In the text ‘The Computers of 21st Century’, Mark Weiser describe the concept of ubiquitous computing. The word ubiquitous means that ‘exiting everywhere’. The article is particularly interesting to read at present-day because the fictions that are explained by the author in the past are now actively present. The term ‘ubiquitous computing’ is also called as pervasive computing and touches upon a wide range of research topics, including distributed computing, mobile computing, location computing, mobile networking, context-aware computing, sensor networks, human-computer interaction, and artificial intelligence. The advance research in digital technology as well as artificial intelligence made its success possible along the way. However, after reading the text, I slightly feel anxious with the speed of advancement we are engaging with technology. Our research and excitement to delve further into innovating and upgrading things is providing the thinking capacity to machines. It would be terrible to be in the situation where the machines we make have started thinking – (excessive thinking: on their own). After reading the article all I can think about my future is the world where the fictional movies like Transformers, Terminator, Total Recall, Her, Tomorrowland rendering the (actual) reality. The other reading, ‘The Electronic as Post-optimal Object’ by Anthony Dunne touches upon several topics like the electronic as lost object, the electronic as object etc. The idea of solidity of the object and the fluidity of electronic media is explained through materialization and de-materialization.
10.15.2015