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The purpose of PHILIPCORTES.COM is to find, analyze and present potential breakthroughs in technology. The graphic below is taken from the 2009 Gartner report, and it is used to depict a few things :

1) The expectations we have of nascent technologies

2) Where these technologies are in terms of development and time to market

3) Where they fall on the "Anticipate and Influence" chart that Gartner has mapped out for all new technologies. According to them, most new technologies follow a very neat evolution - There's a technology trigger, media helps build and inflate expectations, quickly followed by a trough of disillusionment where people realize the technology isn't as adaptable or as powerful as they had expected, and then a slow and general trend upwards where it is adapted and eventually used at a constant rate of productivity.

I hope that through this site, I (we?) explore what this technology chart looks like in the future, while also partaking in any relevant discourse centered around these new advancements.

I look forward to seeing you around,

Philip