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CONTENTSABOUT THIS REPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
MEETINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN . . . . 4
GOOGLE IS LISTENING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
FULLY INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ULTRA-THIN DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
DRONE CAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A SMART BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PAPER TRANSPARENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
TOUCHSCREEN WATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MORE PHONE PARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
BETTER IDENTITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
BANK CHATBOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
COMPUTER IMAGINATION?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SMART CLOTHING (AT SOME SERIOUS SCALE) . . . . . 16
NO MORE CHARGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
INCREMENTAL RELEASES FROM TESLA . . . . . . . . . . 18
SMARTENING UP YOUR CAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
CONTRIBUTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ABOUT ENDAVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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ABOUT THIS REPORTWelcome to the latest edition of the Endava Quarterly Innovation Report.
The aim of these reports is to share some of the latest innovative projects that caught our attention across the wider marketplace.
Traditionally, businesses competed with others in the same industry, but now modern businesses compete with new digital competitors, as well as those who work in different market sectors. This report serves to show our customers what is going on beyond their traditional competitors.
During our client workshops we often present these quarterly reports to provide some inspiration for clients who are starting their digital transformation programme. And last, but by no means least, thank you to all our Endava colleagues who provided suggestions for projects to be included in this quarter’s report.
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MEETINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAINI’ll bet you didn't know that the NY Times has an R&D lab that produces next generation products. One of these products is the listening table which enables conversations to be recorded, transcribed – and also using some clever algorithms – captures the semantics used as well as sentiment. During a meeting you can also tap the table to set a marker for an important point to review later.
This is an interesting concept for meetings and they have even added an off switch so you can opt out!
http://bit.ly/1UQSray
GOOGLE IS LISTENING Google have entered the home personal assistant area with Google Home, which directly competes with Amazon’s Echo, which we have mentioned in other reports. Google Home is a device that is always listening to you and can perform tasks in your connected home and also give you information from Google.
“We are evolving search to be much more assistive,” said Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO. “We want users to have a two-way ongoing dialogue with Google to help get things done in the real world. We think of this as building each user their own individual Google.”
Watching the video, it’s a bit creepy that there is always something listening to what you say at home... I hope it knows when you are being sarcastic!
http://bit.ly/2669sD1 http://bit.ly/1Tg4pxd
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FULLY INTERACTIVE ADVERTISINGCoca-Cola always push the boundaries with technology on advertising and their latest campaign is no different. They have teamed up with Shazam to enable them to “pour you a drink” through one of their adverts and then be able to redeem this for a drink at a retailer. They have used all different advert types from print to TV and also in-stadium.
We really like the use of technology to interact with the physical world and get something free!
http://bit.ly/1Sz8yK0
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ULTRA-THIN DISPLAYSIf you thought your latest TV was thin, take a look at this video of a display that is only 3 micrometres thin – which is thinner than your skin.
The possibilities are endless. Not only can the technology display information, it can also detect oxygen flow, and be crumpled.
Together with the touchscreen watch in this report, this could be the ideal future device.
http://bit.ly/1UQRIGw
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DRONE CAFEA university cafe in the Netherlands now delivers drinks to customers via drones.
One drone takes your order and another delivers the drinks.
The company hasn’t said how the drinks are made – perhaps there’s no replacement for a decent barista. Yet.
http://bit.ly/1Tdz4oQ
A SMART BUTTONAmazon was allegedly under pressure from developers to make its Dash button (covered in our Q3 2015) programmable.
Enter the Amazon IoT button, a fully customizable wireless appliance. You can program the button to do just about anything… from unlocking your car, to switching the lights on, or sending a text message.
We like the price tag of $20, which makes it cheaper than a Raspberry Pi and other similar Wi-Fi devices.
http://amzn.to/1OmmOGC
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PAPER TRANSPARENCYWe like the transparency of the Financial Times who have started an engineering blog describing their latest approaches and projects.
In articles such as “A Faster FT.com” the team provide real world statistics on web performance and user behaviour, answering questions like “At what speed (or lack of) do users stop using the site?” This was also mapped against advertis-ing and subscription revenue.
We commend FT.com on its openness and look forward to future articles.
http://bit.ly/1pErwjh
TOUCHSCREEN WATCHOne of the limitations of a smartwatch is the screen size. Enter Skintrack, a smartwatch that together with a special finger ring, can use your forearm as a touchscreen.
The touchscreen area, or forearm, has more functionality than a traditional screen, because it can work in three dimensions – whereas a smartphone can only detect touch rather than a ‘hover’ motion.
