What are the latest technology in the past ten years?
June 21st, 2009
Ostara asked:
Could you list a few really good websites that give you information about the latest techonology in the past 5-10 years. I am not looking for the latest mobile phones or games but more about new qualities. Example: carbon nanotubes.
Thanx a whole bunch. I need it for my project.
Could you list a few really good websites that give you information about the latest techonology in the past 5-10 years. I am not looking for the latest mobile phones or games but more about new qualities. Example: carbon nanotubes.
Thanx a whole bunch. I need it for my project.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:36 am
Popular Mechanics Magazine did a story on “Top 50 Inventions in the last 50 years” that list three from the previous decade:
1998–GENETIC SEQUENCING
Scientist Craig Venter announces that his company will sequence the entire human genome in just three years and for only $300 million–12 years and $2 billion less than a federally funded project established to do the same thing. Venter uses a method called “shotgun sequencing” to make automated gene sequencers, instead of relying on the laborious approach used by the government program. The result is an acrimonious race to the finish, which ends in a tie. Both groups announce the completion of the human genome sequence in papers published in 2001.
1998–MP3 PLAYER
Depending on who you ask, the MP3 is either the end of civilization (record companies) or the dawn of a new world (everyone else). The Korean company Saehan introduces its MPMan in 1998, long before Apple asks, “Which iPod are you?” When the Diamond Rio hits the shelves a few months later, the Recording Industry Association of America sues–providing massive publicity and a boost to digital technology.
2002–IEEE 802.16
The geniuses at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers publish a wireless metropolitan area network standard that functions like Wi-Fi on steroids. An 802.16 antenna can transmit Internet access up to a 30-mile radius at speeds comparable to DSL and cable broadband. When it all shakes out, 802.16 could end up launching developing nations into the digital age by eliminating the need for wired telecommunications infrastructure.