Tag Archives: Technology Trends
The Producing-Consumer Paradox
In a previous post, I had briefly touched upon the idea of living in a world where the amount of content produced, both print and media, far exceeds what one can consume in a lifetime. I had come across NPR’s blog on that issue and the concept fit… Continue reading
Networked Lighting
In a previous post, I had written about the incandescent light bulb and its gradual demise. If the incandescent light bulb is disappearing, then what product will take its place to illuminate our lives? It looks like the future of lighting is goin… Continue reading
The Smart Phone Market and the Car Market
Today a ‘leak’ from Nokia turned up on the Web and showed details of Nokia’s first Windows phone. Judging by the professional quality of the video, it hardly feels like a leak. As so many others have guessed, the ‘leak’ was most likely the work of… Continue reading
The Signal Processing Industry and the Smart Grid
Since the term Smart Grid encompasses everything from Power Generation to consumer usage at home and offices, the work on developing the Smart Grid affects a whole range of industries. A recent article in the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine looked… Continue reading
The Driving Forces behind the Smart Grid
What are the driving forces behind the attempt to build the modern Smart Grid?1. Energy Efficiency: The modern world economy is hungry for energy. The human population is close to 7 Billion. A substantial percentage of this population lives in und… Continue reading
Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing and Multi-core Processors: A Golden Braid for the Modern Internet
For quite some time, I have been struggling with coming to grips with the whole notion of the Cloud Computing industry. I had trouble trying to figure out why anyone would want to use the Cloud. My reasoning was this: Pretty soon, everyone would h… Continue reading
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