Future of Technology
Tap, touch, pinch, squeeze, spin, wave, or even jump, but do not push the red button. Is this how future instruction manuals will read? We have seen plenty of Sci-Fi movies displaying computer user interfaces that rely completely on touch, motion sensing, voice, and even mind input, and all of these concepts have been implemented, some more than others.
Nevertheless, I am not typing this article on my iPad screen, not that I have an iPad, but even if I owned one, my fingers would still prefer a keyboard. Moreover, my hands still prefer a mouse button, and the buttons on my remote control that I can feel, even w...
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3D Technology
There is no use denying it. The 3D craze is sweeping the nation. This year's major electronics conventions (CES, Computex, and E3) have all featured advancements in consumer 3D technology, and more breakthroughs are expected in the coming months and years.
Right now, the least expensive way to watch 3D movies is still the movie theater. Currently, 3D-ready HDTVs are insanely expensive, but that will eventually change. In the meantime, the technology will continue to evolve, with some manufacturers already working on methods to deliver 3D to your living room without requiring you to wear glasses.
This is a brief guide t...
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Future Technology
Where’s the future? If we were to judge the 2000s based on the depictions in the books and movies, we are yet to live up to our reputation as the generation of the future. Where are all those flying cars and personal robots? Where are the floating cities? Far, far away it seems.
You may call it over enthusiasm, but weren’t we told decades ago, that we could have all these things in the future? It was as far back as 1967 that a book, “Here Comes Tomorrow!” predicted several new technologies by the twenty-first century, including flying cars and manned Mars landing. In the mid-twentieth century, most of ...
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