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A Walk Into The Future !

// December 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Outamamind

Hi all,

Its always easy to predict future on a vast scale. But predicting events to the exact day is something of a mystery and i dont believe in it.Everything around us is based on interaction of NUMEROUS factors, not just your decision!Anyway , I will try to put stuffs which are sure to be a part of the future… shall we take a little ride into the future?

Entertainment is where whole lot of happening will take place and new improvements will be deployed. With recent film like Avatar shining the lights on the future films , we will never know what films will look like in the future. 3D is one thing which will be employed/developed /improved in the future. Imagine your empty room been filled with holographic images of a beautiful island or think where holographic picture will put you right in the war film , where are all fighting  and gun shooting will be whistling past next to you and did i forget to mention the 360 degree holographic projection ?

http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Research/3DDisplay/

This is just a single point 3D holographic display. Think of a projector hanging from above the ceiling , a small one , just like a web cam and the moment you switch on it will transform your plain white painted square or rectangle room into a place where you wish to be. and dont worry the room scanner and automated distance finder will set the correct level of depth and volume for your room size , let it be as a big as a theatre or as small as a bathroom. Couple this with next generation audio of more than the current 9.2 surround sound, Tomorrows film will be realistic to the core.

There will be one speaker which will radiate sound waves around you , its currently in development. Its a pinpoint sound wave , particularly focused to your ears alone. this way you can hear to a particular sound without a headphone while a person sitting next to you wont hear a tiny bit of the song/radio you are listening to, but if he comes into the line of focus of your pinpoint sound wave , he will hear it. This tech coupled with other audio technology will considerably enhance the way we hear to audio in next generation movies. Just think all you need to is paint the wall white and just turn on “Centralised Control” – which manages all your entertainment from songs to movies to Tv programmes to even e-newspaper. you switch it , the projector turns your living room into anything you wished for. This can also be enhanced with motion technology where these holographic images will respond to your input,ie these motion detectors will detect your hand , body , face , eye movements and will input these to the system which is managing the projection of the holographic images, so the end result will be a 3D image in the air interactive medium!!!Ever wished you would check your mail just a little bigger , say of size of 50″ TV ? you will be able to do it in the future. Ever wanted to play games just like you will do it real life ? couple all the above said technology , you will have one exhaustive interactive gaming experience you will even encounter , transforming your simple room into a multiplayer arena , couple this with broadband connectivity and all your friends can be joining in for a total showdown against AI bots in the game.
Think , at present you web chat through a tiny window. With holographic projection and increased broadband bandwidth , who knows you might be sitting next to your loved ones who is 1000 miles away from you.

Lets take a little detour to the field of medicine….

Nano technology. !

Nano technology is the one which will have significant impact in the future. Nanobots – Nano sized robots ! Lets take a little example. A patient is diabetic and he needs insulin or other oral hypoglycemic drugs on a regular basis. what if he misses one ? yes surely there will be problems ? what if the drug he takes is inappropriate for the level of glucose in his body ? he will land up again in the problem. These are tiny changes in the molecule level , which no layman will be able to see or measure. this were nanobots will come into play. Once injected into the body , they will constantly monitor the blood glucose level and will release insulin at sub-micro levels to adjust to the normal range. So patient doesnt have to worry on what he/she must consume or how much he needs to maintain. all those things will be maintained by these smallest programmable robots. Also this will help relieve the patient who are on daily Inj of insulin, because once injected these nanobots will stay there in the body and release required amount of drug and eliminate the need for inj insulin. Once the job or their life gets over , either they will disintegrate or be excreted via urine. This is many years from seeing light , but nanotechnology is a fast growing field and has loads and loads of potential in it. This is not the only one. They will be programmed in such a way that any abnormailty like hypovolemia in case of accident or cardiac arrest , these nanobots will automatically call your doc and inform him the GEO-LOCATION(GPS) of you for immediate medical care.

Nanobots in the future can also be programmed to work as a antibiotic. Just like a antivirus for our computers , these nanobots will be programmed to destroy the pathogens invading the body. New variant of Flu ? just update your nanobots signature(codes) , that will take care of the new variant.

Next we will sneek peek into the world of communication…shall we ?

….to be continued in Part II

If you like this first part , please leave your comments and thoughts..

-Urs Siva

Copyright : What side are we really?

// May 1st, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Revolution

Hi all ,
Hope you like articles thus far. Today i want to just discuss on some issues we netizens face every day. Copyrighted stuff! This is the hot topic at present throughout the internet. Whatever news pops out as top news contains some copyright stuff in it. Recently The Pirate Bay owners were sent to jail, but they have appealed to high court, that’s a different story. The pirate Bay stands tall among all the netizens. They worship TPB like anything, Why? Simply because these guys have the guts to face the Music and Movie industries Threats.

