laptops up to high-speed, mobile, wireless Internet
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I don\’t know much about technology. It\’s just not my field of
expertise; I\’m a creative writer. However, as I work for an
Internet company I have come to realize the powerful ideas that
my fellow office-mates/nerds (cool nerds: E.g. Napoleon Dynamite
www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/) come up with, and how these ideas
are changing our world for the better. The latest idea that has
come to fruition, to me, seems like an amazing accomplishment
for all of humanity to partake in, even writers. Mobile,
wireless, broadband Internet means we can now go on the Internet
when we are on the move, or away from our homes and offices.
Check out http://www.theunwired.net/, or
http://www.iburst.com.au. This is really cool stuff. Picture a
few of these scenarios…
You are a creative person, writer/graphic artist who doesn\’t
like to work indoors. You need the fresh air blowing in your
face, sun warming your skin, to get the imagination flowing. You
feel like sitting in the park but would also like to have access
to the Internet to do research, as well as add to your blog or
website portfolio. Stick one of these magic laptop modems with
its own antenna into your computer and as long as there\’s
coverage you\’re on your way to creating your life\’s work.
What if you\’re into big business, a company executive, or need
to communicate with your colleagues regularly? Now you\’re on the
road, in a taxi, going very quickly down the highway. There\’s no
need for this to be \’down time\’ for you anymore. You can email,
send files, and if you\’re especially techno-savvy, you can hook
up a webcam and voice-over IP and have meetings \’face to face\’
while on the go. Moving from office to office, and staying in
hotel rooms far from home makes no difference, as you are always
able to connect. Talk about limiting loss of production due to
time and space constraints!
Imagine you are a university student who has to move house a lot
due to short leases and sometimes-unfriendly relations with
roommates. You no longer will need to be concerned with
disconnection and reconnection hassles, especially the added
fees. As this technology also caters for individuals, you won\’t
have to worry about your buddies downloading heaps of your cash
with the usual wireless network setups in houses by telling you
that you have to pay an \’equal\’ share of their activity.
However, there are no limits to how many connections are in one
house, so all your friends or family can have their own.
There are also desktop versions if you are in an area that
doesn\’t have access to ADSL, or you don\’t want to use a phone
line to access the Web. The mobile version of iBurst is just
like a normal wireless system except it uses a system of base
stations that transmit the network to the wireless modems. So,
if you\’re at school, work, the library, airport, business
meeting, or even the beach (if it is under coverage) you can
surf the web (after the waves) and send important emails. There
are a few issues with places like parking lots and subways where
the radio frequency may sometimes be unable to pierce through
deep layers of concrete, or where towers are too far apart so
the connection drops in and out. I expect my nerd friends will
solve these problems and any others that arise as the technology
develops further. The nerds can do it all. Check out Napoleon
Dynamite\’s dance moves: www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/napoleon.
Now all we have to do is wait for them to expand from their
tunnel-vision focus on technology, to developing the means to
creating a utopian society. I don\’t know, maybe that\’s where us
creative folk come into play?
About the author:
Jesse S. Somer
Jesse S. Somer is a humanoid that sees the possibility of a
society achieving incredible technical evolution, but which is
still at one and integrated within a healthy natural world.