I found Howard Rheingold’s “How to Recognize the Future When It Lands On You” article extremely fascinating. Mobile devices affect everyone’s social practices. In Rheingold’s article, this quote especially stuck out to me “Mobile Internet, when it really arrives, will not be just a way to do old things while moving. It will be a way to do things that couldn’t be done before.” I completely agree with this quote. The mobile internet has not only advanced certain technologies and practices, but it has also continued to create new uses for devices and technology. It has made things possible that could not have been possible before. For example, no one would have ever predicted that there would be such technology that would allow people to talk to people all over the world through the computer and internet. This made me think about what new uses of technology there will be in the future. Rheingold states that within a decade, people will carry with them a device that will allow them to point it at a street sign and tell it where you want to go and then follow the map it beams to the device in your hand. That is absolutely amazing to think that we will all have that technology one day. This would prevent people from getting lost.
Presently, mobile technology is being used for organizing demonstrations by sending text messages on cell phones, organizing communities of interest, operating vending machines, receiving directions, searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, location awareness, finding potential dates, and so much more. In addition, most people own a cell phone and either make incoming or outgoing calls on it, or use it for text messaging. Text messaging has become increasingly popular over the past couple of years. One thing I did not know that I found interesting was that in poorer areas where phone calls are much more expensive, people send text messages or SMS messages.
It amazes me to think how all of these uses of mobile devices came from one mobile device.
After reading this article, I was fascinated how many countries in the world are affecting their social practices. Thus, I decided to research it. Things are not being referred to as cell phones anymore. Instead, they are being referred to as mobile devices because they are more functional and as powerful as computers. Healthcare industries are going to adopt wireless applications and services. Healthcare industries are expected to one day offer “HealthPhones” which will offer solutions to healthcare providers, virtual visits, and much more. Technology and mobile devices in the healthcare field are increasing in Singapore, South Korea, India, Mexico, and Thailand. It is insane to think about what our healthcare industry will be like in the United States a decade from now.
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It was very interesting to read about cell phones influencing heath care delivery. As with many other things the United States is in constant competition with other countries to find the new advances in technology. Rheingold mentions in his article that while the Japanese are profiting from mobile internet users the United States is just struggling to avoid failing with it. The United States really needs to step it up and introduce this new technology to its citizens. It is no question that other nations are more advanced than we are, but just how much more advanced? Your blog brought up many good points about that.
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