As the world continues to rotate, as the people are in need and unsatisfied, technology never stops and will continue to change.
From the Stone Age up to the modern age, technology is in continuing process and will always innovate to a new one. There is no way of stopping the evolution of technology as much as the society is in need of it. Technology in general is part of the life of each individual. It could be seen in the home, in the school, at work, while in transport and/or travel and when walking. Technology is everywhere. What is new technology? Everyday in technology is new. Scientists, inventors, manufacturers and users never stop to think and look for the new technologies to come and will come.
New technologies are progressively being discovered to resolve the missing abilities of the existing one. Every field which is involved in technology has the progressive changes and alteration which will result to something new. Mobile gadgets phenomena are one of the results of this alteration to new technology. Flat screen and touch screen television and computers are the new technology that will sooner be the trends. Later we should expect we are holding a laptop and touching its screen when we navigate or typing in the screen automatically. It is now present in the computer industry. Very hi-tech and modern with superb applications for a touch screen computer. Optical computing can be closer to reality as the engineers and scientists are keeping on working on it. Connections and communications can be done from gadget to gadget. When you do recording, storing files and/or backing up the files and videos, the connections of transfer will be from hi-tech gadgets. Sooner, hackers will come in the picture and hack our mobile phones. Because of the new technologies, mobile phones are now be connected on line and is easy to be hacked. Hmmm… Of course, energy saving technologies will never be out of place since they are the most helpful technology to be presented in the technology industry. There are also economic – saving technology when practicality is involved. Your bank account will not be drain anymore because of the superb price of hi-tech gadgets and technologies. Economy will still be the aftermath issue in technology.
According to Pogue, there are tips of saving money even you had the price-superb technologies in your home. The idea is not new but is very helpful in economy saving.
CUT THE TV CORD
Instead of watching television channels, watch your favorite show on line when you had the internet connection. Various cable networks’ Web sites offer up-to-date TV shows on demand and is completely free, with excellent video quality with less advertisement unlike the regular television commercials. But the disadvantage is you have limited television programs and need to download plus you would watch not the television screen but in your computer screen.
CANCEL YOUR MOVIE CHANNELS
This is great for the movie lovers. And to do this, you need to subscribe to Netflix provider.The Netflix on-demand movie software comes built right into equipment that is already connected to your television.
ELIMINATE YOUR CELLPHONE CONTRACT
Eliminate plans and prepaid in your cell phones. Instead, get a cell phone load everytime you just need it and pay phone services by minutes. With this idea, you can have no penalties and credits in your provider.
Well, being an economy saver is not bad at all. It is just about practicality. New technology is rather not bad at all as long as we know how to manage it and control our billings. Another thing is being an environment friendly is not new in technology but rather is in continuing discovery. It is just lately the oil price has increased into tremendous height. Immediately, the transportation is affected with its shocking change in fare price. To solve this problem, bio fuels are being discovered. Bio fuels can be found in waste materials. It was earlier last year when bio fuels from cooking oil was discovered and used in police cars somewhere in metro manila to sustain the needs of the police men to generate alternative energy power for their cars as the oil price increased and unbearably superb.
What is new about the field of energy is another discovery of bio fuel. According to the site whatsnexttechnology, “the research published this month in Agronomy Journal examines one biofuel crop contender: corn stover. Corn stover is made up of the leaves and stalks of corn plants that are left in the field after harvesting the edible corn grain. Corn stover could supply as much as 25% of the biofuel crop needed by 2030. Scientists with the USDA-ARS Agroecosystem Unit located at the University of Nebraska examined the long-term sustainability of using corn stover as a biofuel crop. When corn stover is not harvested as a biofuel crop, it can be left on the fields to restore vital nutrients to the soil. Full-scale harvesting of corn stover may deplete the soil.” By measuring the soil organic carbon levels and the residue production in the soil which are continually planted with corn and other crops for years of research, the researchers had found out that a portion of corn stoves could be harvested for bio fuel production without reducing soil organic carbon levels in high yielding systems. But the research is still an undergoing study and evaluation, so better watch out for it. . Another new technology is the oil filtering which applies environmental and industrial application. To read the full article about this new filtering technology just visit the reference number six (7).
According to Williams, “A major new trend for 2008 and beyond will be the growth of international social and business networking sites. Sites like LiveMocha.com, LinkedIn.com or Google Finance discussions are drawing participants from countries all over the world.” This growth allows people all over the world to learn a language from native speakers, also located all over the world. The potential for these services is enormous. People that speak more than one language fluently certainly have the potential to earn more income. It all depends on how people use the service, how many people contribute to the sites, and the quality of those contributions.
