What would you consider to be agricultural technology?

If you were an MBA student targeting VENTURE CAPITAL and graduating in may, what kind of technology would you focus on to increase your chance of getting hired? Consider an extensive background in mass market retail and green building

• I have 6months to focus on a new technology, its market, and its players. I am available to develop a detailed research on the sector

• Answer:

  Mobile Computing... there is a ton of opportunity in the space, especially in models where computing is largely done on the cloud, and input (mobile itself, distributed sensors) and output sources (mobile, TV, other connected devices etc.) are in the hands of the consumer. Centralized computing is going to make consumer devices much more affordable and ubiquitous. Sensory input (input detected from the environment rather than explicitly from the user) models are likely to become more important. Currently, location is the only sensory input with a rich  ecosystem of services built around it. Vision has a few emerging models. Other inputs like temperature, movement, vision etc. may become increasingly importnat and models leveraging these inputs to provide customized relevant anaysis for the user could drive future trends. Mobile health and remote tracking is one such model that is finding lot of VC money these days. Additionally, greater usage of consumer apps and sensors also lead to the trend in big data analysis, only the surface of which is being skimmed at the moment. Mobile computing in its broadest form will most likely extend beyond the "mobile phone" to other mobile devices. Hence, management (of display, experience etc. ) acsoss different output formats on different devices will possibly be another important trend. In its broadest form, the proliferation of multiple input sources and output destinations is likely to lead to the internet of things,