Intangible or tangible, technology has been rapidly impacting societies and the way people do nearly everything, “From consuming media to performing research to maintaining relationships to communicating,”[1] Similarly, technology has changed the way businesses of all sizes operate. Technology has brought throughout the years an impressive improvement of efficiency in several areas such as product information, essential business processes, data tracking and analysis, cost, quality, and standardization among other business matters.[2] The question is when is Technology revolutionary and when is evolutionary?
Technology development depends immensely on money, however it’s application does not. Its perception of value depends on time and place, and the degree of change from the previous state and the new state of the tangible or intangible subject. “Changes can be evolutionary but not revolutionary in terms of technology.”[1] Not every technology will make a difference. When a technology starts changing the way people live and work, transforming the social landscape, and global economy, its when is considered revolutionary. These changes can happen in different scales and can have different meanings in different places. Developed countries may easily and rapidly develop technology, but it can take years for other countries, just to adapt it. While developed countries are experiencing incremental changes to existing technologies, in developing and undeveloped countries only a privileged sector is just starting to adapt technologies.
Smart phones are a good example of
this matter. Acording to John Villasenor[2], in
an article published by Forbes, smart phones won’t be having dramatic changes
soon, but they will have an amazing impact on developing countries where people
will be able to move from the basic phones to smart phones. Indeed, for the
people of developing countries, smart phones are not only offering mobility to
the users[3],
but they are supplying a lot of the functions that other devices such as personal
computers and tablets provide to users in developed countries: Open ended
possibilities of digital information. The question is......It is wearable technology revolutionary? or it is just the next step?
Is Google Glass a revolutionary
or an evolutionary technology?
For a
lot of “technology savvy” this could be the next big thing after the i-pad. You
start your interaction with these cool glasses with a simple "Okay
Glass" command, and then they will do amazing things for you: “Search
the web, take photos with a 5 MP camera, watch and record videos (720p video),
send messages and even conduct searches” The possibilities for this device are
endless and it would let us live our life in a way that was only in the
cool-tech movies.
[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnvillasenor/2013/09/27/looking-for-the-next-big-thing-in-smartphones-think-digital-inclusion-in-developing-countries/
[2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnvillasenor/2013/09/27/looking-for-the-next-big-thing-in-smartphones-think-digital-inclusion-in-developing-countries/
[3]
Within development countries the use of smart phones is giving the opportunity
to move their information around. Most of the people these countries have the
possibility to access to personal computers or tablets.
[1] Pash,
Adam. “How to
Move Your Business to Cloud-Computing, Make your workflow easier and more efficient
with web-based computing.” From PC-World, 07 May. 2010, http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/344536/how_move_your_business_cloud_computing/ 15
November, 2010
[2] They help to avoid costly and time-consuming redesigns after
components and sourcing.
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