商品描述
As of January 2023, there are 5 billion users of the internet. People who use technology and want to know about it--in simple language, without jargon. Many of those nurture dreams and aspirations to be quicker, smarter and 'be the change.' We bring to them relatable stories of everyday users, understood by consumers and gadget freaks alike.
We start with the Internet of Things (IoT) and show how consumers are using smart devices that teach them to manage their homes, travel and lifestyle through their smartphones. We see how cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling them to give feedback to IoT devices, and extracting multiple services from household products like the humble LED light, or the refrigerator, or sophisticated jet engines, or combined harvesters. As devices turn smart and AI and robots enter our workspace they run the risk of being hacked. So techies developed the Blockchain, with encrypted text that would secure digital assets. But with it arrived cryptocurrencies that threaten to bring unprecedented speculation, money laundering and cyber crimes.
We also explore new opportunities in telehealth, distant education and metaworld, and the strides made in digital transformation that has, in less than five years, empowered over 2 billion people across the world, giving them access to cost effective banking, education, travel, energy, food and health services. But the same technologies are used to fight wars and disrupt supply chains that cause acute distress and worldwide recessions. The book is relevant because the changes happening now are not incremental but tectonic. This opens the door to a future that is more fascinating and threatening than fiction. Read on to find out more.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
截至2023年1月，全球網際網路用戶已達50億人。這些人使用科技並希望以簡單的語言了解科技，不使用行話。其中許多人懷抱著更快、更聰明和「成為改變」的夢想和渴望。我們向他們呈現與日常用戶相關的故事，這些故事被消費者和科技迷所理解。
我們從物聯網（IoT）開始，展示消費者如何使用智能設備透過智慧手機來管理家居、旅行和生活方式。我們看到雲端運算和人工智慧（AI）如何使他們能夠向物聯網設備提供反饋，並從家用產品（如謙卑的LED燈、冰箱、先進的噴射引擎或綜合收割機）中提取多種服務。隨著設備變得智能化，AI和機器人進入我們的工作場所，它們面臨被駭客攻擊的風險。因此，技術人員開發了區塊鏈，其中包含加密文本，以保護數字資產。但隨之而來的是威脅帶來了前所未有的投機、洗錢和網絡犯罪。
我們還探索了遠程醫療、遠程教育和元世界等新機遇，以及在數字轉型方面取得的進展。在不到五年的時間裡，全球已有超過20億人獲得了經濟實惠的銀行業務、教育、旅行、能源、食品和健康服務。但同樣的技術也被用於戰爭和破壞供應鏈，這導致了嚴重的困擾和全球性的經濟衰退。這本書的相關性在於現在正在發生的變革不是漸進的，而是地殼運動般的。這打開了一扇比小說更迷人和威脅更大的未來之門。繼續閱讀以了解更多。
作者簡介
Sandip Sen is an engineer with over 30 years of experience in the energy and the manufacturing industry. In 2008 he decided to switch careers and enter the field of journalism. Thereafter he worked in the national media including at The Indian Express and The Delhi Press Magazines as an Editor. He has written weekly columns for half a dozen leading business dailies and magazines and appears in national television. He has also written 3 books on economic governance of which one, ' India Emerging, From Policy Paralysis to Hyper Economics' published by Bloomsbury in 2019 has been co-authored with Aarohi Sen.
Aarohi Sen is an experienced thought leader at a leading global consultancy firm. He has been working on innovation in the future of IT and manufacturing for more than a decade. He is currently involved in managing a global research research team that develops economic models around themes of agile innovation, digital transformation and operational flexibility, and provides research insights into key client engagements. He has been writing for various global and in house publications for more than a decade.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Sandip Sen是一位在能源和製造業擁有超過30年經驗的工程師。在2008年，他決定轉行進入新聞界。此後，他在國家媒體機構，包括The Indian Express和The Delhi Press Magazines擔任編輯。他曾為數家領先的商業日報和雜誌撰寫專欄，並在全國電視節目中露面。他還撰寫了三本關於經濟治理的書籍，其中一本名為《India Emerging, From Policy Paralysis to Hyper Economics》，於2019年由Bloomsbury出版，與Aarohi Sen共同合著。
Aarohi Sen是一位在一家領先的全球咨詢公司擔任經驗豐富的思想領袖。他在IT和製造業的未來創新方面已經工作了十多年。他目前負責管理一個全球研究團隊，該團隊圍繞敏捷創新、數字轉型和運營靈活性等主題開發經濟模型，並為關鍵客戶參與提供研究見解。他已經十多年來為各種全球和內部出版物撰寫文章。
