"Throughout the history of computation and the Internet, there have been watershed moments where technological advancements have defined a generation of both devices and applications.Today, given the vast diffusion of technologies and the diverse uses that can be derived from a single product, it may seem difficult to identify technologies that are truly redefining the way we live, learn, work and play."
- Prof. Kristina Verner 2010.
As stated above 'Today, given the vast diffusion of technologies and the diverse uses that can be derived from a single product, it may seem difficult to identify technologies that are truly redefining the way we live, learn, work and play.' Still there are some underlying technologies that actually herald the changes that we see in the way we live, learn, work and play.
An example is the internet; it gave rise to all devices and applications that promoted community and instant information. Another example is the touch screen technology that has led to a whole new era of technology use. Now we have the iPad, iPods, touch screen phone and computers. Last example is search engines, these have revolutionized the way we retrieve information from the internet, not only that it has created a whole host of other applications and jobs.
Now we are moving to a whole new age where the contemporary computer systems will become obsolete. I am talking about Cloud computing, Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). With this the use of CPUs, processors and hard drives will cease to be relevant. Also with the introduction of the TED sixth sense the needs for computer monitors even touch screen ones and trackball or pad will become a thing of the past. These new technological processes if perfected and introduced into the society it will effectively change the way we live, learn, work and play. Then blind dating will not be so blind, education will be boosted a long way, average productivity per person would increase, carbon printing would reduce, and medical breakthrough, collaboration and intervention would be almost instantaneous.
All these above are some the good things that we will derive from these things, but there are also some down sides to them. I am talking about privacy. With both new in-the-works technology, privacy is a very big issue, not only that cyber crimes could be on the rise and the ethical issue of "when is the technology too much and how much of our lives should we hand over to machines". These issues that I have mentioned, do you think they matter at all or are there more issues than I mentioned?
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltouch.htm
http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid201_gci1287881,00.html
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
- Prof. Kristina Verner 2010.
As stated above 'Today, given the vast diffusion of technologies and the diverse uses that can be derived from a single product, it may seem difficult to identify technologies that are truly redefining the way we live, learn, work and play.' Still there are some underlying technologies that actually herald the changes that we see in the way we live, learn, work and play.
An example is the internet; it gave rise to all devices and applications that promoted community and instant information. Another example is the touch screen technology that has led to a whole new era of technology use. Now we have the iPad, iPods, touch screen phone and computers. Last example is search engines, these have revolutionized the way we retrieve information from the internet, not only that it has created a whole host of other applications and jobs.
Now we are moving to a whole new age where the contemporary computer systems will become obsolete. I am talking about Cloud computing, Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). With this the use of CPUs, processors and hard drives will cease to be relevant. Also with the introduction of the TED sixth sense the needs for computer monitors even touch screen ones and trackball or pad will become a thing of the past. These new technological processes if perfected and introduced into the society it will effectively change the way we live, learn, work and play. Then blind dating will not be so blind, education will be boosted a long way, average productivity per person would increase, carbon printing would reduce, and medical breakthrough, collaboration and intervention would be almost instantaneous.
All these above are some the good things that we will derive from these things, but there are also some down sides to them. I am talking about privacy. With both new in-the-works technology, privacy is a very big issue, not only that cyber crimes could be on the rise and the ethical issue of "when is the technology too much and how much of our lives should we hand over to machines". These issues that I have mentioned, do you think they matter at all or are there more issues than I mentioned?
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltouch.htm
http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid201_gci1287881,00.html
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
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