Pranav Mistry at TED; The Sixth Sense - part 2

Pranav Mistry at TED; The Sixth Sense - part 1

SMART PEN

"Universal Display Corp. built this pen prototype with built-in OLED screen. One of its advantages is the possibility to bend as well as the fact that it is touch-sensitive. This smart pen also enables direct connection to the Internet"

Who could have ever thought of this? a computer in a pen?

Sun Glasses

"Different companies experiment with micro screens for years. This prototype is well conceived in the sense of style, but it is also highly practical. It has an integrated screen of 800x600 resolution, a digital camera, microphone, headphones and a mobile telephone." a very tool for future communication.

GOOGLE WAVE

Finally unveiled after years of development under the codename “Walkabout,” Google wave combines popular features from across the web — feeds, shared documents, photo galleries, etc. — to redefine online communication. At least that’s the goal. Its creators, Lars and Jens Rasmussen (the braintrust behind Google Maps), even say they set out to break down traditional modes of communication — email and instant messaging — to find a system more in sync with how web users prefer to talk today. The result looks promising.
At a basic level, Wave is part chat room, part collaborative document. You and your friends belong to a page that any of you can add information to, and it will show up for everyone in real time. And this information comes in many different forms: images, videos, links, comments, event invitations, polls, blog entries, and the like. It’s an ongoing conversation — with rich content.

Nokia Moprh Phone Concept

These different devices are a one device called Nokia Morph. This is our future cell phones. They can turn in to any shape. You can wear it on your arm as a watch. You use it as a keyboard. You can also use it as a phone. This is a revolutionary invention in communication field.

$100 Laptops

If we are to accept that the world economy is now fully dependent upon the information economy, then it stands to reason that those people who are left out of the global information network are doomed an endless cycle of poverty. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab has designed a fully functional laptop computer that can be sold for $100 so that children in poor or developing nations can get access to the Internet. To keep costs down, the laptop will use a $35 dual-mode display of the kind found in cheap DVD players, a 500-megahertz processor, a slimmed-down operating system, and only 1 gigabyte of storage. It can be plugged into a wall outlet or charged by a crank-driven battery, and it will connect to the Internet via a wireless card.

Nokia Morph Concept

Morph is a concept demonstrating some of the possibilities nanotechnologies might enable in future communication devices. Morph can sense its environment, is energy harvesting and self cleaning . Morph is a flexible two-piece device that can adapt its shape to different use modes. Nanotechnology enables to have adaptive materials yet rigid forms on demand. Since I cannot upload the video here is the link on you tube. It is a very fantastic invention in the communication field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs

Micromedia Papers

There is no shortage of designs for futuristic electronic paper. Various designs of this magical stuff will allow entire books to fit on a single memory-enabled, polymer sheet, displayed using infinitely reconfigurable magnetically-charged pigments; or futuristic printing technologies that will allow mass-produced super-cheap color screens that could be applied like wallpaper. One of the more interesting e-paper concepts comes from the techno-futurists at Lunar Design, who have imagined a product for the year 2015 called MicroMedia Paper. Available in packs of ten for around $35, these ultra-thin, mini color screens would work using replaceable "power sticker" batteries and would be controlled using touch sensitive buttons and a volume dial that adjusts the integrated speakers. Video, pictures and teleconferencing imagery could be transferred using a built-in wireless connection.

The Glove Phone

This is a glove phone which has bluetooth technology in the glove. There is a rational argument to be made for the Bluetooth glove phone, a reassemblage of parts from a Bluetooth head set into a driving glove that was constructed by British gadget guy and television personality Jason Bradbury. This glove integrates our telecommunications devices into a stylish and functional clothing accessory while keeping the bulky phone out of the way. This invention could help avoid a lot of automobile accident due to phone. We can save more lives using this. This is a cool and safe invention.

Japan future gadgets

Japan's engineers are researching a gadget that will work by your eyes. This means that we will control our digital music players by using our eyes as controller.

Microsoft Surface

A huge tablet computer that can do lots of funny thing. The bad thing is its really expensive it cost around $10,000 and its not sale for consumer its available for only commercial business like resort, hotel-motel businesses etc.

