Soon we'll be living in the future..

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Do you believe that some things in life exist because they were meant to exist?

Or maybe, it’s there because it’s meant to be there?

I’ve been taught recently about things called Genius Loci, or ‘spirit of the place’ that somewhat drove people to made a certain space so special in a macrospace.

In other word, the spirit somewhat affecting things and create only an exact condition (of what it meant to be) or something that’s meant to be there or that way.

They’re special because they really are special..

I also understand that sometimes, things become special because of some great achievements, or maybe a breakthrough or something new that’s unconsciously made people to start labeling things to these achievements, breakthroughs or anything else that’s worth, and put them in place in their hearts.

Just like iPod and Walkman, just name about other portable music player that’s sounds so perfect.. Honestly, I can’t think about anything good except these two.

And this is what labels are..

Okay, do you remember the song Yesterday from The Beatles?

Paul McCartney first got the tunes from his dream, and when he woke up, he jumps to his piano and trying to play the tunes he heard in his dream so it won’t just lost away.

Recently, I’ve been having weird dreams for the last few days. And just now, I’ve had a very interesting dream.

A similar dream to McCartney’s.. Well, it’s not about music, but a vision of a future technology.

I dreamt about a future computer, how it looks like, how it works, and the logic behind these.

Here’s what I’ve been dreaming about..

First, I dreamt about watching an ad video of latest Apple Computer product (which only exist in my dream).

Their latest product, if I still remember, it's another MacBook series. Similar to MacBook Air, not in the context of its shape or specs, but rather in the context of it’s portability.

This new product integrates the iDisk system to it's own computing system..

I mean, this latest MacBook doesn’t have any physical harddisk. All the access to the data storage is done wirelessly. Which also means the internet connections are supposed to be incredibly fast.

(And this is in my dream, okay? So just, consider that it is already fast enough, as fast as the internet connections in the future maybe?)

This is just like what Steve Jobs intention by releasing MacBook Air!

A wireless future..

Still in my dream, then suddenly, all the videos I’ve been watching on YouTube are about Apple Computer and wireless technology.

Greater potentials of wireless technology for future computers.

Let’s say, each parts of hardware that runs the computer are connected wirelessly.

Each hardware has it’s own wireless transmitters.

Then, future computer should have been incredibly small, light and ultra portable..

And now, this is my own McCartney’s Yesterday part..

Something suddenly popped out in my head. I talked to myself (in my dream of course), “Ah, I know how the future computers will looks like, it will be as big as a ring in our finger”.

Then suddenly, all the details about this ring computer just came up.

Like it was already there before..

I know all about it, how it’s work, and the mechanism, theoretically..

This ring-sized computer would have a control stick as big as main control stick in Sony Ericssons phones. This control stick can move to all directions (not 4 directions like phones).

This control stick is used to navigate the pointer in the computer screen.

To click, simply click the control stick, just like phones..

Now where’s the screen and the keyboards? The ring is actually projected the screen to the air from nothing. Remember watching sci-fi films and games where computers don’t have any physical screens and keyboards? They are actually projected in the air, but it’s touchable (after projected).

The interface would be like iPod touch or iPhone, where there is only one button. Just push the main button (in this case, the control stick), the computer will be activated and the screen will be projected. To turn of, just navigate through the screen and choose the turn off or shut down option. Or maybe, by pressing the main button long enough to shut the computer down. Simple..!

The ring-sized computer would comprise of ultra fast and ultra small nano-processor, ultra small lens that could manipulate carbon particles in the air to project (or maybe create) the screen and keyboard, and ultra small and strong battery.

Of course they’re all works wirelessly with connection to a server that holds and handle all the tasks and any data processes. The server will handle everything, and we only need to carry this ring-sized computer to do any computing tasks..

And just like McCartney, after I woke up, I went to my computer and start writing, so it wont just lost away..haha..

All of these things I mentioned, maybe are possible in the future, when we achieved a super-advanced technology. I remember my lecturer, Mr. Lim Take Bane mentioned about his own theory of the famous Crystal Skulls.

He said that it’s could possibly a source of knowledge, maybe it’s a crystal based processors, harddisk, etc. which could store much more data than silicone (which we used today).

I agreed with his idea of this crystal-based technology, I even had my own theory if we relate back to ancient technology, which allows them to create such well, designed and arranged structures like the pyramids and great temples.

Isn’t it possible if ancient people are really more advanced than us, that they could use other materials or mediums to transmit energy (like electricity, heat, etc.)?

If our civilization today is more electricity based which transmitted through conductors like steels and other metals, and wave based such as these wireless technology.

Maybe the ancient people had already found the next generation of technology!?

That’s why we never met any metal wiring, or any technology similar to ours today, on these ancient sites..

But sometimes, we do meet some unidentified figures or something in their pictures, glyph, or writings.

What is it? UFO? Extraterrestrials? Or maybe, these ancient technologies that they had to build their structures that we haven't understand yet.

We actually are about to leave the digital era, we’re about to enter the next era of technology, the fluid interface.

Let's just see, students at the MIT Media Lab have developed a wearable computing system that turns any surface into an interactive display screen.

The wearer can summon virtual gadgets and internet data at will, then dispel them like smoke when they’re done..

This is just like what I’ve been talking about my vision of ring-sized computer!

The future is near. Soon, we'll be living in the future..!