Circuits

Thesis 58

In this chapter, Greenfield proposes that ones technological wants are not that easy to figure out. If you think about it, people want what they can’t have, therefore bringing the next generation into the future will not seem as demanding as once thought. Scores of people will complain about privacy and security issues as well.

Thesis 59

Greenfield states in this chapter how the required computational power is already available. Processors are fast enough and doubling every year while hard drives are shrinking physically/growing capacity wise. This got me thinking about the technology in a PS3, the system apparently has 9 different chips that work together to render the next generation graphics. Other companies actually use the PS3 for other uses such as medical breakthroughs. 60 PS3’s have been hooked up and manipulated to provide the most computational power available including supercomputers. The technique is being used to find cures for such diseases as Alzheimer’s and HIV.

Thesis 60

What I liked about this chapter was how he stated that a person’s life from a newborn to the age of 70 can be recorded within 20 terabytes. This includes recording all 5 senses and emotions. If you take this into consideration about the 24 month doubling period of storage capacity, all that information should fit into a grain of sand. This is real interesting as nano-technology will soon take off into un-before-seen advancement.