Futuristic Landstorm Concept Vehicle for The Year 2058

This vehicle has been designed as an all ground vehicle that is equipped with a collection of hidden gadgets and the ability to swap the pods located on its back. There is a variety of Pods have been designed to scouting missions, food and water transportation to a disaster affected areas. The pods also have ability that can treat 2 injured patients concurrently. It is also designed to work as crane to remove larger piece of wreckage, and fire rescue pods where the tank can hold 700 to 750 gallons of water and can drain water from lakes with outboard pumps. This vehicle is designed for future when airborne vehicle will not be much effective to reach some area that are damaged from natural disasters.

The Evolution and Future of Communication Technology

A future telephone with everything in there including Web Cam. A phone will have all kinds of future that are including in cell-phones but there will be built in web-cam. A web-cam will only work if the opposing party have same kind of phone with web-cam. This phone will work only by Voice over IP (VOIP).

Cellular, Satellite technology in mobile phones by 2010 ( MSV L-Series)

A Satellite technology with cellular phone feature mobile phone will be create by SkyTerra Mobile satellite Ventures. A mobile baseband chip that will integrate both satellite and cellular communication technology, the end product of their new union will result in making mobile communication in the North American region. In some areas in US where we have problem with getting signal,in those area satellite communication will ensure that we're cover with enough signal to get connected to our close one.

Nokia 888, A Vision Of The Future

This is Nokia’s finest product. Although its only a vision of the future for Nokia but they have a way of making it a reality in near future. I think in future this phone will have anything from holographic texting to virtual communicating in holographic form. And we might say it’s just peoples wish but soon Nokia will work hard to get this product out in the market. The reason behind it is that it’s competing against big companies like Sony, apple and etc... This might be the most reliable way to communicate because it will have everything that one might desire. Just watch this video and you will see what the vision of the future is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3dF44XtHek

Holographic Computer

When you lay you eyes on this picture, it almost seems like it’s just another world. But the truth is, it does seem like it’s totally another world. The reason why I say that is because we haven’t seen a technology out there or even in movies, they only have couple of prototypes of this product. There are some movies that have that prototypes but some people think that it’s just computer editing. But we do not know how true that is. But if any of you have an urge to find out about this then there are a lot of sources out there where they have some information on this technology. This technology is compact and reliable source of communicating with anyone out there.

Holographic Phone

Some people might think of this as a joke and some may take it as it’s just a technology that’s advancing rapidly. This is true that there are holographic phones because you might have seen it in some movies. The only thing is that it’s not in production, but they do have prototypes for special group of people. The reason of this holographic phone is to be reliable source of communication because one does not need to hold the phone to interact with other people. No matter how far the other person is, it seems like they’re right there with you. So we just have to wait until the companies make this product in production and sell it in the market.

Virtual Keyboard

When u looks at this image, it almost seems unreal. Because it is rare that people know what this is or even if it’s real. This virtual keyboard technology is so sophisticated that you might have to real an instruction manual just to know how to use it. This keyboard doesn’t just makes it easy for people to communicate but it also capable for so many things such as; you can connect this keyboard to your Bluetooth and you can simply just type on keyboard and it will appear on your phone and other devices which has a Bluetooth built in. when we question of this technology even being out, but some people might notice that its already being used in some TV shows such as “Room Raiders” where this is included in a spy kit. But in near future most of the people will take an advantage of this device.

Cisco Unified Communications

When you watch this video, you’ll realize this is only the beginning of a new era of a communication. Cisco is always known for creating technologies that people haven’t seen them before. And they always have a way to surprise people with new tech gadgets. After watching this video, a person can control any way they communicate. They can even control what they’re children do with playing or doing any activities that they shouldn’t be doing; it makes jobs for parents a lot easier. And troubleshooting a problem right away is always a dream for consumers with a product. It is also good for companies, because they can improve their productivity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Lq9X0Qv94

Logitech to release wireless stereo VoIP headset

Web-Conferencing

Conferencing is really good tools for most of today's international business, but Web conferencing is even better. Web conferencing is used to conduct live meetings or presentations via the Internet. In a web conference, each participant sits at their own computer and is connected to other participants via the internet. This can be either a downloaded application on each of the attendees' computers or a web-based application where the attendees may enter a website address to enter the conference.

Wi-Fi

A popular wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to provide wireless high-speed Internet and network connections to Laptop, Personal Digital Assitant (PDAs) and all major cell-phones, etc.

Navigation Pack for Flight Simulator FSX

Navigation Pack is used by all major Plane and also it used by Flight Simulator game by Microsoft. By using this individual can contact to their control room to follow their instruction.

Satellite Computer

This Satellite computer is designed to receive a signal from satellite wireless and distribute them to local subscribers.

