topResearch ReportsBuilding Management Systems, HVAC, and Lighting Controls
The Global Market for Human Enhancement/Augmentation Systems
Adding Information to Our View of the World
Enabling End-User Access to Entertainment, Financial, Government, Retail, Other Applications
Digital Content and Display Technologies Kindle New Markets
Mice, Monitors, Keyboards, Webcams, and Other PC Add-ons
Task, Security and Surveillance/Telepresence, Entertainment and Education Robots, and Robotic Components Markets Through 2015
Rapid Prototyping/Additive Fabrication/Solid Imaging via Stereolithography, Fused Deposition Modeling, Selective Laser Sintering and Inkjet Technologies
No Bank, No Account, No Envelope Required
Technology Analysis of Touch Screens, and Forecasts for Their Penetration in Mobile Phones, PNDs, PDAs, UMPCs, MIDs, and Tablet PCs
Fingerprinting, Iris Scanning, Facial Recognition, and Other Technologies for Public and Personal Security
topABI InsightsTechnology, at its most basic, is the application of some level of knowledge for a practical purpose. The National Academy of Engineering describes technology as "the process by which humans modify nature to meet their needs and wants." It's the means to an end, where that end can be wanting to speak with someone a great distance away, wanting to make a financial transaction without using cash, or even cleaning your home without spending all day vacuuming.
Consumers and businesses alike take advantage of technologies on a daily basis. As you're reading this, you're using a computer packed with electronic components, each one of which is a technological marvel. Your computer is connected to the Internet, which is connected to the Internet; at each stage, you're utilizing one or more technologies. Perhaps your computer has a wireless mouse; perhaps your connection to the Internet is a wireless one as well.
The more sophisticated these technologies become, the more simple they are for the end-user, requiring minimal training to
This NextGen Research Service includes coverage of consumer-facing technologies, as well as those that can be utilized by individuals for business purposes.
