The present and the future…
There are thousands of technologies that still on going and up coming. Eventually, in all aspects of it, there is innovation and development. Nowadays, a number of technologies are rapidly booming for advancement. This includes mobile phones, computers, transportation, gadgets, space technology and many others.
I think that is the way humans need to live. Being satisfied is like being buried six feet under the ground. Just like technology, it will never be satisfied. It is constant for innovation.
Today: What’s new?
In today’s trend, technology has been diverted into much higher quality of generation.
In mobile phone technology, a number of high quality cellular phones that are now in the market. This includes:
Motorola’s trio: the A3100, Tundra VA76 and the recycled W233 handset.
The most worthy of the bunch is the W233, a carbon neutral handset made from recycled water bottles would you believe, which at least makes a change from recycling handset designs. Not much in terms of features though, the list headed up by a long talk time of 9 hours, a microSD slot and not much else. Still, at least you are saving the planet. At the other end of the scale is the A3100, a touchscreen device powered by Windows Mobile, packing a 2.8-inch display, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 3 megapixel camera. File that under 'promising'. Finally, the Tundra VA76 is a rugged phone for rugged folk, offering a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GPS, HSDPA connectivity, push-to-talk and CrystalTalk Plus for cutting down on the background noise. Interesting, quirky but none are really packing that all-important wow factor.
In Nokia company there is their newest handset, the Nokia N96. It has a 16 gigabyte of internal memory and microSD memory card slot (hot swappable) for expandability and flexibility. A 128MB RAM, 256MB system memory (operating system plus dynamic user data area).
Samsung has impressed us more than once in the past year, and has the highest level proved that they deserve place as the world’s second largest mobile manufacturer. One of the highlights in the 2008’s has been testing the new Gt-I8510 Samsung cell phone. There is not much to complain about this phone. This cellular is taking to the absolute total of wireless mobile technology, and gives you both GPS, super-3G and opportunities to connect to your wireless home network. Array of new tools that make I8510 very well suited as work phone. Samsung has licensed the opportunity for Nokia S60 interface, which offers wealth of good planning and organization features. With 16 GB of memory should also be good to run out of space. This is as much as the new version of Apple iPhones 3G, and keep, for example, to just over 8,000 pictures taken with the integrated camera.
In transportation, constant change of technology is also present. We have now electric cars. An electric car is a car powered by an electric motor rather than a gasoline engine. Electric cars are something that show up in the news all the time. Electric cars create less pollution than gasoline-powered cars, so they are an environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles (especially in cities). Vehicles powered by fuel cells are electric cars, and fuel cells are getting a lot of attention right now in the news. The Subaru R1e electric car can be charged overnight on an ordinary household current. It has a range of 50 miles and a top speed of 62 miles per hour. From the outside, you would probably have no idea that a car is electric. In most cases, electric cars are created by converting a gasoline-powered car, and in that case it is impossible to tell. When you drive an electric car, often the only thing that clues you in to its true nature is the fact that it is nearly silent. Every father is waiting in the wings for the day when they can automate the driving on that long car ride to the Grand Canyon, climb into the back seat and smack some sense into his behaviorally challenged kids. Doing this without having to pull over the smart car is every kid’s nightmare and every parent’s dream. A recent contest dubbed the Grand Challenge by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) demonstrates that there are still several obstacles to overcome before automated smart vehicles could become a reality. The Grand Challenge, not unlike contests sponsored by the X-Prize Foundation, is offering cash for advancements in this field, in the hopes of developing unmanned combat vehicles in response to a 2015 congressional mandate. Although several universities and industries have demonstrated great strides while competing, it is unlikely personal transport will benefit until years of testing and field trials by the military.
