Five technologies that will change our lives in five years

No way, it won't happen, unless one is ultra-mega-rich to afford all the bells & whistles. I'm still on 384kbps ADSL and unless Hellkom etc move their asses and update our speeds, nothing of the above will affect anyone except negatively!
 
g-d-zilla said:
No way, it won't happen, unless one is ultra-mega-rich to afford all the bells & whistles. I'm still on 384kbps ADSL and unless Hellkom etc move their asses and update our speeds, nothing of the above will affect anyone except negatively!
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It's time for you to upgrade.

We are already on 42Mbps towers. I had a hologram conversation two days ago with a friend in the USA.
 
g-d-zilla said:
No way, it won't happen, unless one is ultra-mega-rich to afford all the bells & whistles. I'm still on 384kbps ADSL and unless Hellkom etc move their asses and update our speeds, nothing of the above will affect anyone except negatively!
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lol. You really think these things are done with the SA consumer in mind?
 
Lol the vid on the IBM site related to this article had Cape Town on it :)
 
Pyro said:
0.5V isn't a rate of energy use, is it?

But yeah, low power transistors helps stretch the battery tech.
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It could mean that across whatever terminals of said transistor, the voltage drop is only 0.5v. Im not sure if they mean that, could be interpreted in anyway i guess
 
Who cases about high internet speeds or social networking intergration.
I'm a simple man, give me a lightsaber, a hoverboard and a, uh, "pleasure bot" and I'll be happy.
 
Oiram said:
Who cases about high internet speeds or social networking intergration.
I'm a simple man, give me a lightsaber, a hoverboard and a, uh, "pleasure bot" and I'll be happy.
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Don't forget about the 3D blowup doll :D
 
g-d-zilla said:
No way, it won't happen, unless one is ultra-mega-rich to afford all the bells & whistles in South Africa. I'm still on 384kbps ADSL and unless Hellkom etc move their asses and update our speeds, nothing of the above will affect anyone except negatively!
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Fixed ;)
 
As with all technology, its release to the public will always be uneven...ya its cool that i can hologram talk with nana who is half way round the world, but lets see a kid in a developing world hologram a decent meal into their(if they have one) room...technology is all good and well, especially minimizing power useage. I see new technology as a good thing, but the hype around it makes me question it so much...is it beneficial to be too technologically dependent or too stop and see the world not through a database, but through your own dam eyes...but anyway, by the time stuff like hologram talking and mini batteries get disseminated to the rest of the non-elite classes, something else will just be cooler and better and probably run off our own urine/ neomarxist rant over...let the flaming begin....
 
So we should only research technology that targets the poor? I guess you need to read up on the trickle down effect.

Without it the poor still be rearing cattle and have no medicine etc etc etc.

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Shayd said:
So we should only research technology that targets the poor? I guess you need to read up on the trickle down effect.

Without it the poor still be rearing cattle and have no medicine etc etc etc.

Sent from my apple stomping, berry crushing droid! Samsung Galaxy S.
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I was about to say something like this. Just because the tech is unattainable for many, doesn't mean that it shouldn't be implemented.
 
Professor Farnsworth said:
No its not - it says nothing about energy consumption if the current isn't known. Energy is the product of voltage and current.
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I think the question was rhetorical... And yeah, that "energy consumption to as little as 0.5 volts" got under my skin too, lol.
 
Shayd said:
So we should only research technology that targets the poor? I guess you need to read up on the trickle down effect.

Without it the poor still be rearing cattle and have no medicine etc etc etc.

Sent from my apple stomping, berry crushing droid! Samsung Galaxy S.
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Nah dude, you misreading me. I'm not saying technology should just be researched that target the poor, i'm just saying that technology has advanced so much, and been allowed to advance so much, yet there are people still struggling to get by day by day even in developed countries, and technology, as a commodity, is only for the minority who can afford it. Just pointing out the vast discrepancies in the world today, as sometimes people equate JUST technological advancement as the measure of human potential and achievement, whereas there are a whole other amount of factors. Essentially i'm saying that technology has a long list of benefits, but its problematic when people put all their aspirations and hopes in the technological basket...thats my view anyway. And trickle down theory just does not work in this matter. Think about it, technology nowadays is constantly advancing.
By using trickle down effect it assumes that when something first comes out( Core 2 duo) in 2006, that in two years time it will "trickle down" to the larger majority and be taken up by all. But by that time in 2008, the i7 has come out and core 2 duo, quads, become somewhat obsolete at the time. So once again, most people are behind when it comes technology and the trickle down effect...
 
Pansyfaust said:
Nah dude, you misreading me. I'm not saying technology should just be researched that target the poor, i'm just saying that technology has advanced so much, and been allowed to advance so much, yet there are people still struggling to get by day by day even in developed countries, and technology, as a commodity, is only for the minority who can afford it. Just pointing out the vast discrepancies in the world today, as sometimes people equate JUST technological advancement as the measure of human potential and achievement, whereas there are a whole other amount of factors. Essentially i'm saying that technology has a long list of benefits, but its problematic when people put all their aspirations and hopes in the technological basket...thats my view anyway. And trickle down theory just does not work in this matter. Think about it, technology nowadays is constantly advancing.
By using trickle down effect it assumes that when something first comes out( Core 2 duo) in 2006, that in two years time it will "trickle down" to the larger majority and be taken up by all. But by that time in 2008, the i7 has come out and core 2 duo, quads, become somewhat obsolete at the time. So once again, most people are behind when it comes technology and the trickle down effect...
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Yes, they'll be behind the leading edge, but that's just the way advancement works. Something that seems obsolete to you isn't suddenly worthless.

If you're sitting in the bundus with a tiny little transistor radio that can run off a tiny little solar panel you'd be quite chuffed.

Add in a rugged little LED light that sucks a smidgen of the power an old globe sucked out using rechargeable batteries that store power more effectively than the throwaway ones of a few years ago and you're sure to feel like you're in the future. Perhaps it's not an advanced lithium polymer battery using a high-efficiency solar panel through a ultra-bright LED, but it still provides light repeatedly using yesterday's tech that trickled down.

And you've probably heard about the time saved by people using those ultimate yuppie toys - cell phones? When the nearest shop is a 20km walk away, a single phone call (or those old classic sms's) saves a LOT of time to find out if they've got stock of something you want/need. Again, powered by those low power transistors that you read about...

Technology isn't a magic bullet, but it DOES help.
 
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