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Tomorrows Technology, Tomorrow's User,
Tomorrows Library
Cliff LandisGeorgia State University
LOOKING BACK,
LOOKING FORWARD
Not so long ago.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37796451@N00/4871934432/
Kids today
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_grey/4380871348/
TOMORROWS TECHNOLOGY
Say goodbye to your keyboard and mouse
http://emotiv.com/store/hardware/299/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyetap
F:\TanLe_2010G.mp4
Augmenting Reality
http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/
F:\PranavMistry_2009I.mp4
TOMORROW'S USER
Cyborg Kitteh sez resistance is futile!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankenstoen/357287401/
Oscar Pistorius
Double amputee sprinter.
Runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial artificial limbs.
Barred by the IAAF from competition because his artificial lower legs gave him an unfair advantage (a ruling that was eventually overturned).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius
Everyday enhancements
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/2311055636/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/esparta/482348262/
TOMORROWS LIBRARY
No need for Luddites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddites
Libraries vs Publishers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericdickman/801950059/
What is the place of the library in all of this change?
The role will be primarily the library AS place
http://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/5052936803/
The eReader Revolution
Lots of books, lots of publishers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5041738449/
Make your book on the fly
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denverjeffrey/3724614615/
Participatory Culture
http://www.flickr.com/photos/webtreatsetc/4050775004/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drachmann/327122302/
Where are libraries in all this?!?