In the past major networking sites tended to segregate users through language or nation-specific versions of their web portals. Now the trend is to have people from many nations mix it up in many forums, usually in English. The prospect of the world using a global computer network to develop greater understanding is phenomenal. It was expected that business would profit from the 'Net but the benefits versus costs to society were once less evident. There is still a digital divide and most people in the world do not have easy access to the Internet. That will be a given for many years but the future is growing in the user audience currently online and soon to get on the Internet.
According to Ballmer, “a dramatic transformation in the world of information technology has been taking shape. It is a transformation that will change the way we experience the world and share our experiences with others. It is a transformation in which the barriers between technologies will fall away so we can connect to people and information no matter where we are. It is a transformation where new innovations will shorten the path from inspiration to accomplishment.”
This transformation is already in place. As one of it is the cloud computing. The cloud computing connects people to vast amounts of storage and computing power in massive datacenters. Social networking is another example of this transformation in the world of information. Social networking has changed the way people connect with family and friends and its way of communication. Another is the phenomenal gadgets such as cell phones that double as digital cameras, large flat-screen PC monitors and HD TV screens, and hands-free digital car entertainment and navigation systems and many more. The only thing that lacks is the ability to connect these with the boundary of device and location.
Ballmer , shared news with software developers about a new set of platform technologies that will help transcend these limits.
A New Platform for Cloud Computing: Windows Azure
Windows Azure will enable developers to build applications that extend from the cloud to the enterprise datacenter and span the PC, the Web, and the mobile phone. Pre-beta code for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2 was previewed. Windows 7 is the next version of the Windows desktop operating system that will take advantage of software and hardware advances to help eliminate the boundaries between information, people, and devices.
Windows Azure is part of the Azure Services Platform, a comprehensive set of storage, computing, and networking infrastructure services that reside in Microsoft’s network of datacenters. Using the Azure Services Platform, developers will be able to build applications that run in the cloud and extend existing applications to take advantage of cloud-based capabilities. The Azure Services Platform provides the foundation for business and consumer applications that deliver a consistent way for people to store and share information easily and securely in the cloud, and access it on any device from any location.
According to Ballmer, “the reason to create a cloud services platform is to continue to enhance the value that computing delivers, whether it is by improving productivity, making it easier to communicate with colleagues, or simplifying the way we access information and respond to changing business conditions.” Well, jumping over the boundaries could be risky but is also very useful. Simplifying the way of accessing information could be less work solution but is more technology requirement. Yet, money is involved and is also at risk.
Technology will come and continue to come, in a new form, new applications, and new abilities and with new prices. As what is discussed in the subject. The fields involving technology such as Nanotechnology, robotics, Artificial intelligence, electronics, communication, engineering, infrastructures, physics, computing, information and transportations will be expectedly have alterations in innovations and developments. Many developments in technology are present and some is under study, there are many to names and are many to define. Effects of this technology will always follow for if there is a cause respectively an effect will come. Being ready for the effects is the most difficult to face and adjustment is in line.
To answer the question “how can you prepare for the changes in technology?” Well, as the years go by and as the technology goes much farther modernized and more hi-tech, individuals also will become more adaptive to the influences of technology and its society. Preparation of one’s self in the situation to come regarding technology is unpredictable depending on its status in the society and on its knowledge about the technology. The level of understanding and financial is very significant in preparation. When that time comes that the technology is on its peak of modernization, everything else will follow and we may not know the reactions of other individuals about the matter but as for me, I would merely accept what reality may give and just take the fact with my understanding and judgment. Every thing has a corresponding pros and cons, and I could say that acceptance to the possible changes is very important in order to make the technology work.
If the modernization of technology will really come, let us just face it and accept it as we had accept what we had and is present in our world today but there is also precautions in technology. Since the technology is made to help us let us use it with proper care and knowledge. Let us not also leave the idea that what we had made can also be the one to destroy us. Technology is made to help us but with out proper usage and precautions, it can also be the one that can cause us harm. So, let us not abuse everything we had in hand, for someday they might be helpful to us.
References:
1. http://www.whatsnextnetwork.com/technology/index.php/2008/08/20/p5583#more5583
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/technology/personaltech/08cesoutlook.html?_r=1&ref=technology
3. Pogue, DAvid. State of the Art: Many ways to plug in to Tech saving. January 7, 2009
retrieved January 8, 2009 from
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/technology/personaltech/08pogue.html?ref=technology’
4. http://www.whatsnextnetwork.com/technology/index.php/2008/08/20/p5582#more5582
5. Ballmer, Steve. A Platform for the Next Technology Revolution. October 28, 2008
retrieved January 8, 2009 from
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2008/10-28nexttechrevolution.mspx
6. Williams, TH. WHAT'S NEW IN TECHNOLOGY?. February 21, 2008
retrieved January 8, 2009 from
http://thwphotos.blogspot.com/2008/02/whats-new-in-technology.html
7. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118122152.htm
Assignment 6 due January 9, 2009
From the Stone Age up to the modern age, technology is in continuing process and will always innovate to a new one. There is no way of stopping the evolution of technology as much as the society is in need of it. Technology in general is part of the life of each individual. It could be seen in the home, in the school, at work, while in transport and/or travel and when walking. Technology is everywhere. What is new technology? Everyday in technology is new. Scientists, inventors, manufacturers and users never stop to think and look for the new technologies to come and will come.