T-mobile G1

T-Mobile G1 is the Mini version of WWW.GOOGLE.COM with plenty of extra applications and features. G1 lets you touch, tap, swipe and scroll your way through all the coolest applications, your contacts, the Web and more. G1 is already included their most usable application like G-Mail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, You Tube, and even Google Maps are all easy to access and move between on the T-Mobile G1.

PSP

Playstation portable is known as PSP. It is mainly a gaming device for young kids. Kids can play games on it. It was launched on May 11, 2004. You can use it to go online. You can easily communicate with other people online. You can also watch movies and photoes. This device can be very useful to communicate. It was a really unique technology since it is portable. Kids can take with them wherever they want.

Complex Tech

If any of you does not know what this is, it’s a remarkable piece of device where a person can talk without even holding a phone by your phone or even on your hand. So that’s where Bluetooth comes to play, it has a built in speakerphone built in and it can be connected to a cell phone device through wireless signals. When a person is talking on a phone it is very difficult to perform some activities because one of your hands are in use by holding your phone, but with Bluetooth you can simply put a phone anywhere close to a Bluetooth and perform any activities you desire. So that makes a Bluetooth the most powerful and compact in communication history. If some of you does not know how Bluetooth work or how you connect it to a phone. Here is a link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py4xG3Yd0_Q

IPod

Ipod

IPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23). The product line-up includes the hard drive-based IPod Classic, the touch screen IPod Touch, the video-capable IPod Nano, and the compact IPod Shuffle. The iPhone can function as an iPod but is generally treated as a separate product. Former iPod models include theIPod Mini and the spin-off IPod Photo. IPod Classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models use flash memory to enable their smaller size. As with many other digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices. Storage capacity varies by model.

Apple's iTunes software can be used to transfer music to the devices from computers using certain versions of Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. For users who choose not to use Apple's software or whose computers cannot run iTunes software, several open source alternatives to iTunes are also available. iTunes and its alternatives may also transfer photos, videos, games, contact information, e-mail settings, Web bookmarks, and calendars to iPod models supporting those features. As of September 2008, more than 173,000,000 iPods had been sold worldwide, making it the best-selling digital audio player series in history.

Live Motion Chat

“Webcams are video capture device connected to computers or computer networks, often using a USB port or, if they connect to network, via Ethernet or Wi-Fi”. As you all might know what this is, it’s a webcam. Webcam is world known device where people can see a movement of a person from far away just by using web chat. This is the most precise way to communicate because even if you don’t know what the other person is talking about, you can simply see the gestures of the other person and figure out a way to communicate. So there for webcam is the best and most efficient way to communicate.

Iphone

The iPhone is an Internet-connected, multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Because its minimal hardware interface lacks a physical keybord, the multi-touch screen renders a virtual keyboard when necessary. The iPhone functions as a camera phone also including text messaging and visual voicemail, a portable media player, and an internet client (with email, web browsing, andWi-Fi connectivity). The first-generation phone hardware was quad-band GSM with EDGE.
The iPhone is the best cell phone in the market right now. With the revolutionary full touch screen with zoom in and zoom out. They have came up with so many different types of applications for iphone. It is also compatible for 3G network. It was first launch in 2007 and it was worth $500 dollars. It was little expensive but it is worth it. Iphone has brought new era and new technology to cell phone world.

Walkie talkies, also known as handheld transceiver, are a portable radio transceiver. Although, it developed in the Second World War, walkie talkies play a major role in today’s US government. They are being used in the military, Cops and even School buses carry them. This radio transceiver is generally made to communicate between each other from two base-stations. They are usually used where the radio communications are necessary. They can also be used for your own personal use.

Video Conference

Video conference is a type of a video telecommunication technology that allows more than one person to interact with the other person in a different location. You can say this could be the same as a a video phone because you can speak live in and the camera. Video conference is majorly used in businesses

Laptop

Laptop in other words a notebook computers have been a very convenient source of communication. It is a personal computer generally smaller than your brief case. It has become a very important technology for today's students and highly recommended by colleges. Laptops allow you to go mobile and are very useful now days.

CORDLESS PHONE

We all know cordless phones. The name says it all "Cord - less". Cordless phones first started in the 1980s, but from there Cordless phones started becoming a major part of your daily communication. Although, there are people that still use the good ole desk phone, these phones are so convenient that it has become a need for most people in today's life. Therefore, there are still major advancements to come, that's why these phones are here to stay for a long time to come.

