Hype-Cycle-For-Emerging-Technologies-2011

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Publication Date: 28 July 2011 ID Number: G00215650

Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2011
Jackie Fenn, Hung LeHong

Technologies at the Peak of Inflated Expectations in 2011 include activity streams, wireless power, Internet TV, NFC payment and private cloud computing. Other newly featured high-impact trends include "big data," the Internet of Things and natural languagequestion answering.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Analysis....................................................................................................................................... 4 What You Need to Know .................................................................................................. 4 The Hype Cycle ............................................................................................................... 4 New on the 2011 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies................................................ 6 Fast Movers ..................................................................................................................... 7 Other Changes From 2010............................................................................................... 8 The Priority Matrix.......................................................................................................... 10 Off the Hype Cycle ......................................................................................................... 12 On the Rise ................................................................................................................... 12 3DBioprinting.................................................................................................... 12 Human Augmentation ........................................................................................ 14 Quantum Computing ......................................................................................... 15 Computer-Brain Interface .................................................................................. 16 Video Analytics for Customer Service................................................................ 17 Social TV .......................................................................................................... 18 "Big Data" and Extreme Information Processing and Management .................... 19 Mobile Robots ................................................................................................... 21 Natural Language Question...