Ubiquitous Television
On WTAE’s Saturday morning broadcast they did a segment on the latest bathroom technology. One of the items was a mirror with a television in it. It was basically a 2-way mirror with a television behind it. This made me think of the ubiquity of television and how this compares with predictions about the ubiquity of microprocessors. Going further back in technology history, we can make a comparison with the ubiquity of electric motors. I have counted 7 motors in my house. I have also counted 7 television displays that I currently use. I may have more microprocessors but they are more difficult to count. Is their impact greater even though I don’t perceive it? Do we need a university study to tell us or do we go with the obvious that television has more impact and ubiquity?
Although microprocessors may be at the heart of many devices containing TV’s/displays I think that the display has the more noticeable impact. Look for animated displays to be everywhere in the short-term future. Already they are being placed in devices that formerly did not possess them (i.e. mirrors, refrigerators, telephones, cars). Really big TV’s first started to appear in sports arenas now they are starting to pop up along roadsides as billboards usurping the static images of the traditional billboard for our attention. A new sports bar opened close to my house. I haven’t been there yet but I hear that they have televisions at every table. I have driven by it and through the windows I can see dozens of televisions mounted from the ceiling. The latest buzz in technology circles is streaming, on-demand video over cell phones. Displays are being developed that can be rolled up like paper. Soon your entire wall could be “papered” with a display. There seems to be no end to where displays will be mounted. In fact, flexible displays will even enable wearable displays to be embedded in your clothing.
In the near future be prepared to find a television display in your field of vision every direction you look.
Although microprocessors may be at the heart of many devices containing TV’s/displays I think that the display has the more noticeable impact. Look for animated displays to be everywhere in the short-term future. Already they are being placed in devices that formerly did not possess them (i.e. mirrors, refrigerators, telephones, cars). Really big TV’s first started to appear in sports arenas now they are starting to pop up along roadsides as billboards usurping the static images of the traditional billboard for our attention. A new sports bar opened close to my house. I haven’t been there yet but I hear that they have televisions at every table. I have driven by it and through the windows I can see dozens of televisions mounted from the ceiling. The latest buzz in technology circles is streaming, on-demand video over cell phones. Displays are being developed that can be rolled up like paper. Soon your entire wall could be “papered” with a display. There seems to be no end to where displays will be mounted. In fact, flexible displays will even enable wearable displays to be embedded in your clothing.
In the near future be prepared to find a television display in your field of vision every direction you look.
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