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We all love technology, don’t we? The beeps, the boops, the touchscreens, the Bluetooth, everything that makes our world wireless, our data given to us at high-speeds, and the form & function the arouses our eyes, and opens our wallets. Does anyone even remember the days before mass e-mails, Facetime, and digital signatures? It seems like ages ago, the stone age. Video conferencing? Quad-core CPUs? Witchcraft! Shenanigans!
But no, the amazing leaps and progressions with digital technology has been one of the most amazing feats and advances the human race has seen in the last 40+ years. To be the age of someone who was alive during World War II must be mind-boggling, to see the changes in the world. To hold something like an iPhone in your hand, and all the things from even 10 years ago, all in one device that size, still blows me away. To see computers with 1 Terrabyte (TB) Hard drives or more compared to when I was 5 years old, and my dad’s computer was a Tandy with a 5MB hard drive that was the size and weight of a cinder block is something I still cannot wrap my head around. Thinking about it almost doesn’t make sense, Does it?
The Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona, Spain for this year featured mobile technology at its best, with ideas, prototypes, and soon-to-be’s of the largest growing technology genre. Including industry heavyweights like HTC, Nokia, and Samsung.
First held in 1987, it is the world’s biggest mobile tech show operated by GSM Associates. Mobile World Congress was held in Cannes until 2006, at the time called “3GSM World”, and then was moved to Fira de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and renamed Mobile World Congress. Continuing to be the forefront of mobile communications technology with people and companies from 200 countries, this year’s MWC ran from February 27th to March 1st of this year, and while Q101 strives to one day cover an event this important on the other side of the world, Engadget were the ones to cover and report from the event, and you can read more about their coverage, and the amazing and exciting technology that is featured here.
Move over Microsoft Surface, the multi-touch capacitive table computer, 3M steps into the ring with their own from their Touch Systems division. A 46-inch, projected “Capacitive Technology Screen”, this beautiful device has the potential to recognize 60 touch points. The PROTOTYPE (yes, put it back in your pants, Chip) currently is at recognizing only 20 touch points, but it’s a very good start to an alternative to the Microsoft Surface that can cost you $12,500 for a commercial system, or $15,000 plus for a developer setup that consists of 5 chair (Ohhhh boy!), and technical support. The Microsoft Surface is manufactured by Samsung (but of course it is!), whereas it seems that 3M and their magic table are an in-house scenario. Do you wanna see it in action? Well, DO YOU? Go here, and formulate your own opinion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMURBcbzgbw
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