Technology is evolving further and it has developed to the point
that all content from television, radio and even our phone calls will all be
through an internet connection. But what is the possible impact of this.
Let us discuss.
Possible impacts: For one, you will be able to use
your cell phone to turn your water on in your house and set it to an exact
temperature. You can turn your lights on or off, adjust the heat, feed
the dog, and more via the World Wide Web. The reason for this is because
your entire life will be hooked up to the internet. You will soon be able
to turn on your blender via the internet for goodness sakes. But this
also means every piece of technology will be a part of the internet. And
that includes your phones, and all other forms of wireless communications.
This allows all your calls, texts, emails and other messages to be
encrypted for privacy, and even deleted if you so will it. We will not
have phone numbers, but email addresses/domain names and even avatars as
addresses on the net so that we can talk to one another free of charge.
Why free of charge you ask? Because the internet is literally
hosted by every electronic device and thus allows you to jack in and
communicate at will with everyone.
Entertainment wise, television will also
be free in the same way we watch videos online. To provide money for the
actors and producers, advertisements will be in the margins to aid in paying
for such programing or act in concert with a subscription based service which
gets you additional content. In fact it will be all on demand. All
shows (radio, television and all in between) popularity will be spread via word
of mouth with producers paying other sites to advertise their newest programs.
As such, shows that would never have made it on television in the past will now
be up loadable without limit. Even books will be sold and or just simply
read via this same online service. No need to buy the book (physically or
electronically), just read it for free with some advertisements in the margins
and at the bottom of each page.
Conclusion: Communications, entertainment and
the level of control we have over our homes is increasing. With it the
level of free access to anything and everything we could have ever wanted or to
do. So much can already be done via the internet, but can you imagine the
world where the internet is the control mechanism for everything? It is
coming and what I described here is the tip of the iceberg as in the end, it is
all just tiny bits of data being thrown around.
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