Wednesday, December 30, 2009

The Great (technological) leap forward:

We are constantly being bombarded by technological innovations which we thought of as luxury a few years ago and now it is being labeled as necessity. If you look at everywhere, the buzz word is now smart. Smart cards, Smart phones, Smart books, Smart chips, anything which is new and somewhat different and advanced is now labeled as smart, like we were using dumb stuff before.

In the last century every thing that was invented was smart for that era but the new century’s so called “Smart” term is being used to signal that we need not have to be located at a certain place (like home or office) to access information or news or be in contact with someone. In other words, every thing is portable or mobile.

The latest to come out with the smart name is Smart books. These are not books technically but ultra small computer competing between the net book and the laptops.

In the beginning there was a desktop computer. People felt constrained to work at a certain place to access their information. Then came the laptop-the need for people to take their work and information everywhere they wanted to go. Then when laptop became a little big expensive and bulky and internet became popular, these news net books came which is used primarily for surfing the internet and checking emails.

Now the newest thing to come to the market later next year is the Smart Book. This has less capability and cheaper than net books but has the features of smart phones.

People are already accessing all the information via their smart phones like internet and email and shopping etc.It is nice to be able to access all the information and knowledge that we can have right at our fingertips but is this technology making us too lazy and easy going or making us really smart in the longer run. Time will tell this but in the meanwhile we can keep on enjoying new and exciting technological advances to come in the future.

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