During the year [2009] some interesting things came to my attention which add fuel to my "time Machine" idea. Here's how;
First off, the upcoming Bluetooth 3.0 High Speed specification will add 24m/b sec 802.11 communications and just as important, the specification will have a low power component which is primed for adoption at the end of 2009. With Bluetooth 3.0 HS, we can expect to move large data files of videos, music and photos between our own devices [like an archiving device] and the trusted devices of others, wirelessly of course.
Secondly, Bluetooth low energy wireless technology will provide an ultra low power version of the specification for small devices that run on cell batteries, opening up a number of new applications for Bluetooth technology such as devices for the health, sports and fitness industries. This is super appealing to watch makers and athletic e-clothing/ wearable technology and other SFIT (smart Fabric and Intelligent Textiles) technology manufactures as they will want to embed "physical activity" monitors, entertainment, and other such things into our clothes.
Both these technologies provide "ity-bitty" stepping stones towards the implementation of continuous archival and retrieval of "all media" relating to ones personal experiences.
In the "time machine" blog I surmised that; in the future there would be a chemical transmission of data between trusted persons resulting in a shared memory experiences - this is how one would travel back in time, I'm not sure that I made it clear that my assertion about this invention is that would happen virtually, not physically.
Convergence:
10 years ago a business person would carry a cell phone [for voice calls] a PDA to organize their schedule and contacts, a laptop to write and send emails, a MP3 player for music, a GPS, and perhaps even a micro-cassette recorder to record thoughts and ideas. These devises are application specific and due to there expensive nature, typically bought for and used by the "sales team" within a company. So much "stuff" was lugged around that these sales folks became known a "road warriors". Today we have Blackberries and iPhones, one converged mobile device that the average teen has embraced as their communications culture.
Pictured below is an example; it's a LG watch phone released in 2009, it's actually quite bulky and you need to hold your arm to your face to talk. As they say in the marketing world it was most likely a "bulldozer" product, done just to get something out there on the store shelves.
Continuous archival and retrieval of "all media" relating to ones personal experiences.
So to recap we need.
- An archive device to record "all media" relating to ones personal experiences.
- The archiving device will not just do one thing like the items we lugged around 10 years ago, it will be a converged product. As convergence continues what will the smart phone [as we know it today] look like in 10 years - 2019? Most envision are a thin glass like tablet, it will most likely include additional items like acting as your credit cards, holding your health information, traditional "key" are gone as the converged device unlocks everything you own. These changes are enviable, but the aging consumer population may provide high resistance to some of the items being converged.
I think the folks who think about the future and envision these type of things, [typically paid to do so] are influenced by traditional work habits and past versions of the history. Star Trek and Star Trek the Next Generation are excellent examples of the how Gene Roddenberry's vision either consciously or sub-consciously influenced the future. Personally I don't want to look at, carry, or search for stuff with a glass tablet device, I want to use my God given I/O devices, my eyes, and my voice and I want an accessory to help me. But social interaction or non-interaction is critical so for the short term, based on the way young folk use an iPod or cell phone to "avoid" looking awkward I think I've resigned myself to thinking it a hand held device. - Obviously this device needs to be mobile - I'm thinking a wearable computer. The wearable computer is part of a larger accessory chain that is pretty well endless. One of the key accessory items for the "time machine" are fashionable glasses with large screen display and a third eye to capture motion. This type of capture was shown in the sci-fi TV series 'V" in Nov 2009.
- Net-workable - The wearable computer accessory needs to be in be place, and so does an advance communications network. But we now know that we'll have a key component, low power high speed Blue-tooth which will allow the archiving device to retrieve archived information from "trusted" people (via their archiving device) who are within range, most like at the same event but experiencing the event from a different perspective.
- Yet to be invented software called "My Experience" will take the raw motion capture data , filter out the stuff that doesn't match your "personality" [as your defined it] and assemblies the finished, exciting product, ready for retrieval. The "Hollywood-ize" button is a feature which would add artistic license buy still keep the facts straight.
Don't remember what you did last Christmas? last weekend? Yesterday?
Call it up an your 52" internal view screen or project it onto the wall. Are you virtually transported back in time.... yup.
Trade your experience with others, your archiving device keeps this data as a separate file and also reassembles this into "your" life experience with a clearly denote "jump point" allowing you to virtually transport into their experience - remember this is 3D. - It needs to be fashionable or have Hollywood will embrace this as fashion item, these then will be the "must have" accessory for the teen [or Tween] of 2019.
Microsoft's look at 2019
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