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future of technology - everything will be digital… |
In the digital world
there are no movies or music or magazines. Just
1s & 0s termed as bits. The ability to move
these bits is called BANDWIDTH. Broadband is the
ability to move lots of bits per second. In the
future, the broadband will  be more ASYNCHRONOUS. For example, interleaving
people's conversations, packetizing them, so that
many people share the same channel without being
aware that they are doing so. In the larger sense,
we can at our convenience receive & send data.
It will be like watching your favorite Bay-Watch
TV programme at a time you want to, and not at 10
pm on Star World.
BEING Wireless
Batteries of the future will be less power hungry
and there will be improved use of radio frequencies
(RF). Ultimately, all long distance traffic will
be fiber optic and all short distance traffic will
be RF. Everything electronic will talk to other
electronic appliances using RF and computers will
come out of the box and our grandchildren will look
back at our PCs as quaint artifacts, as common tomorrow
as an ice tray today.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a global de facto standard for wireless
connectivity. Based on a low-cost, short-range radio
link, it cuts the cords that used to tie up digital
devices. BlueTooth technology was conceived in 1998
when the leaders in mobile telephones, laptop computing
& signal processing technologies viz., Ericsson,
Nokia, IBM, Toshiba and Intel grouped to form Special
Interest Group (SIG).
When two Bluetooth equipped devices come within
ten metres range of each other, they can establish
a connection together. And because Bluetooth utilizes
a radio-based link, it doesn't require a line-of-sight
connection in order to communicate. Your laptop
could send information to a printer in the next
room, or your microwave could send a message to
your mobile phone telling you that your meal is
ready.
In the future, Bluetooth is likely to be standard
in tens of millions of mobile phones, PCs, laptops
and a whole range of other electronic devices. As
a result, the market is going to demand new innovative
applications, value-added services, end-to-end solutions
and much more. The possibilities opened up are limitless,
and because the radio frequency used is globally
available.
Imagine some of these everyday examples: you enter
a train and your fare is automatically paid by your
mobile phone. Or you get an automatic text message
notifying that your kids are safely back from school.
Or while waiting at the airport lounge, you get
some interesting duty-free offers directly to your
mobile phone. You could play multiplayer games with
your friends, or write e-mails on your laptop on
the plane, then when you land and switch on your
handset, the messages can be automatically sent
by your phone. Bluetooth will also allow you to
surf the Web with your laptop while  your phone is in your bag. Together with other
industry initiatives, such as WAP (Wireless Application
Protocol) and Symbian, Bluetooth will have tremendous
effects on everyday life in the near future |
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