Mac Computers

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems. It is the successor to Mac OS 9, the final release of the "classic" Mas OS, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984. Mac OS X, whose "X" represents the Roman numeral for "10" and is a prominent part of its brand identity, is a Unix-based operating system, built on technologies developed at Next between the second half of the 1980s and Apple's purchase of the company in early 1996. Its sixth and most recent version, Mac OS X v10.5 is certified UNIX 03 while running on Intel processors. These processors are virtually virus free. Mac machines are absolutely safe and virus free. They can't be hacked.

E world

If we ask ourselves a question, what kind of inventions will they come out with when the email source using is almost obsolete? The only answer to that is, email is a number one source people use in everyday basis to transfer data and a way to communicate. Email is a very powerful and more reliable than faxing. And don’t forget the fact that its way faster than anything out there. Email is consisting of two parts, the header and the message in the body. Nowadays, all the major and minor websites ask for your personal email address to register for that specific website. In US almost 80% of people have their own email address, and the address could be made by major sources such as; Google, yahoo or etc... To create an email address, it only takes few minutes and the best part is that it’s free. So if anybody out there, that does not have an at least one email address, I would suggest to you to make one soon. You will be surprised what it can do and later you’ll be glad you made one.

Breakthrough in Communication

Text messaging is a breakthrough in communication world. This new intervention is so popular in today’s world, where people tend to use a text messaging feature more than simply calling a person. The reason behind it is that by talking, a person tends to put all the focus on talking so, it is difficult to perform other activities whiles talking. But a text messing is a time saver and it does not require all the focus on just texting. A person can simply reply to a message and get back to perform other activities. So for lot of people today, they rather text than physically speak. This feature is not only for young kids but it is also used by an adult. I think this feature has a lot of benefits; one of them is that a person can improve writing skills. And this is an awesome tool for young kids too. So, I would see this feature to be around for a long time.

Modern Cellphones

As you can see by looking at this picture, it’s clear the device for communication is getting more and more compact. As years go by, the communication devices get more sophisticated and more compact. The cell phones of 90’s were only usable to make calls to other people. But, nowadays it is almost unbelievable what simple cell phones can do. Cell phones today can do a lot more things than just calling other people. A person cannot just call other people but also communicate in so many other ways just by using a small device. Cell phones now, you can even watch a TV in it, which is a huge invention. A person can even surf the web and play games online and so much more. If we take a second to think how much the cell phones technology has progressed in past few years? if we predict what it will be like near future? The only answer is that whatever it is, it will amuse people every time they come out with a new feature in a cell phone device.

Communications: 1867-1914

History of Communication Machine

Partial History of Communication

Timeline of Wireless Communication

http://wirelesshistory.org/fullscreen.htm









Credit goes to Orignal creator http://wirelesshistory.org

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

Heinrich Hertz was a German physicist and mechanicist whose research with electromagnetic theory led to the advancement of wireless technology. Hertz’s main focus was on validating Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory. Out of essential for his wave research, he created a variety of wireless transmitters and receivers. In the beginning called Hertzian waves, Heinrich Hertz was the key developer of what are now known as radio waves. His exhibition on wave occurrence such as reflection, refraction, polarization, and intervention were the fundamentals for future researchers such as Marconi to make great advancements in wireless technology.

Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphs are a writing system used by the Ancient Egyptians. That contained a combination of logographic, alphabetic, and ideographic elements. Hieroglyphs appear from artistic society of Egypt. Imprinted hieroglyphs are all more or less symbolic. They represent real or imaginary elements, occasionally styled and basic, other than totally familiar in most cases. In reality, the same character can even, according to conditions, be understand in various ways as a phonogram, as an ideogram, or as a determinative.

http://www.citrinitas.com/history_of_viscom/ideograms.html

Petroglyphs

Petroglyphs are images notch in rock, usually by early, especially Neolithic, peoples. They were a significant form of pre-writing symbols, used in communication from just about 10,000 B.C. to current times, depending on traditions and location. Many petroglyphs are deliberation to represent some kind of not-yet-fully understood symbolic or ritual language. The oldest petroglyphs are dated to about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Around 7,000 to 9,000 years ago, other writing system such as hieroglyph and ideograms began to appear. Petroglyphs were still common although, and tribal societies sustained using them much longer, even until contact with Western society was made in the 20th century. These images probably had deep literary and religious consequence for the societies that created them; in many cases this importance remains for their descendants.