We really like Skintrack (although the ring needs some more finessing) and think this could be the future of input interfaces.
http://bit.ly/1VLwfBF
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MORE PHONE PARTSHere’s an interesting project concept from Google – a phone made of several parts which can be swapped out. If you need a better camera or a better speaker, simply swap out those components.
The development community also liked the concept – so much so that Google have had to temper enthusiasm and admit some components such as screen and processor are hardwired into the exoskeleton-based design.
Right now, we’d like to be able to swap out just the battery on our phones...
http://bit.ly/1TkegC7
BETTER IDENTITYAt Endava we’re really interested in how electronic identity will be implemented, to prove who a user is over the Internet. Enter Yoti, who use passports as the main identity assurance, and selfies to validate the user is the passport holder.
Yoti is still in development, and we’re interested to see how the public adopt the technology.
http://bit.ly/1cvojzS
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BANK CHATBOTSDigibank is a new Indian bank that is staffed by chatbots – automated robo advisors which can hold a conversation as well as a human.
2016 was touted the year of robots, and halfway through the year this prediction is turning out to be correct.
The chatbots were designed by the same company that produced Apple’s Siri product, and have been taught millions of questions about personal banking.
https://go.dbs.com/1Vxdhif
COMPUTER IMAGINATION?Vicarious is a two year old startup (which made us question “When does a startup stop being labelled a start up?”) which has a completely different approach to Artificial Intelligence.
The Vicarious algorithm is able to answer the question “What if?” and rather than take in lots of data to try and learn, it learns in a way which more closely resembles the human brain – in what the company currently calls ‘imagination’.
So far, Vicarious is able to counteract CAPTCHA input, which traditionally can detect a human from a computer. In the coming months, Vicarious will begin publishing its two years’ worth of research, and will showcase its technology in robots.
http://bit.ly/1WFBF1b
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SMART CLOTHING (AT SOME SERIOUS SCALE)We had to read this report twice. And check it wasn’t an April Fools Day. Avery Dennison (of packing fame) and Evrything are joining forces to create Internet connected clothes… 10 billion articles of clothing.
There will be new business models created for connected clothing – business models which don’t exist yet.
http://bit.ly/1WuPWMV
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NO MORE CHARGINGA student from Cluj, Romania has developed an integrated panel for mobile phones that doesn’t just use solar energy. It can convert energy from motion, Wi-Fi, GPS, GSM, satellite, and radio. This means that you will never have to charge your phone again.
It does need some work on the design as it looks like someone just unscrewed the hinge from their door to bolt it on!
http://bit.ly/1UXZZ8K
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INCREMENTAL RELEASES FROM TESLATesla have admitted rolling out updates to its production cars without notifying drivers, all in the attempt to gather more data for its autonomous driving strategy.
As a lesson to other companies, Tesla explained that it uses the always – connected features of its cars to download updates and retrieve vast amounts of data. So far, it has collected over 780 million miles of driving data (and every ten hours Tesla gets another million miles worth of data). One interesting insight is that human drivers prefer not to drive in the centre of a lane, by comparison to automated drivers.
This type of inert, over the air background update provides an example to companies that demonstrates ways to gather data to continually improve their products.
http://bit.ly/1OVRj6y
SMARTENING UP YOUR CAR New cars now come with smart connected technology built in, but this device from Automatic can upgrade your older car to become smart. All you need to do is plug it into the data port of your car and it can provide you with diagnosis of engine problems, provide fuel efficiency scoring, car location, and automatic crash notifica-tions to emergency services as well as friends and family. Users can view this data through a comprehensive dashboard.
We think this is quite clever, but we question how often car owners will really use Automatic's features, potentially limiting its appeal.
http://bit.ly/1L68KzH
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CONTRIBUTORSThank you to the following contributors for this quarter’s report:
BRADLEY HOWARD
CATALINA TIU
MARTIN SMITHMIHAI ROMAN
SETH CLIFFORDSTEVE BACALLCRISTIAN ADOMNICAI
ABOUT ENDAVAEndava is a privately – owned IT services company with over 2,750 employees and offices in New York, Atlanta, New Jersey, London, and Frankfurt, with six delivery centres across Romania, Moldova, Macedonia, and Serbia.
Formed in 2000, Endava works with some of the world’s biggest brands in Finance, Insurance, Telecommunications, Media, Technology, and Retail, helping them harness digital technologies and transforming them into more agile, responsive, and valuable businesses.
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