New technologies are progressively being discovered to resolve the missing abilities of the existing one. Every field which is involved in technology has the progressive changes and alteration which will result to something new. Mobile gadgets phenomena are one of the results of this alteration to new technology. Flat screen and touch screen television and computers are the new technology that will sooner be the trends. Later we should expect we are holding a laptop and touching its screen when we navigate or typing in the screen automatically. It is now present in the computer industry. Very hi-tech and modern with superb applications for a touch screen computer. Optical computing can be closer to reality as the engineers and scientists are keeping on working on it. Connections and communications can be done from gadget to gadget. When you do recording, storing files and/or backing up the files and videos, the connections of transfer will be from hi-tech gadgets. Sooner, hackers will come in the picture and hack our mobile phones. Because of the new technologies, mobile phones are now be connected on line and is easy to be hacked. Hmmm… Of course, energy saving technologies will never be out of place since they are the most helpful technology to be presented in the technology industry. There are also economic – saving technology when practicality is involved. Your bank account will not be drain anymore because of the superb price of hi-tech gadgets and technologies. Economy will still be the aftermath issue in technology.
According to Pogue, there are tips of saving money even you had the price-superb technologies in your home. The idea is not new but is very helpful in economy saving.
CUT THE TV CORD
Instead of watching television channels, watch your favorite show on line when you had the internet connection. Various cable networks’ Web sites offer up-to-date TV shows on demand and is completely free, with excellent video quality with less advertisement unlike the regular television commercials. But the disadvantage is you have limited television programs and need to download plus you would watch not the television screen but in your computer screen.
CANCEL YOUR MOVIE CHANNELS
This is great for the movie lovers. And to do this, you need to subscribe to Netflix provider.The Netflix on-demand movie software comes built right into equipment that is already connected to your television.
ELIMINATE YOUR CELLPHONE CONTRACT
Eliminate plans and prepaid in your cell phones. Instead, get a cell phone load everytime you just need it and pay phone services by minutes. With this idea, you can have no penalties and credits in your provider.
Well, being an economy saver is not bad at all. It is just about practicality. New technology is rather not bad at all as long as we know how to manage it and control our billings. Another thing is being an environment friendly is not new in technology but rather is in continuing discovery. It is just lately the oil price has increased into tremendous height. Immediately, the transportation is affected with its shocking change in fare price. To solve this problem, bio fuels are being discovered. Bio fuels can be found in waste materials. It was earlier last year when bio fuels from cooking oil was discovered and used in police cars somewhere in metro manila to sustain the needs of the police men to generate alternative energy power for their cars as the oil price increased and unbearably superb.
What is new about the field of energy is another discovery of bio fuel. According to the site whatsnexttechnology, “the research published this month in Agronomy Journal examines one biofuel crop contender: corn stover. Corn stover is made up of the leaves and stalks of corn plants that are left in the field after harvesting the edible corn grain. Corn stover could supply as much as 25% of the biofuel crop needed by 2030. Scientists with the USDA-ARS Agroecosystem Unit located at the University of Nebraska examined the long-term sustainability of using corn stover as a biofuel crop. When corn stover is not harvested as a biofuel crop, it can be left on the fields to restore vital nutrients to the soil. Full-scale harvesting of corn stover may deplete the soil.” By measuring the soil organic carbon levels and the residue production in the soil which are continually planted with corn and other crops for years of research, the researchers had found out that a portion of corn stoves could be harvested for bio fuel production without reducing soil organic carbon levels in high yielding systems. But the research is still an undergoing study and evaluation, so better watch out for it. . Another new technology is the oil filtering which applies environmental and industrial application. To read the full article about this new filtering technology just visit the reference number six (7).
According to Williams, “A major new trend for 2008 and beyond will be the growth of international social and business networking sites. Sites like LiveMocha.com, LinkedIn.com or Google Finance discussions are drawing participants from countries all over the world.” This growth allows people all over the world to learn a language from native speakers, also located all over the world. The potential for these services is enormous. People that speak more than one language fluently certainly have the potential to earn more income. It all depends on how people use the service, how many people contribute to the sites, and the quality of those contributions.
