There are two senses of "inevitable" when used with technology. In the first case, an invention merely has to exist once. In that sense, every technology is inevitable because sooner or later some mad tinkerer will cobble together almost anything that can be cobbled together. Jetpacks, underwater homes, glow-in-the-dark cats, forgetting pills — in the goodness of time every invention will inevitably be conjured up as a prototype or demo. And since simultaneous invention is the rule not the exception, any invention that can be invented will be invented more than once. But few will be widely adopted. Most won't work very well. Or more commonly they will work but be unwanted. So in this trivial sense, all technology is inevitable. Rewind the tape of time and it will be re-invented.
The second more substantial sense of "inevitable" demands a level of common acceptance and viability. A technology's use must come to dominate the technium or at least its corner of the technosphere. But more than ubiquity, the inevitable must contain a large-scale momentum, and proceed on its own determination beyond the free choices of several billion humans. It can't be diverted by mere social whims.
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Software tricks people into thinking it is human - tech - 06 September 2011 - New Scien... - 0 views
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Cleverbot tricked 59 per cent of people that they were talking to another human - suggesting it has passed the Turing test
Google is destroying your memory | KurzweilAI - 0 views
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Well, OK, maybe not totally destroying it, just making it unnecessary to rely on friends, libraries, books, notes, and other forms of "transactive memory" (external systems), thanks to the rise of Internet search engines, Wikipedia, and other Internet tools.
Computer Support Specialists Today Are Ready To Serve You - 1 views
Our zoo is highly operated by computers. The cages of the animals are powered by computers which opens and closes once operated from our server. Since the zoo has a sophisticated computer system, w...
What if the revolution that ends 'gun control' is a technological one? - St. Louis gun ... - 0 views
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And now, as CNC milling machines and stereolithography (three dimensional printing) devices fall in price to the point of being not out of reach for a hobbyist's workshop, home manufacture of scary "assault weapons" will soon be a few mouse clicks away.
Knowing All about IAAS in Cloud Computing - 0 views
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Cloud computing is an Internet-based computing by which a range of resources such as servers, storage, and applications are delivered to company's devices and individual's computers through the internet.
3 Sharp Reasons Why Collaborative Communication Adds To Your Bottomline - 1 views
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Standard phone calls and net connectivity is simply not enough to keep in touch with internal teams, and neither with your market. It has to be a real life, constant communicability experience that Unified communication provides.
Choosing the Right Cloud Hosting Service Provider - 0 views
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Cloud computing is enabling enterprise owners to manage their data and workforce remotely for more effective and efficient work management.
5 Points to Keep In Mind While Choosing Data Center - 1 views
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Before availing data center service, the first thing that a company notices is how fast and easily they can reach to the physical location of their data center.
U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners - Salon.com - 0 views
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almost certainly under-stated conclusion that it has "found that since Obama took office three years ago, between 282 and 535 civilians have been credibly reported as killed including more than 60 children." And targeting rescuers and funeral attendees of your victims is quite the opposite of keeping the drone program on a "very tight leash."
Carl Sagan Day | Center for Inquiry - 2 views
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Please join us this November as we honor Carl Sagan and celebrate the beauty and wonder of the cosmos he so eloquently described. Carl Sagan was a Professor of Astronomy and Space Science and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, but most of us know him as a Pulitzer Prize winning author and the creator of COSMOS. That Emmy and Peabody award-winning PBS television series transformed educational television when it first aired in 1980, but now, thirty years later, it's gone on to affect the hearts and minds of over a billion people in sixty countries. No other scientist has been able to reach and teach so many nonscientists in such a meaningful way, and that is why we celebrate Dr. Sagan, remember his work, and revel in the cosmos he helped us understand.
Video - Douglas Rushkoff on Why Jobs Are Obsolete - WSJ.com - 1 views
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All the fixation on creating jobs in America is outdated and misguided, argues media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff. He explains to WSJ's Dennis Berman his theory on new models that could actually increase productivity and make Americans more satisfied.
The Best Electrical Safety Company - 1 views
I was very concerned about my industry plant because I want my employees to be always safe from fire accidents and other electrical accidents since we use a large number of electrical equipment and...
E-Bugster - The new all electric Beetle - 0 views
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The latest Beetle might be 'more power, less flower', but that doesn't mean that it's anything other than environmentally conscientious, and that's especially the case with the E-Bugster concept, which is powered purely by electricity.
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