The Future: Have You Googled it Yet ??
Thursday, November 20, 2008
A Century of Changes
Here's Intel's ad campaign on the Atom Processor (8MB file)
My grandfather, who lived to be a ripe old of age of ninety six never saw the internet or the PC come of age. If he were alive today, he would have celebrated his 120th birthday on November 1st. I can't help but wonder what his vision of the future was like when he was a child and what inspired children of his generation who didn't have video games or television to distract them from keeping up with science earthquakes beneath their feet.
Just the other day I ran across an ad campaign from two fierce competitors in the computer industry that I greatly admire, and in fact a lot of what we call the internet was made possible by bold ideas from these two great competitive companies. Even in competition, I can see that they still have that American spirit of adventure and creativity going on.
Here's AMD's new ad campaign called: "The Future is Fusion"
Just the other day I ran across an ad campaign from two fierce competitors in the computer industry that I greatly admire, and in fact a lot of what we call the internet was made possible by bold ideas from these two great competitive companies. Even in competition, I can see that they still have that American spirit of adventure and creativity going on.
Here's AMD's new ad campaign called: "The Future is Fusion"
Here's Intel's ad campaign on the Atom Processor (8MB file)
Clever indeed, but nonetheless interesting to ponder. Do they see something that maybe the average couch potato doesn't see yet ?
During his lifetime, my grandfather saw the invention of the telephone, electric power to the home, automobile, airplane, radio, television, atomic power, spacecraft landing on the moon and the beginning of the computer age in the long century that he lived. New ideas became defined, redefined and reshaped and eventually changed many lives. Whew ..what a century that was !! In the past hundred years, new ideas came from places we couldn't even imagine and changed the technology landscape and everyday lives of millions of people worldwide.
Really now, has all this creativity suddenly gone away overnight? Or, is it just taking a generational break? Maybe a new synthesis is slowly emerging that many just don't see yet.
We now live in an internet enabled society, one that my grandfather only dreamed of that morphs and connects us in new ways with every passing year. The world of "unconnectedness" of the past is gone forever." As one bright person once said, "the future is already here, we just haven't noticed it yet." Or maybe the modern way of saying that statement should be "we just haven't Googled it yet".
Bit by bit, even though at this moment many seem to feel despair, in the long run America with it's mix of cultures from far and wide is still is the THE BEST incubator for new ideas anywhere on earth.
No doubt about it.
Atomic Links
'Enlightened' Atoms Stage Nano-Riot - Science Daily
Cold Fusion: And the Heat Goes On - Daily News Tribune
Einstein's E=MC2 Proven Thanks to Quarks - Discovery Channel
Isotopic Quantum Scattering and Unconventional Superconductivity - Nature
A Clearer Picture of Cancer - MIT Technology Review
The Oil Pump
Failure of Carmakers in US Will Not be Allowed - Times Online
The Atomizer
Mars Glaciers are Spotted - LA Times
The JukeBox
Does Extreme Stress Signal an Economic Snapback? - Barrons
Mobile Phone Chargers Are Energy Vampires - Network World
The Arts: Cold Fusion From Canada - The Villager
During his lifetime, my grandfather saw the invention of the telephone, electric power to the home, automobile, airplane, radio, television, atomic power, spacecraft landing on the moon and the beginning of the computer age in the long century that he lived. New ideas became defined, redefined and reshaped and eventually changed many lives. Whew ..what a century that was !! In the past hundred years, new ideas came from places we couldn't even imagine and changed the technology landscape and everyday lives of millions of people worldwide.
Really now, has all this creativity suddenly gone away overnight? Or, is it just taking a generational break? Maybe a new synthesis is slowly emerging that many just don't see yet.
We now live in an internet enabled society, one that my grandfather only dreamed of that morphs and connects us in new ways with every passing year. The world of "unconnectedness" of the past is gone forever." As one bright person once said, "the future is already here, we just haven't noticed it yet." Or maybe the modern way of saying that statement should be "we just haven't Googled it yet".
Bit by bit, even though at this moment many seem to feel despair, in the long run America with it's mix of cultures from far and wide is still is the THE BEST incubator for new ideas anywhere on earth.
No doubt about it.
Atomic Links
'Enlightened' Atoms Stage Nano-Riot - Science Daily
Cold Fusion: And the Heat Goes On - Daily News Tribune
Einstein's E=MC2 Proven Thanks to Quarks - Discovery Channel
Isotopic Quantum Scattering and Unconventional Superconductivity - Nature
A Clearer Picture of Cancer - MIT Technology Review
The Oil Pump
Failure of Carmakers in US Will Not be Allowed - Times Online
The Atomizer
Mars Glaciers are Spotted - LA Times
The JukeBox
Does Extreme Stress Signal an Economic Snapback? - Barrons
Mobile Phone Chargers Are Energy Vampires - Network World
The Arts: Cold Fusion From Canada - The Villager
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