Quite a few people have been asked me what new technology I thinkwill become big in 2007. Not sure I have any super insights - buthere are some of the areas that I have been looking at:- SIP. Think this is the year where more and more mobile phones willbe wifi and SIP enabled. I have already been playing with Nokia'swifi phones (E61 and N80) and they work very well with our internalphone system as well as new(ish) VOIP providers. The companies tolook after in this area is Truphone and Gizmo. Both have easy(ish)system that allow you to speak for free (or very cheap) over a wifinetwork on your mobile.- Eco tech. Think that 2007 will be much about global warming and ageneral youth push towards more responsibility towards the nature (ormaybe I just hope).. So I think you will see much more from techcompanies that work within carbon neutral energy. At the veniceproject we are proud to use Alternative Cars (www.alternative-cars.co.uk) who only run on bio diesel - but also companies likeVestas (windmills) and Novo's new move into enzymes which can createbio diesel. (www.novozymes.com)- Broadband Video. Well, I am sure it doesnt come as a big surprisethat I think that 2007 will be the year where 2007 will becomemainstream. With 35% broadband penetration in major markets and theaudience getting more and more used to watching video online, I think2007 will be the start of video moving online. I dont necessary thinkthat people will stop watching tv in the living rooms on their bigmonitors - however, I do think that the traditional way ofdistributing tv has become dated in relation to people's expectationof watching what they want - when they want as well as an increasingneed for personalization and community. Expect big things from us atThe Venice Project but also look forward to great gadgets fromcompanies like Sling, inspiring design and UI from Apples tv box andexciting features and ideas from the host of new companies that willget into this space in 2007.- Wildcard.. 2D bar codes. They have been big in asia for years andhave yet to be used at all in western europe and the US. The basicidea is that you create a 2d bar code that can store quite a bit ofinformation (e.g. websites, phone numbers and so on). U then pointyou camera phone at the bar code and then get all the informationstored on your phone (it can also get the phone to open a link).There is a new barcode reader in the Nokia N80 phones and so thismight be the year where people will start to add 2d bar codes tobusiness cards and print commercials. However, both short sms codesand bluetooth transfer might kill off this idea before it getstarted. Interesting reading:http://blogs.s60.com/tommi/2006/12/2d_barcode_manifesto.htmlOnline generator:http://nfggames.com/system/qrcodegen.phphttp://www.sample.org.uk/blog/?action=post&post=mobile_barcoder- Other buzz words to get ready for in 2007:Interesting: Wireless USB, Ultra Mobile PC, applications that usesgps in phones, $100 computers for 3rd world, Open source beats bigcorps.. (go firefox go)Boring: WiMax, Net Neutrality, HighDef, User generated News/Reviews/Whatever, VistaWill try to think of some more stuff and post...