For computer technology, mobile phones and computers are now jabbed into one. There is this Motorola Symbol MC9090 Industrial Mobile Computer which is developed by the Motorola company and is now available in the market. Its CPU is Intel® XScale™ Bulverde PXA270 processor at 624 MHz and the operating system is Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 or Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium Edition. Building on the success of the MC9000 family, the MC9090-G rugged mobile computer from Motorola provides mobile workers throughout the supply chain with a flexible always-on data connection to critical business applications and systems as well as to co-workers and other business associates. Equipped with the latest advances in mobile technology, the MC9090-G provides support for the richest enterprise applications, empowering mobile workers to capture and access critical business information in real time. Whether your application is simple or complex, the MC9090-G delivers performance you can count on. The MC9090-G offers the latest Intel processor designed to handle the specific demands of mobility, as well as robust persistent storage capabilities and multiple advanced data capture options. A choice of the two most robust Microsoft operating systems — Windows Mobile 5.0 or Windows CE 5.0 — gives you the flexibility to select either a familiar feature rich environment or a robust customizable application specific environment. The ability to capture images and bar codes from as close as four inches to as far as 40 feet, enables enterprises to deploy a single device in many business areas. Workers can count on ample battery life for a full shift through superior power management. And modular keypads, a rugged touch panel and a display that is easy to read inside and outside provide users with maximum ease-of use and comfort. If you want a present day expert on the subject of computer consciousness, the man to call is Ray Kurzweil. His books The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, and Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever, are remarkable tales from a man who is obviously afraid to die. Kurzweil believes in short that human consciousness will be fused with technology, and will therefore, bring us one step closer to immortality. That is, until your hard drive crashes. Kurzweil’s predictions set the stage for a monumental occasion that is to happen within the next 50 years. This is a side step from the traditional theories surrounding computer consciousness where robotic entities develop awareness. Whatever the tipping point might be, and however it is envisioned through Kurzweil’s books, the eyes of other futurists and science fiction authors, I doubt it will ever happen. There is already something special about my soul without the Intel logo stamped across it.
In health and medicine, Marrow Harvest presents a new technique in which marrow cells can be extracted from a patient's bloodstream without the need for surgery, a welcome alternative to painful bone marrow extraction; Cell Selection how scientists have developed an ingenious system to separate good cells from bad ones using electricity; Light Cure is a new instrument focuses a light on cancerous cells that have been soaked with a cream painlessly curing certain skin cancers; Oncological Frogs carry cancer-killing venom which can eliminate cancerous cells. Fatty Heart a new and simple test for the chemical hydro peroxide offers an indication of the risk to life from a heart attack; Vibrating Arteries a safe new method using a vibrating catheter, its gentle oscillation breaks down dangerous fatty tissue in veins; Miniature Miracle a miniature ultrasound probe, so small it can be guided along arteries, proves better than x-rays to surgeons; Deep Vein Screener a simple checking of veins to avoid thrombosis during an operation; Powerbreathe new exercise device, excellent for asthmatics, helps people exercise their breathing muscles; Breathing Easier a new heat exchanger for the home kills dust mites, making breathing healthier, especially for asthmatics. There are numerous robots that can emulate living biological organisms mechanically, but the prospects for fusing robotics with human biological systems in order to craft new appendages are low. Our bodies contain a complex immune system that rejects the introduction of foreign objects into our bodies, and that makes it difficult to attach mechanical devices to flesh and bone. This is especially true with arms and legs, where multiple nerve centers, muscle fibers and veins coexist. Artificial heart and lung transplants have been successful in many instances, but the quality of life is diminished and life expectancy is negligible. It is certain that eventual attempts to devise and attach artificial robotic limbs would result in limited motion and reduced mobility. Although the technology is well worth the research and attention, it will be some time before external prosthetics are replaced. It may even be more realistic to assume engineering tissue for growing a new arm or leg is a better investment. Cryogenic hibernation received a revival of sorts in 2002 when the baseball great Ted Williams was suspended in liquid nitrogen at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona. The controversy was full of cock-and-bull stories and allegations surrounding the procedure and the probability that anyone could be brought back to life eons from now. I’m here to tell you, it ain’t going to happen. Since William’s head was separated from his body, it has cracked in several places and his torso remains suspended in liquid nitrogen. Even after a century of medical advances, I doubt more than a tissue sample will survive the freezing process for people like William who are placed in cryogenic chambers. Even if an individual were to be frozen mid-breath, the human biological makeup is not stable enough to endure subzero temperatures for extended periods.
