1 emerging technologies and technology convergences web resources compilation for went2001
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Emerging technologiesand
technology convergencesWeb resources compilation
For WENT2001
Cable TelevisionPay Television ServicesDirect Broadcast Satellite [DBS]MMDS and LMDSDigital TelevisionStreaming MediaDigital RadioMultimedia Computers and Video GamesThe Internet and World Wide WebInternet CommerceOffice TechnologiesVirtual RealityHome VideoDigital AudioDistance LearningLocal and Long Distance TelephonyWireless TelephonyBroadband NetworksResidential Gateways and Home NetworksSatellite Communications
source >> Future Technologies Inc. [www.fti.com]
Digital agecommunication
technologies
technology futures, inc
http://www.tfi.com/ctu/cturedev.html
technology futures, inc
http://www.tfi.com/ctu/cturedev.html
How we fit in the picture.
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Direct Broadcast Satellite [DBS]
MMDS and LMDS
Local + Long Distance Telephony
Wireless Telephony
Broadband Networks
Residential Gateways and Home Networks
Satellite Communications
Cable TelevisionPay Television Services
Digital TelevisionHome Video
The Internet and World Wide WebInternet Commerce
Distance LearningMultimedia Computers and Video Games
Streaming MediaOffice Technologies
Virtual Reality
Digital RadioDigital Audio
Technologically-speaking,most of us are still
24.7 deskprisoners!
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The problem was my unhappiness with this computer lifestyle.
I'm *really* tired of sitting indoors looking into a piece of glass, getting sore eyes and sore mouse wrist, and at the end of the day, nothing tangible to show.
Spending day and night in back rooms with computers, it's easy to lose touch with what's happening in the street, in the cafes, in public meetings etc.
Binary love life.
Coffee-addict.
Mouse-dependent.
Constantly on survival Modem.
Life? What life?
Original image >> free-use image from www.freephoto.com
Original image >> free-use image from www.freephoto.com
We hate it, but not necessarily the “IT”.
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I want my life back!
Wallpaper downloaded from www.tombraidermovie.com.
Wallpaper downloaded from www.tombraidermovie.com.
What are the chances?
A new generation of devices is moving computing power off the desktop and into everyday items--
TVs, phones and even park benches--making access quick, easy and less costly.
“Not Very PC”, JENNIFER L. SCHENKER
TIME Magazine, 28 February 2000
Ambient computing, which involves moving computing power from the desktop and embedding it in everyday
objects, is supposed to help make this happen. "We need to translate technologies into things that people like and understand," says Irene McWilliam, a senior manager in
design research at Dutch electronics giant Philips and coordinating partner for the E.U.'s Connected Community
research projects.
It’s aboutgetting out and about
without losingconnectivity.
Ambient computing into unwired mobile lifestyle
Technological Convergence: What Nicholas Negroponte labeled the transformation of "atoms to bits," the
digitization of all media content. When words, images and sounds are transformed into digital information, we
expand the potential relationships between them and enable them to flow across platforms.
[Henry Jenkins, director of the Program in Comparative Media Studies at MIT]
The Mobile-phone
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
Bluetooth
3G
WAP
GSMAMPS
SATELLITE PHONE
The Internet
Text + data
voice
Multimedia
Mobile connectivity
Mobilemania!Three mobile phone giants join to define universal specs
Latest iMode figures show nearly 23 million subscribers.
Woman invents disposable mobile-phone
Heart patients to have check-ups via their mobiles
Britons carry around £370 worth of gadgets daily
Chinese mobile phone users has exceeded 100 million
Mobile phone sales reach 98 million in second quarter 2000
Special Mobile Phone Launched for Deaf & Mute
3rd Generation [3G]The Next Generation of wireless communication
DoCoMo i-ModeThe Japanese way of mobile-internetting
Designer: Mari Matsunaga
User Hardwares Keeping it all handy + Hands-on
Palm-sized Handhelds
Clamshell Handhelds
Tablet Handhelds
Handhelds
TV/Set Top Box
Two-way Pagers
Other Appliances
Fax Messenger
Internet Radio
AutoPC
Internet Fridge
www.Kitchen
Internet Fax
The Future
As the song says, "the future's so bright, I gotta wear shades." Many of today's wireless
limitations will go away as advances in bandwidth, protocols and hardware come to
light. >>
>> Are we there yet? Yes, if your expectations are low, if you don't
mind slow access and limited functionality. There is definitely an industry shift from a PC-centric
Internet to a mobile one.
Jump in at any time.
“Are We There Yet? – Wireless Internet”
Keith Reichley - 28 Apr 2001
It’s not over.
www.wired.comwww.internet.comwww.netaction.orgwww.ananova.com
www.allnetdevices.comwww.pfeifferreport.com
www.girlgeeks.comwww.multimedia.comwww.gsmworld.com
www.etdn.comwww.cnet.comwww.zdnet.com
www.techweb.comwww.nttdocomo.co.jpwww.busygirl.co.uk
www.handbag.com/tech/
IT goes on and on and on...