{"ModuleCode":"MT5009","ModuleTitle":"Analyzing Hi-Technology Opportunities","Department":"Division Of Engineering And Tech Mgt","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to help students understand how technological change creates opportunities for new products and services. Students learn about how improvements in performance and cost, including the drivers of them, cause new technologies to become economically feasible over time. This is done in general and for many specific technologies. This enables students to better understand the timing of economic feasibility and thus the opportunities that are currently emerging for specific technologies.","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Types":["Module"],"Lecturers":["Funk, Jeffrey Lee"],"IVLE":[{"Announcements":null,"Forums":[],"Workbins":[],"Webcasts":[],"Gradebooks":[],"Polls":[],"Multimedia":[],"LessonPlan":[],"ID":"3646bcb3-90ac-4c06-8627-d0ad9a101c9d","CourseLevel":"1","CourseCode":"MT5009","CourseName":"ANALYZING HI-TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES","CourseDepartment":"","CourseSemester":"Semester 2","CourseAcadYear":"2014/2015","CourseOpenDate":"/Date(1410278400000+0800)/","CourseOpenDate_js":"2014-09-10T00:00:00","CourseCloseDate":"/Date(1433174340000+0800)/","CourseCloseDate_js":"2015-06-01T23:59:00","CourseMC":"0","isActive":"N","Permission":"S","Creator":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Funk, Jeffrey Lee","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"2d5d89a6-5793-4c0d-9aa9-6784f367b1ee","AccountType":null},"hasGradebookItems":true,"hasTimetableItems":true,"hasGroupsItems":false,"hasClassGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasGuestRosterItems":false,"hasClassRosterItems":true,"hasWeblinkItems":false,"hasLecturerItems":true,"hasDescriptionItems":true,"hasReadingItems":false,"hasAnnouncementItems":false,"hasProjectGroupItems":false,"hasProjectGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasConsultationItems":false,"hasConsultationSlotsForSignUp":false,"hasLessonPlanItems":false,"Badge":0,"BadgeAnnouncement":0,"WebLinks":[],"Lecturers":[{"ID":"f5016f6e-4e9c-4882-bc22-ea12e4b5437e","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Funk, Jeffrey Lee","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"2d5d89a6-5793-4c0d-9aa9-6784f367b1ee","AccountType":null},"Role":"Lecturer ","Order":1,"ConsultHrs":null},{"ID":"07fd07ce-db1c-41e5-bb5f-f98b7c7c8431","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"CHIN YUEN YEE","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"99e533d7-5df7-416c-a4ab-4aa2b78af075","AccountType":null},"Role":"Coordinator ","Order":2,"ConsultHrs":null}],"Descriptions":[{"ID":"1e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Learning Outcomes","Description":" The module is designed for engineering, science, business, and social science students, both graduate and senior-level undergraduate ones, and both part-time and full-time ones who are interested in searching for new technological opportunities either as an entrepreneur or an employee of a large company.
\n The focus of this module is on technological change and how technological change creates opportunities for new products and services. Opportunities for a new technology partly depend on when a technology becomes economically feasible and thus offers the necessary performance and cost (i.e., value proposition) for a certain set of users. The timing of this economic feasibility partly depends on the technology’s potential for improvements in cost and performance. Technologies with a large potential for improvements in cost and performance are more likely to become economically feasible than are other technologies. Two broad methods of improvements are discussed and applied to a wide variety of technologies.
\n Group projects are the focus of this module (3-5 students per group). Students will form their own groups and each group will choose and analyze one technology. Although students are free to propose any technology, the lectures will focus on 1) Integrated circuits; 2) Internet of Things; 3) Sensors; 4) MEMS; 5) bio-electronics; 6) nanotechnology; 7) 3D printing; 8) lighting, lasers and displays; 9) any kind of electronic system such as telecommunications and computers; 10) human-computer interfaces; 11) superconductivity; 12) solar; 13) IT and Transportation.
\n Each presentation should cover the following items: 1) Important dimensions of performance and cost, i.e., customer needs, for the new technology; 2) Levels of performance and cost that are needed for the new technology to become economically feasible; 3) Time series data on improvements in the cost and performance of “system” and “components”; 4) Drivers of these improvements; 5) Potential for further improvements, including role of related technologies (e.g., components in system); 6) When the new technology will likely become economically feasible for specific applications.
\n We will cover each of these issues in Sessions 1, 2 and 3. Sessions 4 through 10 will cover most of the technologies listed above. I will provide groups with feedback on slides in Session 11 and groups will make their presentations in Sessions 12 and 13.
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\n\t\t\t\tSession | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tActivities | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tObjectives and overview of course | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t2 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWhen do new technologies become economically feasible? | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t3 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTwo drivers of improvements: 1) Creating materials that better exploit physical phenomena; 2) Geometrical scaling | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t4-10 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTechnologies experiencing rapid rates of improvement and what this means for future of technology \n\t\t\t\tSession 6: Chinese New Year, no class \n\t\t\t\tSession 8: eLearning Week \n\t\t\t\t26 Feb: no class because of mid-semester break | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t11 (2 Apr) | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tReview of student slides | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t12 (9 Apr), 13 (16 Apr) | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tStudent presentations | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tSession | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTechnology | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t 4: Feb 5 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tFuture of ICs and Electronic Systems | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t 5: Feb 12 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tInternet of Things, Sensors, MEMS and Bio-electronics | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t 6: Feb 19 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tChinese New Year, no class | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tFeb 26 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMid-semester break, no class | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t 7: Mar 5 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLighting and Displays | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t 8: Mar 12 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tHuman-Computer Interfaces, R2R Printing (eLearning) | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t 9: Mar 19 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIT and Transportation | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t 10: Mar 26 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDNA sequencing and solar cells | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t11: April 2 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tReview group presentation slides | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t12: April 9 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGroup presentations | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t13: April 16 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGroup presentations | \n\t\t
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\n\tComputer assistants for doctors: How would you assess the costs and benefits of implementing computer assistants and when they will become widely used (>10% of doctors in Singapore)?