In space exploration, According to the following MSNBC Web site article, the estimated dollar amount required to bring the International Space Station (ISS) to full completion will be $100 billion. This is a hefty delta from the original estimate of approximately $14 billion provided by NASA in the early 1980s. Excuse me for being pessimistic, but unless there is gold among them there stars, I think it’s time to pull the cord. Measuring the benefits of colonizing the moon or another remote planet like Mars is a practice in fuzzy logic. A cornerstone of the debate was once centered around necessity due to overpopulation, but the steam has gone out of that engine. As we have seen by the successes brought about by the X-Prize, subspace intercontinental flight will become a commercialized standard decades before space colonization.
What’s next: the future?
True volumetric holographic 3D display
“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you’re my only hope.” This desperate plea by the quintessential damsel in distress was overshadowed by R2-D2, and the android’s ability to cast an amazing likeness of Princes Leia in true volumetric 3D. This projection into thin air has captivated techies for years, and we dream of the day when we can gather around the holo-display to enjoy Survivor while in the midst of the jungle ourselves.
Even though we have seen a hint of possibility, these are only illusions masking our inability to harness light and color in order to display an image with volume. Currently, projections of any sort require a backdrop that can reflect the light. Several attempts have been made to eliminate this obstruction by using transparent displays. More recently, a heliodisplay was unveiled that transforms air in order to float a free-form video.
Invisibility cloaking
In 2003, Professor of Engineering Susumu Tachi duped us all and sent the media and Internet into a whirlwind with his luminous jacket. This sideshow was to be a predecessor to the much anticipated arrival of an invisibility cloak. Even though many of us were foiled by the grandstanding, the attention Tachi garnered was a testament to our deepest desires — there are times when we all want to be unseen.
In July, 2006, a reporter from Reuters published a piece on theoretical metamaterials with unusual properties that could bend light around an object, thus making it invisible. The sociological ramifications of inventing such a device are too many to discuss in this article, but it’s obvious there would be several parties interested. Our ability to understand and demonstrate a pseudo-technology that has some commercial application may be closer at hand, but authentic invisibility cloaking devices are still for Predators and Klingons.
Teleportation of animate objects
According to www.howstuffworks.com,
“In 1993, the idea of teleportation moved out of the realm of science fiction and into the world of theoretical possibility. It was then that physicist Charles Bennett and a team of researchers at IBM confirmed that quantum teleportation was possible, but only if the original object being teleported was destroyed.”
Huh, that kind of puts a damper on the whole thing. I do not claim to be an expert on quantum teleportation, but hey, how many people are? What I do know is that in reading this article, it is readily apparent that what goes in is not what comes out — much like Brundlefly.
Teleportation would also mutate the world’s economy by allowing instantaneous travel, and the teleportation of food. At first glance this is seemingly a pleasant change. However, what would stop teleportation of objects of destruction, including chemical and biological agents, as well as weapons of ma… oh well, you get the point.
Time travel
Ah, the granddaddy of them all — time travel. The number of theories and speculative reports is staggering, and there is nothing to be said that hasn’t already been stated more eloquently by the scientific elite. These explanations of time are mixed with interesting paradoxes and parallel universes, and even for the nerd impaired, this knowledge of time travel can generate addictive conversation.
The best place to start learning about time travel is to use your search engine of choice. Then ask yourself, (even though in this lifetime you will never get a second chance to make a first impression), if it were a possibility, why would you want to travel back in time? Ask your family, ask your friends, ask your boss — the answers you get back will give you some sense of why time travel is not just subject matter for the übergeek.
References:
http://www.t3.com/ces/news/motorola-mobiles-hands-on-gallery-at-ces-2009?=37755
http://www.nokia.com.ph/A41179208
http://www.samsung.com/ph/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car
http://www.nextag.com/latest-computer-technology/search-html
Human beings will never satisfy…
I think that is the way humans need to live. Being satisfied is like being buried six feet under the ground. Just like technology, it will never be satisfied. It is constant for innovation.
