NeXT was founded in 1985 by Steve Jobs after he was made to leave apple, It was intended for the

higher
education and business markets. It was a pioneer in using object oriented programming and systems.
Think Pad: Introduced by IBM in 1992. Three series 300,500 and 700ThinkPads are known for their black and box
design Lenovo acquired it in 2005. ((((((It was a rugged machine with a known pedigree and came from a company
with an established history of providing equipment that could interface with the military standard 1553B
architecture that the ISS was being designed to use.))))))

A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is a variation of the compact disc.Some of its features are disc at once, track
at once and packet writing.
Peer-to-peer file sharing is the sharing of digital media files like books, music, movies, and games using peer-topeer(P2P) networking technology. It has evolved a lot from traditional usage for Napster to our current use like bit
torrent.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a industry standard defining cables, connectors used for connectin and power
supply.It has replaced earlier interfaces, such as serial and parallel ports.
DVD Player was introduced in Windows 98. It is a computer program that auto plays a DVD disc. It is also known
as dvdplay.exe.
Allows an electronic device to connect to the internet using 2.4 GHz UHF and 5 GHz SHF radio waves. A WLAN is
usually password protected, but may be open, which allows any device within its range to access the resources of the
WLAN network. Its coverage can be extended by using hotspots.
LCD(Liquid crystal display) monitor: before LCDs Cathode ray tube was used, but due to LCDs energy effiecinecy it has
replaced CRT. LCD uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals.It has a wide range of applications such
as computer monitors, televisions, instrument panels, aircraft cockpit displays.
A microprocessor is a computer processor which incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing
unit (CPU) on a 1 or few integrated circuit (IC). It comes in 8 bit, 16 bit and 32 bit designs. Reduced instruction set
computing, or RISC has replaced Microprocessor

Moore's law refers to an observation made by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965. He noticed that the number
of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since their invention. Moore's
law predicts that this trend will continue into the foreseeable future. And this has been shown in the image.
Future trends:. This ppt shows how Ibm is developing cognitive computing. In it IBM is trying to integrate Traditional
computers functions with neurosynaptic chip to create holistic computing intelligence.
Moores law is explained by me in the previous slides.
The price of IT equipment fell at an average of 16 percent per year in the period from 1959-2009 .
This image shpws some of the latest technologies and gadgets that we are currently using.
3D printing: Now I vil be talking about how 3d printing works and images shown here are of 3d printed objects.
Working: Digitize object in CAD,than the 3d software slices objects into layers, than printer deposits metal layer by
layer, laser melts this powder to form solid object and than it is dip in bath to remove extra material.
Problems with barcode are they require line of sight, cannot be updated, manually tracked, Radio frequency
identification RFID solves all the problems associated with barcode effiecently.