\n\tFree Routing of Aircraft: How would you assess the costs and benefits from free routing of planes and when this will become widely used in the U.S. or Europe?
\n\tHome Automation: How would you assess the costs and benefits from enabling control of lights, air con, doors, and windows with your mobile phone and when this will become widely done in Singapore (>10% of new homes)?
\n\tCNT for transistors: How would you assess the costs and benefits of using CNTs for transistors and when they will become widely used (>10% of transistors)?
\n\tReRAM: How would you assess the costs and benefits of ReRAM for flash memory and when they will become widely used (>10% of flash memory)?
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\n\tSession 6, sensors and IoT:
\n\tWireless Sensors: How would you assess the types of wireless sensors that should be implemented for a specific application (choose factories, offices, homes, or public spaces), the costs and benefits of implementing these sensors, and when such sensors will be implemented?
\n\tHealth Care with Phones: How would you assess the ways in which individuals will monitor their health care with their phones, the costs and benefits of having these phones, and when such phones will be widely used (>10% of phone users) in Singapore?
\n\tGPS in vehicles and phones: How would you assess the costs and benefits of tracking vehicles and phones (for example, for finding lost or stolen phones and vehicles) and when this will be widely done (>10% of new phones and vehicles) in Singapore?
\n\tEnvironmental sensors in phones: How would you assess the types of environmental data that mobile phones should gather, the costs and benefits of having phones gather this data, and when such phones will become widely used (>10% of users) in Singapore?
\n\tTricorders: How would you assess the functions that tricorders should have, their costs and benefits, and when they will become widely used in Singapore (>10% of doctors)?
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\n\tSession 7, Lighting and Displays
\n\tSmart Lighting: How would you assess the costs and benefits of smart lighting and when it will become widely used in Singapore (>10% of public lights)?
\n\tSelf-propelled fish farms: How would you assess the costs and benefits of self-propelled submersible fish farms and when they will become widely used (>10% of fish consumption)?
\n\tOLEDs: How would you assess the costs and benefits of OLED-based displays or televisions and when they will become widely used (>10% of people) in Singapore?
\n\tWall displays: How would you assess the costs and benefits of wall displays and when they will become widely used (>10% of households) in Singapore?
\n\tRefrigerator displays: How would you assess the costs and benefits of refrigerator displays and when they will become widely used (>10% of households) in Singapore?
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\n\tSession 8, Human Computer Interface
\n\tGoogle Glasses: How would you assess the costs and benefits of Google Glasses and when they might become widely used (>10% of people) in Singapore?
\n\tAugmented reality with tablets or smart phones: How would you assess the costs and benefits of augmented reality-based tablets or smart phones and when they will become widely used (>10% of people) in Singapore?
\n\tAugmented reality with car windshield: How would you assess the costs and benefits of augmented reality-based car windshields and when they will become widely used (>10% of people) in Singapore?
\n\tGesture interfaces: How would you assess the costs and benefits of gesture interfaces and when they will become widely used (>10% of people) in Singapore?
\n\tFlexible wrist display: How would you assess the costs and benefits of flexible wrist displays and when they will become widely used (>10% of people) in Singapore?
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\n\tSession 9, IT and Transportation
\n\tGPS and buses: How would you assess the costs and benefits of implementing GPS for buses in Singapore and when they will become widely used (>10% of buses and bus riders) in Singapore?
\n\tMobile phones as tickets for trains and buses: How would you assess the costs and benefits of using mobile phones for trains and buses in Singapore and when will it become widely done (>10% of bus and train rides) in Singapore?
\n\tFree Wi-Fi on buses and trains in Singapore: How would you assess the costs and benefits of providing free Wi-Fi on trains and buses in Singapore and when this occur (>10% of buses and train rides) in Singapore?
\n\tBike sharing: How would you assess the costs and benefits of implementing bike sharing in Singapore and when this might be widely done (>10% of Singaporeans) in Singapore?
\n\tAutonomous vehicles in Singapore: How would you assess the costs and benefits of dedicating autonomous vehicles in Singapore and when this might occur (>10% of vehicles) in Singapore?
\n\tElectrification of vehicles: How would you assess the costs and benefits of electronic controls for automobiles and when they might become widely used (>10% of cars) in Singapore.
\n\tElectric vehicles: How would you assess the costs and benefits of electric vehicles in Singapore, the advantages of wired vs. wireless charging, and when electric vehicles might become widely used (>10% of cars) in Singapore.
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\n\tSession 10: DNA sequencing and solar cells
\n\tDNA sequencing and synthesizing for designing crops: How would you assess the costs and benefits of using DNA sequencing and synthesizing for designing crops (or new materials) and whether this will accelerate the introduction of new and better crops and materials?
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\n\tDNA sequencers for high schools: How would you assess the costs and benefits of placing DNA sequencers in high schools and when this might happen (>10% of schools) in Singapore?
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\n\tFlexible Perovskite solar cells: How would you estimate when Perovskite solar cells have lower costs per peak Watt than $0.10 (USD)?
\n\tOrganic solar cells: How would you estimate when organic solar cells have lower costs per peak Watt than $0.10 (USD)?
\n\tSolar cars: How would you assess the costs and benefits of powering cars by solar cells and when this might happen in Australia (>10% of cars)?