oil and gas industry day-to-day work is progressively gravitating towards software and algorithms, and today’s workers are resigning themselves to the fact that computers and robots will one day "take over" and do much of their work. The adoption of AI and how it might affect career prospects is currently causing a lot of anxiety among industry professionals. This paper details how artificial intelligence, automation, and robotics has redefined what it now means to work in the oil industry, as well as the new challenges and responsibilities that the AI revolution presents. It takes a deep-dive into human-robot interaction, and underscores what AI can, and cannot do. It also identifies several traditional oilfield positions that have become endangered by automation, addresses the premonitions of professionals in these endangered roles, and lays out a roadmap on how to survive and thrive in a digitally transformed world. The future of work is evolving, and new technologies are changing how talent is acquired, developed, and retained. That robots will someday "take our jobs" is not an impossible possibility. It is more of a reality than an exaggeration. Automation in the oil industry has achieved outcomes that go beyond human capabilities. In fact, the odds are overwhelming that AI that functions at a comparable level to humans will soon become ubiquitous in the industry. The big question is: How long will it take? The oil industry of the future will not need large office complexes or a large workforce. Most of the work will be automated. Drilling rigs, production platforms, refineries, and petrochemical plants will not go away, but how work is done at these locations will be totally different. While the industry will never entirely lose its human touch, AI will be the foundation of the workforce of the future. How we react to the AI revolution today will shape the industry for generations to come. What should we do when AI changes our job functions and workforce? Should we be training AI, or should we be training humans?

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Forecasting Research and Technoscience: Contemporary Status, Specifics and Prospects

Socio-Economic Analyses ◽

10.54664/mnwg3907 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Lyudmila Ivancheva ◽

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Modern Science ◽

Policy Instrument ◽

Special Role ◽

Social Interests ◽

The Future ◽

Key Factor ◽

Contemporary Status

The article emphasizes the role of the advancement of modern science and new technologies in forecasting research as a key factor for making prognoses for the future. It presents the concept of technoscience, developed by the author, as a blend and symbiosis of modern science and technologies, converging on the basis of similar purposes, objects of treatment and outcomes, as well as of the rising engagement with social interests and attitudes. Furthermore, the main kinds of forecasting research with their specifics, advantages and limitations are outlined, pointing out the special role of building foresight scenarios for the future as a prognosis and policy instrument. The tendencies in this field of research are identified, revealing the challenges related to modern technoscience, and the possible solutions.

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Hydrotesting and In-Line Inspection: Now and in the Future

Volume 1: Pipelines and Facilities Integrity ◽

10.1115/ipc2016-64105 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Jerry Rau ◽

Mike Kirkwood

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Inert Gases ◽

Alternative Methods ◽

Operating Pressure ◽

Inherent Safety ◽

Safety Issues ◽

The Future ◽

Integrity Assurance ◽

High Level

Pressure testing of pipelines has been around in some form or another since the 1950s1–14. In its earliest form, operators used inert gases such as Nitrogen or even air to test for pipeline integrity. However, with the significant increases in pipeline pressures and inherent safety issues with a pressurized gas, the switch to using water happened in the late 1960’s15–17. Hydrostatic tests (referred to as hydrotests) have been used since then to set and reset the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP) for pipelines but as other technologies develop and gain acceptance will hydrotesting still play a key role in pipeline integrity in the years ahead? Currently, hydrotesting is a topic for the impending US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) Proposed New Rule Making (PNRM)18. Under the NPRM, hydrotesting is required to verify MAOP on pre-1970s US “grandfathered” pipelines, as well as on pipelines of any age with incomplete or missing testing record and include a high level test with a “spike” in pressure. But hydrotesting may not be the only method. Alternative methods and new technologies — used alone or used in combination with hydrotesting — may help provide a more comprehensive way for operators to identify and address potential problems before they become a significant threat. This paper explores both sides of the argument. Before In-Line Inspection (ILI) technology was even available, hydrotesting was the absolute means of the proof of integrity. However, hydrotesting is under scrutiny for many reasons that this paper explores. ILI was introduced in the 1960’s with the first commercially available Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) tools that presented the industry with an alternative. Currently there are a huge array of available technologies on an ILI tool and so is the role of the hydrotest over? The paper looks at the benefits of the hydrotest and these are presented and balanced against available ILI technology. Furthermore, as pipelines are being developed in even more harsh environments such as deepwater developments, the actual logistics of performing a hydrotest become more challenging. The paper will also look at both applications onshore and offshore where regulators have accepted waivers to a hydrotest using alternative methods of proving integrity. The paper concludes with the current use and needs for hydrotesting, the regulatory viewpoint, the alternatives and also what the future developments need to focus on and how technology may be improved to provide at least a supplement if not a replacement to this means of integrity assurance.

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ANALISIS PAKAR TERHADAP TINGKAT TURBULENSI LINGKUNGAN ORGANISASI BISNIS TELEKOMUNIKASI SELULAR DI INDONESIA

Journal of Management and Business Review ◽

10.34149/jmbr.v9i2.71 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Dwi Idawati ◽

Arya Hadi Dharmawan ◽

Sjafri Mangkuprawira

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Business Environment ◽

Telecommunication Industry ◽

Success Factor ◽

Mobile Telecommunication ◽

Corporate Leadership ◽

The Past ◽

Turbulent Environments ◽

The Future

The key challenge for the telecommunication business industry in the global world’s is “assuring competitiveness and profitability” for their companies in turbulent environments. Never in history has the pace of change in the business environment been as rapid as it is now. Recent developments such as the global marketplace, customers’ demands that are differentiated by different buying power and product preferences in this environment, technological leadership is one of the key success factor. New technologies and new industries develop rapidly and customers are prepared to pay for the most newest technology. The company’s strengths and successful strategies of the corporate leadership in the past are likely to remain relevant in the future. The research findings revealed that the turbulent environment level in the mobile telecommunication industry was in the discontinuous –strategic level, where the future is not extension of the past. This environment situation facing by Indonesia’s telecomunication industry need the corporate leadership to challenge the organisation survival. This research is based on the qualitative descriptive method by using data obtained from telecommunication industry experts and secondary data.

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High Risk, Strong Belief

Nordicom Review ◽

10.1515/nor-2017-0126 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 3-16

Author(s):

Anders Fagerjord ◽

Arnt Maasø ◽

Tanja Storsul ◽

Trine Syvertsen

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Turn Of The Century ◽

Early Years ◽

User Generated Content ◽

Media Industry ◽

Focal Points ◽

Rich Media ◽

The Future ◽

Cross Platform ◽

Images Of The Future

Abstract When planning for the future, media managers must balance realism with the need to foresee unexpected changes. This article investigates images of the future in the Norwegian media industry in the early years of the 21st century and identifies five key trends that media managers envisioned: personalized content, user-generated content, rich media, cross-platform media, and mobility. We argue that increased reflection on such visions and how they are formed may put managers (and researchers) in a better position to meet the future. We therefore ask to what degree they were influenced by actual developments at the time, or anchored in more classical imagery of the future. The analysis illustrates how new technologies become focal points for articulating old dreams about the future. At the latest turn of the century, the mobile phone served as such a focal technology.

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