Today: What’s new?
In today’s trend, technology has been diverted into much higher quality of generation.
In mobile phone technology, a number of high quality cellular phones that are now in the market. This includes:
Motorola’s trio: the A3100, Tundra VA76 and the recycled W233 handset.
The most worthy of the bunch is the W233, a carbon neutral handset made from recycled water bottles would you believe, which at least makes a change from recycling handset designs. Not much in terms of features though, the list headed up by a long talk time of 9 hours, a microSD slot and not much else. Still, at least you are saving the planet. At the other end of the scale is the A3100, a touchscreen device powered by Windows Mobile, packing a 2.8-inch display, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 3 megapixel camera. File that under 'promising'. Finally, the Tundra VA76 is a rugged phone for rugged folk, offering a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GPS, HSDPA connectivity, push-to-talk and CrystalTalk Plus for cutting down on the background noise. Interesting, quirky but none are really packing that all-important wow factor.
In Nokia company there is their newest handset, the Nokia N96. It has a 16 gigabyte of internal memory and microSD memory card slot (hot swappable) for expandability and flexibility. A 128MB RAM, 256MB system memory (operating system plus dynamic user data area).
Samsung has impressed us more than once in the past year, and has the highest level proved that they deserve place as the world’s second largest mobile manufacturer. One of the highlights in the 2008’s has been testing the new Gt-I8510 Samsung cell phone. There is not much to complain about this phone. This cellular is taking to the absolute total of wireless mobile technology, and gives you both GPS, super-3G and opportunities to connect to your wireless home network. Array of new tools that make I8510 very well suited as work phone. Samsung has licensed the opportunity for Nokia S60 interface, which offers wealth of good planning and organization features. With 16 GB of memory should also be good to run out of space. This is as much as the new version of Apple iPhones 3G, and keep, for example, to just over 8,000 pictures taken with the integrated camera.
In transportation, constant change of technology is also present. We have now electric cars. An electric car is a car powered by an electric motor rather than a gasoline engine. Electric cars are something that show up in the news all the time. Electric cars create less pollution than gasoline-powered cars, so they are an environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles (especially in cities). Vehicles powered by fuel cells are electric cars, and fuel cells are getting a lot of attention right now in the news. The Subaru R1e electric car can be charged overnight on an ordinary household current. It has a range of 50 miles and a top speed of 62 miles per hour. From the outside, you would probably have no idea that a car is electric. In most cases, electric cars are created by converting a gasoline-powered car, and in that case it is impossible to tell. When you drive an electric car, often the only thing that clues you in to its true nature is the fact that it is nearly silent. Every father is waiting in the wings for the day when they can automate the driving on that long car ride to the Grand Canyon, climb into the back seat and smack some sense into his behaviorally challenged kids. Doing this without having to pull over the smart car is every kid’s nightmare and every parent’s dream. A recent contest dubbed the Grand Challenge by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) demonstrates that there are still several obstacles to overcome before automated smart vehicles could become a reality. The Grand Challenge, not unlike contests sponsored by the X-Prize Foundation, is offering cash for advancements in this field, in the hopes of developing unmanned combat vehicles in response to a 2015 congressional mandate. Although several universities and industries have demonstrated great strides while competing, it is unlikely personal transport will benefit until years of testing and field trials by the military.
