The future of technology - Everything
will be digital…
In the digital world there are no movies or music or magazines
but just 1s & 0s termed as bits. The ability to move these bits
is called BANDWIDTH. Broadband is the ability to move lots of
bits per second. A computer doesn't necessarily consume bits
in a continuous fashion like water. In the future the broadband
will 
be more ASYNCHRONOUS. For example, interleaving people's conversation,
packetizing them, so that many people share the same channel
without being aware that they are. In the larger sense we can
at our convenience receive & send data. Like watching your favorite
Bay-Watch TV programme at a time you want to watch and not at
10 pm on Star World.
BEING Wireless
Plugs are in the past and the future consumption of bits will
be very conversational & bursty. The batteries will be less
power hungry and there will be improved use of radio frequencies
(RF). Ultimately all long distance traffic will be fiber optic
and all short distance traffic will be RF. Everything electronic
will talk to other electronic appliances using RF and computers
will come out of the box and our grandchildren will look back
at our PC's as quaint artifacts, as common tomorrow as an
ice tray today.
Bluetooth
 Bluetooth
is a global de facto standard for wireless connectivity. Based
on a
low-cost, short-range radio link, it cuts the cords that used
to tie up digital devices. BlueTooth technology was conceived
in 1998 when the leaders in mobile telephones, laptop computing
& signal processing technologies viz., Ericsson, Nokia, IBM,
Toshiba and Intel grouped to form Special Interest Group (SIG).
When two Bluetooth equipped devices come within ten metres range
of each other, they can establish a connection together. And
because Bluetooth utilizes a radio-based link, it doesn't require
a line-of-sight connection in order to communicate. Your laptop
could send information to a printer in the next room, or your
microwave could send a message to your mobile phone telling
you that your meal is ready.
In the future, Bluetooth is likely to be standard in tens of
millions of mobile phones, PCs, laptops and a whole range of
other electronic devices. As a result, the market is going to
demand new innovative applications, value-added services, end-to-end
solutions and much more. The possibilities opened up really
are limitless, and because the radio frequency used is globally
available.
Imagine some of these everyday examples: you enter a train and
your fare is automatically paid by your mobile phone. Or you
get an automatic text message notifying that your kids are safely
back from school. Or while waiting at the airport lounge, you
get some interesting duty-free offers directly to your mobile
phone. You could play multiplayer games with your friends, or
write e-mails on your laptop on the 'plane, then when you land
and switch on your handset, the messages can be automatically
sent by your phone. Bluetooth will also allow you to surf the
Web with your laptop while your phone is in your bag. Together
with other industry initiatives, such as WAP (Wireless Application
Protocol) and Symbian, Bluetooth will have tremendous effects
on everyday life in the near future.
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