Programmable processors are expected to automate information processing tasks, lessening human intervention by adapting their functioning according to some input program.
Two-thirds of large global companies expect to automate some or most of their finance departments' tasks over the next two to three years.
This is expected to automate a number of processes pertaining to delivery status, dispatch, load-finding and driver payment, apart from providing critical real-time information on consignments right from pickup to delivery.
BMW, though, does not yet talk of when it might offer fully autonomous cars to customers; rather it says that it expects to see "highly automated" driving functions available in its models from around 2020.Policymakers want to see more development before fully autonomous cars are sold to the public.
They don't operate independently from humans yet — two or three people still load the dough onto the conveyor and sprinkle cheese and toppings — but Zume Pizza in Mountain View expects to be fully automated by spring, delivering made-to-order, customizable pizzas in as little as seven minutes.
In Palo Alto, for example, the city expects to install 52 automated external defibrillators (AED) for use by first responders to save cardiac arrest patients before emergency response technicians may arrive to the scene.
Automatic stock trading based on algorithms that react to market moves and conditions have been a feature on Wall Street for years — nearly 50percentt of all trades on the New York Stock Exchange are expected to be automated by 2010, according to the Aite Group, a Boston-based consulting firm, up from roughly 30percentt in 2006.
When that day comes, and it could come soon, consumers can expect to find automated voice interfaces at every turn, allowing them to use plain English (or French or Chinese) to interact with everything from Web archives to appliances and automobiles.
So while this is an issue now, it can be expected to be automated for users in the future.
This feature is expected to accelerate automated docking experiments with FFR models.
