Exam 9: Emerging Trends and Technologies

If you were inventing a new biochip and you were attempting to get this biochip to "self assemble" what discipline would you be working in?

If you were using a computer that did not have to translate your words into its binary equivalent before processing it, what type of computer device would you be using?

Biochips can be used with GPS to find lost animals.

In a virtual reality system, you make use of special input and output devices that capture your psychological movements and send psychological responses back to you.

What is push technology?

_____ is the use of your physiological characteristics such as your fingerprint, the blood vessels in the iris of your eye, the sound of your voice, or perhaps even your breath to provide identification.

An ATM card is an example of which form of biometric security?

_____ encourages atoms to "self-assemble" into new forms.

The abbreviation CAVE stands for Concave Automatic Virtual Environment.

Nanotechnology is a discipline that seeks to control matter at the atomic and subatomic levels for the purpose of building devices on the same scale.

An ASR system follows three steps including feature classification, pattern processing, and language analysis.

Physiological _____ include automatic speech recognition, virtual reality, CAVE automatic virtual environments, biometrics, and haptic interfaces.

An implant chip is a technology-enabled microchip implanted into the human body.

Which of the following would not be considered a new Internet-based trend or technology?

A(n) _____ interface would allow an individual to interface with a computer if they were sight-challenged.

Software-as-a-service is an easy way to get temporary software when you are on the road.

_____ uses a microchip in a tag or label to store information, and information is transmitted from, or written to, the tag or label when the microchip is exposed to the correct frequency of radio waves.

What industry currently provides the most applications with virtual reality?

What technology provides frequently published and updated digital content on the Web?

A haptic interface adds a sense of smell to virtual reality.