Today my question is, What side are we really on ?
We love Music, We love Movies, and we love games. We are fan boys for some cult! be it Star wars , or LOR, Matrix , PS3 , XBOX , Britney , Lindsay Lohan … etc. We are fans because of their awesome work. Are we really doing them any good by downloading their work for free?
One part of my brain says that, this free downloading has been my virtual Search engine for finding extra-ordinary musicians, movies, games etc…
I found Within Temptation because of the torrents. And i would surely say that i would buy her next album, not because i can’t download from the internet anymore, but more of like showing the artist a respect, a token of appreciation for their work.
But my other part of the brain says that you should stop downloading other artist which you haven’t become a fan…
Wait a second! , I can surely say that i have stayed away from some artist, because their works suck, or say, i don’t like their genre! But anyway, i am not going to buy a CD of some unknown anyway! So does my downloading really count? And needless to say the downloaded album will be deleted as soon as i hear them and find they suck!
Torrents have been the place where i discover many new works, like Office, Heroes, and Prison Break etc. Office and Prison Break haven’t been started yet here in India, but even if they start, they show them at some time and miss a episode or two in the middle, they simply don’t care what we see and they simply don’t know what they are doing. And top it all, nowadays every single program comes with a Subtitle! , Damn you morons! And those subtitles only distract us from seeing the actual serial. It’s like a audio book with visual text … It can’t get worst than it is now. Only thing they haven shown the subtitles is in the Advertisements! Do they think that we don’t English or what, i simply can’t understand? If they put a Hindi subtitle it’s ok for me, since it would be great for north Indians who don’t know English to enjoy these serials/ movies. But what if your damn viewer is a frequent movie goer, an addict… He will hate you like anything.
Actually I have stopped (nearly) watching movies on TV, simply because the subtitles kill the experience!
I think i have deviated too far!
Coming to the topic.

Actually there is also a bigger responsibility for the music companies, movie, game.. Etc, on their part.
Simply put, who would get a 3000 Rs game in India? Pricing is essential! You can’t simply price like that, you have to get a hold of the local culture and mind set. India is a place where people don’t get 1 item for 10 Rs, They bargain till death and get 5 items for 10 Rs. They simply won’t and can’t shed a 3000Rs Single title game!
If the big companies don’t realise this faster and soon, they will invariably going to help the piracy soar to new height all because of their greed for money. Simply put the same game/movie/music is cheaper to obtain from black market or download free off the net.
I wouldn’t say that you shouldn’t download, this a broadband era. Download, but if you really like their work, please support them in any possible way. I loved Batman – Dark knight and i seriously got a Blu-Ray of the film. Not everyone can afford. But at least try not to focus on downloading and enjoying part alone. If these artist aren’t there, then the most important part of “ BroadBand Era “ life , The Entertainment won’t be there.
You could help them by writing a good review on EBay, Amazon, Post nice stuff on Forums, Blogs, Encourage people who CAN buy stuff.
Even though this isn’t the ultimate answer, but at least we can try to make ourselves conscious that we are doing something good to the artist / hero / developer…
I hope i made something or the other clear to you.
If you like this article, please leave a comment and if possible spread it to your friends.
Thanks a lot.
See you soon on another article!

If it Rains, Shutdown Everything!

// April 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // Outamamind

Hi all…

This was a disastrous week for me. Nearly a week without Internet and my laptop! I am one like you guys , who thinks that rarest things wont happen to me .. but this week  i was proved wrong. After nearly a month of “Severe” summer , we had a great rain on Monday , and I was very delighted , I almost forgot to do the very basic stuff, disconnect all the electronic items! I was enjoying the rain soo much that I didn’t know that a lightening has struck a phone wire somewhere and it passed right down to my modem , fried it and passed further to my laptop which was connected to the modem through LAN and  fried it too . When i got back from my “enjoying of rain ” , I was taken back by a strange display on my laptop with pure white screen ! i thought my laptop has hung.. i tried to turn it off.. but i cant.. then i had to pull the battery from the laptop to power off .When i tried to restart.. it was all too late! My motherboard was fried!

I called Dell CC and they responded and pinpointed the fault with my motherboard! and they told me that the service person will be on or before Friday! But i should thank Dell for their fast service.My laptop was on and running by Wednesday! Then when i tried to hook up to the net , i was only able to connect for a maximum of 10 minutes. My modem/router was so much fried that when it heats up , it would simply disconnects from the internet!

Anyway my advice to all is , when its raining , with or without ligthening , shutdown everything. And also the important thing is to disconnect all the cables and wires. Remove the phone line from the modem , remove the cable to TV , remove cable from Set-top-box to tv. And also unplug everything.

I was lucky , i got away with a few days off the internet .It may not be the same for all. what if your electronic product is not covered under warranty or warranty just got expired ? Just a few hours without internet , Tv will save days without it! Think wise

Thanks to all who left a comment on my previous posts.

C ya soon on another post!