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Emerging technologies
and
technology convergences
Web resources compilation
For WENT2001

Digital age
communication
technologies

Cable Television
Pay Television Services
Direct Broadcast Satellite [DBS]
MMDS and LMDS
Digital Television
Streaming Media
Digital Radio
Multimedia Computers and Video Games
The Internet and World Wide Web
Internet Commerce
Office Technologies
Virtual Reality
Home Video
Digital Audio
Distance Learning
Local and Long Distance Telephony
Wireless Telephony
Broadband Networks
Residential Gateways and Home Networks
Satellite Communications
source >> Future Technologies Inc. [www.fti.com]

technology futures, inc

http://www.tfi.com/ctu/cturedev.html

The Internet and World Wide Web

Internet Commerce
Distance Learning
Multimedia Computers and Video Games
Streaming Media
Office Technologies
Virtual Reality

Direct Broadcast Satellite

[DBS]
MMDS and LMDS
Local + Long Distance
Telephony

Cable Television
Pay Television Services
Digital Television
Home Video

Wireless Telephony
Broadband Networks

Residential Gateways
and Home Networks
Satellite Communications

Digital Radio
Digital Audio

How we fit in the picture.

Technologically-speaking,
most of us are still
24.7 deskprisoners!

Binary love life.

Coffee-addict.
Mouse-dependent.
Constantly on survival Modem.
Life? What life?

The problem was my unhappiness with this computer lifestyle.

I'm *really* tired of sitting indoors looking into a piece of glass, getting
sore eyes and sore mouse wrist, and at the end of the day, nothing
tangible to show.

Original image >> free-use image from

www.freephoto.com

Spending day and night in back rooms with computers, it's easy to lose
touch with what's happening in the street, in the cafes, in public
6
meetings etc.

We hate it, but not necessarily

the IT.

I want my life back!

Wallpaper downloaded from

www.tombraidermovie.com.

What are the chances?

Ambient computing, which involves moving computing power

from the desktop and embedding it in everyday objects, is
supposed to help make this happen. "We need to translate
technologies into things that people like and understand," says
Irene McWilliam, a senior manager in design research at Dutch
electronics giant Philips and coordinating partner for the E.U.'s
A new generation of devices is moving computing power off
Connected Community research projects.
the desktop and into everyday items--TVs, phones and even
park benches--making access quick, easy and less costly.
Not Very PC, JENNIFER L. SCHENKER
TIME Magazine, 28 February 2000

Its about
getting out and about
without losing
connectivity.

Ambient computing
into unwired mobile lifestyle

Technological Convergence: What Nicholas Negroponte labeled

the transformation of "atoms to bits," the digitization of all media
content. When words, images and sounds are transformed into
digital information, we expand the potential relationships between
them and enable them to flow across platforms.

[Henry Jenkins, director of the Program in Comparative Media Studies at MIT]

GSM
AMPS
SATELLITE PHONE

The Mobile-phone
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
Bluetooth
3G
WAP

Mobile connectivity

The Internet

Text + data
voice
Multimedia

Mobilemania!
Three mobile phone giants join to define universal specs
Latest iMode figures show nearly 23 million subscribers.
Woman invents disposable mobile-phone
Heart patients to have check-ups via their mobiles
Britons carry around 370 worth of gadgets daily
Chinese mobile phone users has exceeded 100 million
Mobile phone sales reach 98 million in second quarter 2000
Special Mobile Phone Launched for Deaf & Mute

Bluetooth
[online tutorial]

3rd Generation [3G]

The Next Generation of wireless communication

WAP
Connectivity on the go!

SMS
mobile-chatting

DoCoMo i-Mode
The Japanese way of mobile-internetting
Designer: Mari Matsunaga

User Hardwares
Keeping it all handy + Hands-on

Handhelds

Palm-sized Handhelds

Tablet Handhelds

Clamshell Handhelds

Net-enabled Mobile-phones

Net Appliance

TV/Set Top Box

Two-way Pagers

Other Appliances

Internet Fax

AutoPC

www.Kitchen
Fax Messenger

Internet Fridge

Internet Radio

The Future
As the song says, "the future's so bright,
I gotta wear shades." Many of today's wireless
limitations will go away as advances in bandwidth,
protocols and hardware come to light. >>

>> Are

we there yet?
Yes, if your expectations are low, if you don't mind slow
access and limited functionality. There is definitely an
industry shift from a PC-centric Internet to a mobile one.
Jump in at any time.

Are We There Yet? Wireless Internet

Keith Reichley - 28 Apr 2001

Its not over.

www.wired.com
www.internet.com
www.netaction.org
www.ananova.com
www.allnetdevices.com
www.pfeifferreport.com
www.girlgeeks.com
www.multimedia.com
www.gsmworld.com
www.etdn.com
www.cnet.com
www.zdnet.com
www.techweb.com
www.nttdocomo.co.jp
www.busygirl.co.uk
www.handbag.com/tech/

IT goes on and on and on...