Investigation should concentrate on trends in digital technology as they relate to
- products that are new (including software applications) and products that are being phased out
- technology businesses that are succeeding and failing
- innovations in areas such as
- animation
- robotics
- virtual reality
- artificial intelligence
- voice recognition
- fiber optics
- convergent technologies
- lasers
- wearable computer systems
- uses for emerging technologies in business, home, and society
- cybersecurity
- Internet of things (IoT).