For computer technology, mobile phones and computers are now jabbed into one. There is this Motorola Symbol MC9090 Industrial Mobile Computer which is developed by the Motorola company and is now available in the market. Its CPU is Intel® XScale™ Bulverde PXA270 processor at 624 MHz and the operating system is Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 or Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium Edition. Building on the success of the MC9000 family, the MC9090-G rugged mobile computer from Motorola provides mobile workers throughout the supply chain with a flexible always-on data connection to critical business applications and systems as well as to co-workers and other business associates. Equipped with the latest advances in mobile technology, the MC9090-G provides support for the richest enterprise applications, empowering mobile workers to capture and access critical business information in real time. Whether your application is simple or complex, the MC9090-G delivers performance you can count on. The MC9090-G offers the latest Intel processor designed to handle the specific demands of mobility, as well as robust persistent storage capabilities and multiple advanced data capture options. A choice of the two most robust Microsoft operating systems — Windows Mobile 5.0 or Windows CE 5.0 — gives you the flexibility to select either a familiar feature rich environment or a robust customizable application specific environment. The ability to capture images and bar codes from as close as four inches to as far as 40 feet, enables enterprises to deploy a single device in many business areas. Workers can count on ample battery life for a full shift through superior power management. And modular keypads, a rugged touch panel and a display that is easy to read inside and outside provide users with maximum ease-of use and comfort. If you want a present day expert on the subject of computer consciousness, the man to call is Ray Kurzweil. His books The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, and Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever, are remarkable tales from a man who is obviously afraid to die. Kurzweil believes in short that human consciousness will be fused with technology, and will therefore, bring us one step closer to immortality. That is, until your hard drive crashes. Kurzweil’s predictions set the stage for a monumental occasion that is to happen within the next 50 years. This is a side step from the traditional theories surrounding computer consciousness where robotic entities develop awareness. Whatever the tipping point might be, and however it is envisioned through Kurzweil’s books, the eyes of other futurists and science fiction authors, I doubt it will ever happen. There is already something special about my soul without the Intel logo stamped across it.
In health and medicine, Marrow Harvest presents a new technique in which marrow cells can be extracted from a patient's bloodstream without the need for surgery, a welcome alternative to painful bone marrow extraction; Cell Selection how scientists have developed an ingenious system to separate good cells from bad ones using electricity; Light Cure is a new instrument focuses a light on cancerous cells that have been soaked with a cream painlessly curing certain skin cancers; Oncological Frogs carry cancer-killing venom which can eliminate cancerous cells. Fatty Heart a new and simple test for the chemical hydro peroxide offers an indication of the risk to life from a heart attack; Vibrating Arteries a safe new method using a vibrating catheter, its gentle oscillation breaks down dangerous fatty tissue in veins; Miniature Miracle a miniature ultrasound probe, so small it can be guided along arteries, proves better than x-rays to surgeons; Deep Vein Screener a simple checking of veins to avoid thrombosis during an operation; Powerbreathe new exercise device, excellent for asthmatics, helps people exercise their breathing muscles; Breathing Easier a new heat exchanger for the home kills dust mites, making breathing healthier, especially for asthmatics. There are numerous robots that can emulate living biological organisms mechanically, but the prospects for fusing robotics with human biological systems in order to craft new appendages are low. Our bodies contain a complex immune system that rejects the introduction of foreign objects into our bodies, and that makes it difficult to attach mechanical devices to flesh and bone. This is especially true with arms and legs, where multiple nerve centers, muscle fibers and veins coexist. Artificial heart and lung transplants have been successful in many instances, but the quality of life is diminished and life expectancy is negligible. It is certain that eventual attempts to devise and attach artificial robotic limbs would result in limited motion and reduced mobility. Although the technology is well worth the research and attention, it will be some time before external prosthetics are replaced. It may even be more realistic to assume engineering tissue for growing a new arm or leg is a better investment. Cryogenic hibernation received a revival of sorts in 2002 when the baseball great Ted Williams was suspended in liquid nitrogen at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona. The controversy was full of cock-and-bull stories and allegations surrounding the procedure and the probability that anyone could be brought back to life eons from now. I’m here to tell you, it ain’t going to happen. Since William’s head was separated from his body, it has cracked in several places and his torso remains suspended in liquid nitrogen. Even after a century of medical advances, I doubt more than a tissue sample will survive the freezing process for people like William who are placed in cryogenic chambers. Even if an individual were to be frozen mid-breath, the human biological makeup is not stable enough to endure subzero temperatures for extended periods.