In the past major networking sites tended to segregate users through language or nation-specific versions of their web portals. Now the trend is to have people from many nations mix it up in many forums, usually in English. The prospect of the world using a global computer network to develop greater understanding is phenomenal. It was expected that business would profit from the 'Net but the benefits versus costs to society were once less evident. There is still a digital divide and most people in the world do not have easy access to the Internet. That will be a given for many years but the future is growing in the user audience currently online and soon to get on the Internet.
According to Ballmer, “a dramatic transformation in the world of information technology has been taking shape. It is a transformation that will change the way we experience the world and share our experiences with others. It is a transformation in which the barriers between technologies will fall away so we can connect to people and information no matter where we are. It is a transformation where new innovations will shorten the path from inspiration to accomplishment.”
This transformation is already in place. As one of it is the cloud computing. The cloud computing connects people to vast amounts of storage and computing power in massive datacenters. Social networking is another example of this transformation in the world of information. Social networking has changed the way people connect with family and friends and its way of communication. Another is the phenomenal gadgets such as cell phones that double as digital cameras, large flat-screen PC monitors and HD TV screens, and hands-free digital car entertainment and navigation systems and many more. The only thing that lacks is the ability to connect these with the boundary of device and location.
Ballmer , shared news with software developers about a new set of platform technologies that will help transcend these limits.
A New Platform for Cloud Computing: Windows Azure
Windows Azure will enable developers to build applications that extend from the cloud to the enterprise datacenter and span the PC, the Web, and the mobile phone. Pre-beta code for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2 was previewed. Windows 7 is the next version of the Windows desktop operating system that will take advantage of software and hardware advances to help eliminate the boundaries between information, people, and devices.
Windows Azure is part of the Azure Services Platform, a comprehensive set of storage, computing, and networking infrastructure services that reside in Microsoft’s network of datacenters. Using the Azure Services Platform, developers will be able to build applications that run in the cloud and extend existing applications to take advantage of cloud-based capabilities. The Azure Services Platform provides the foundation for business and consumer applications that deliver a consistent way for people to store and share information easily and securely in the cloud, and access it on any device from any location.
According to Ballmer, “the reason to create a cloud services platform is to continue to enhance the value that computing delivers, whether it is by improving productivity, making it easier to communicate with colleagues, or simplifying the way we access information and respond to changing business conditions.” Well, jumping over the boundaries could be risky but is also very useful. Simplifying the way of accessing information could be less work solution but is more technology requirement. Yet, money is involved and is also at risk.
Technology will come and continue to come, in a new form, new applications, and new abilities and with new prices. As what is discussed in the subject. The fields involving technology such as Nanotechnology, robotics, Artificial intelligence, electronics, communication, engineering, infrastructures, physics, computing, information and transportations will be expectedly have alterations in innovations and developments. Many developments in technology are present and some is under study, there are many to names and are many to define. Effects of this technology will always follow for if there is a cause respectively an effect will come. Being ready for the effects is the most difficult to face and adjustment is in line.
To answer the question “how can you prepare for the changes in technology?” Well, as the years go by and as the technology goes much farther modernized and more hi-tech, individuals also will become more adaptive to the influences of technology and its society. Preparation of one’s self in the situation to come regarding technology is unpredictable depending on its status in the society and on its knowledge about the technology. The level of understanding and financial is very significant in preparation. When that time comes that the technology is on its peak of modernization, everything else will follow and we may not know the reactions of other individuals about the matter but as for me, I would merely accept what reality may give and just take the fact with my understanding and judgment. Every thing has a corresponding pros and cons, and I could say that acceptance to the possible changes is very important in order to make the technology work.
If the modernization of technology will really come, let us just face it and accept it as we had accept what we had and is present in our world today but there is also precautions in technology. Since the technology is made to help us let us use it with proper care and knowledge. Let us not also leave the idea that what we had made can also be the one to destroy us. Technology is made to help us but with out proper usage and precautions, it can also be the one that can cause us harm. So, let us not abuse everything we had in hand, for someday they might be helpful to us.
References:
1. http://www.whatsnextnetwork.com/technology/index.php/2008/08/20/p5583#more5583
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/technology/personaltech/08cesoutlook.html?_r=1&ref=technology
3. Pogue, DAvid. State of the Art: Many ways to plug in to Tech saving. January 7, 2009
retrieved January 8, 2009 from
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/technology/personaltech/08pogue.html?ref=technology’
4. http://www.whatsnextnetwork.com/technology/index.php/2008/08/20/p5582#more5582
5. Ballmer, Steve. A Platform for the Next Technology Revolution. October 28, 2008
retrieved January 8, 2009 from
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2008/10-28nexttechrevolution.mspx
6. Williams, TH. WHAT'S NEW IN TECHNOLOGY?. February 21, 2008
retrieved January 8, 2009 from
http://thwphotos.blogspot.com/2008/02/whats-new-in-technology.html
7. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118122152.htm
Assignment 6 due January 9, 2009
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