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Technology Will Soon Disrupt Everything

What was once considered science fiction is less than a decade away.

chi-IMG_0303 (2) Vivek Wadhwa, a technology expert and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, addressed last week’s NIC Fall Conference in Chicago on what the future holds.

CHICAGO—In the midst of several days devoted to analyzing what’s currently happening in the seniors housing industry, more than three thousand attendees at last week’s National Investment Center’s Fall Conference also got a glimpse of the future.

“Every industry is about to be disrupted,” Vivek Wadhwa, fellow and professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering, said at the main conference luncheon. He proceeded to break down how the technology that brought us smart phones and big data has only begun transforming the real estate industry.

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Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.

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