2. Emerging technologies and technology convergences
Web resources compilation
For WENT2001

3. 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. [
Digital age communication technologies
technology futures, inc

4. How we fit in the picture.
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 Wireless Telephony Broadband Networks Residential Gateways and Home Networks
Satellite Communications
Cable Television Pay Television Services Digital Television Home Video
Digital Radio Digital Audio
How we fit in the picture.

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

6. Constantly on survival Modem.
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.
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 meetings etc.
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7. We hate it, but not necessarily the “IT”.

8. I want my life back!
Wallpaper downloaded from

9. What are the chances?

10. 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 Connected Community research projects.
A new generation of devices is moving computing power off 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

11. It’s about getting out and about without losing connectivity.

12. Ambient computing into unwired mobile lifestyle

13. 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]

14. The Mobile-phone GSM AMPS SATELLITE PHONE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
Bluetooth 3G
WAP

15. Mobile connectivity
The Internet
Text + data
voice
Multimedia

16. 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

17. Bluetooth [online tutorial]

18. 3rd Generation [3G] The Next Generation of wireless communication

19. WAP Connectivity on the go!

20. SMS mobile-chatting

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

22. User Hardwares Keeping it all handy + Hands-on

23. Handhelds
Palm-sized Handhelds
Tablet Handhelds
Clamshell Handhelds

24. Net-enabled Mobile-phones

25. Net Appliance

26.                                 
TV/Set Top Box

27. Two-way Pagers

28. Other Appliances
Internet Fax
AutoPC
Fax Messenger
Internet Fridge
Internet Radio

29. 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. >>

30. “Are We There Yet? – Wireless Internet”
>> 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

31. It’s not over. www. wired. com www. internet. com www. netaction
It’s not over IT goes on and on and on...