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Emerging technologies and technology convergences

Web resources compilation For WENT2001

Digital age communication technologies

Cable Television Pay Television Services Direct Broadcast Satellite [DBS] MMDS and LMDS Digital Television Streaming Media Digital Radio Multimedia Computers and Video Games The Internet and World Wide Web Internet Commerce Office Technologies Virtual Reality Home Video Digital Audio Distance Learning Local and Long Distance Telephony Wireless Telephony Broadband Networks Residential Gateways and Home Networks Satellite Communications
source >> Future Technologies Inc. [www.fti.com]

technology futures, inc http://www.tfi.com/ctu/cturedev.html

The Internet and World Wide Web Internet Commerce Distance Learning Multimedia Computers and Video Games Streaming Media Office Technologies Virtual Reality

Direct Broadcast Satellite [DBS] MMDS and LMDS Local + Long Distance Telephony Wireless Telephony Broadband Networks

Cable Television Pay Television Services Digital Television Home Video

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Digital Radio Digital Audio

Residential Gateways and Home Networks

Satellite Communications

How we fit in the picture.

Technologically-speaking, most of us are still 24.7 deskprisoners!

Binary love life. Coffee-addict. Mouse-dependent. Constantly on survival Modem. Life? What life?

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 6 meetings etc.

Original image >> free-use image from www.freephoto.com

We hate it, but not necessarily the IT.

I want my life back!

Wallpaper downloaded from www.tombraidermovie.com.

What are the chances?

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 A new generation of devices is moving computing power off Connected Community research projects. 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

Its about getting out and about without losing connectivity.

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]

GSM
AMPS SATELLITE PHONE

The Mobile-phone
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES Bluetooth 3G WAP

Mobile connectivity

The Internet

Text + data voice Multimedia

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

Bluetooth
[online tutorial]

3rd Generation [3G]

The Next Generation of wireless communication

WAP
Connectivity on the go!

SMS
mobile-chatting

DoCoMo i-Mode
The Japanese way of mobile-internetting
Designer: Mari Matsunaga

User Hardwares
Keeping it all handy + Hands-on

Handhelds

Palm-sized Handhelds

Tablet Handhelds

Clamshell Handhelds

Net-enabled Mobile-phones

Net Appliance

TV/Set Top Box

Two-way Pagers

Other Appliances

Internet Fax

AutoPC

www.Kitchen Fax Messenger

Internet Fridge

Internet Radio

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. >>

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

Are We There Yet? Wireless Internet Keith Reichley - 28 Apr 2001

Its not over.

www.wired.com www.internet.com www.netaction.org www.ananova.com www.allnetdevices.com www.pfeifferreport.com www.girlgeeks.com www.multimedia.com www.gsmworld.com www.etdn.com www.cnet.com www.zdnet.com www.techweb.com www.nttdocomo.co.jp www.busygirl.co.uk www.handbag.com/tech/

IT goes on and on and on...