In space exploration, According to the following MSNBC Web site article, the estimated dollar amount required to bring the International Space Station (ISS) to full completion will be $100 billion. This is a hefty delta from the original estimate of approximately $14 billion provided by NASA in the early 1980s. Excuse me for being pessimistic, but unless there is gold among them there stars, I think it’s time to pull the cord. Measuring the benefits of colonizing the moon or another remote planet like Mars is a practice in fuzzy logic. A cornerstone of the debate was once centered around necessity due to overpopulation, but the steam has gone out of that engine. As we have seen by the successes brought about by the X-Prize, subspace intercontinental flight will become a commercialized standard decades before space colonization.
What’s next: the future?
True volumetric holographic 3D display
“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you’re my only hope.” This desperate plea by the quintessential damsel in distress was overshadowed by R2-D2, and the android’s ability to cast an amazing likeness of Princes Leia in true volumetric 3D. This projection into thin air has captivated techies for years, and we dream of the day when we can gather around the holo-display to enjoy Survivor while in the midst of the jungle ourselves.
Even though we have seen a hint of possibility, these are only illusions masking our inability to harness light and color in order to display an image with volume. Currently, projections of any sort require a backdrop that can reflect the light. Several attempts have been made to eliminate this obstruction by using transparent displays. More recently, a heliodisplay was unveiled that transforms air in order to float a free-form video.
Invisibility cloaking
In 2003, Professor of Engineering Susumu Tachi duped us all and sent the media and Internet into a whirlwind with his luminous jacket. This sideshow was to be a predecessor to the much anticipated arrival of an invisibility cloak. Even though many of us were foiled by the grandstanding, the attention Tachi garnered was a testament to our deepest desires — there are times when we all want to be unseen.
In July, 2006, a reporter from Reuters published a piece on theoretical metamaterials with unusual properties that could bend light around an object, thus making it invisible. The sociological ramifications of inventing such a device are too many to discuss in this article, but it’s obvious there would be several parties interested. Our ability to understand and demonstrate a pseudo-technology that has some commercial application may be closer at hand, but authentic invisibility cloaking devices are still for Predators and Klingons.
Teleportation of animate objects
According to www.howstuffworks.com,
“In 1993, the idea of teleportation moved out of the realm of science fiction and into the world of theoretical possibility. It was then that physicist Charles Bennett and a team of researchers at IBM confirmed that quantum teleportation was possible, but only if the original object being teleported was destroyed.”
Huh, that kind of puts a damper on the whole thing. I do not claim to be an expert on quantum teleportation, but hey, how many people are? What I do know is that in reading this article, it is readily apparent that what goes in is not what comes out — much like Brundlefly.
Teleportation would also mutate the world’s economy by allowing instantaneous travel, and the teleportation of food. At first glance this is seemingly a pleasant change. However, what would stop teleportation of objects of destruction, including chemical and biological agents, as well as weapons of ma… oh well, you get the point.
Time travel
Ah, the granddaddy of them all — time travel. The number of theories and speculative reports is staggering, and there is nothing to be said that hasn’t already been stated more eloquently by the scientific elite. These explanations of time are mixed with interesting paradoxes and parallel universes, and even for the nerd impaired, this knowledge of time travel can generate addictive conversation.
The best place to start learning about time travel is to use your search engine of choice. Then ask yourself, (even though in this lifetime you will never get a second chance to make a first impression), if it were a possibility, why would you want to travel back in time? Ask your family, ask your friends, ask your boss — the answers you get back will give you some sense of why time travel is not just subject matter for the übergeek.
References:
http://www.t3.com/ces/news/motorola-mobiles-hands-on-gallery-at-ces-2009?=37755
http://www.nokia.com.ph/A41179208
http://www.samsung.com/ph/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car
http://www.nextag.com/latest-computer-technology/search-html
4 comments:
the future will always surprise and amaze us. i just hope that the surprise and amaze would be in a positive way and not the other way.
technologies wont stop evolving because of the truth that people will never be satisfied.
wow.. amazing..na-amaze jd ko..hahaha! di man gd ko updated sa technology.. wenks| unta nagbutang pd kag masking gamay na pics.. hehe.. ^^ pra mas masaya.. weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
naga.admit jd ko na isa ko dd2 mia.. but not totally.., i want to have gadgets that will satisfy my needs.. prang gnun.. ^^
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