NFC JournalUltimate convergenceLeaps of technology connect us in new ways, and transform life as we know it. For example, the telegraph, the automobile, the Internet. Now the next big change is coming: the connection of everyone to everything and everywhere
by Steve Overman, Zero Latency Ventures |
It’s more than the web. It’s more than the mobile. It’s more than social media. It’s all of these things, plus linked data, location-awareness, our behavior patterns, our purchasing habits, the spaces we enter and vehicles we drive, and even the monitoring of our physical selves: our heart rate, temperature, and mood.
The physical and digital worlds are becoming one. This is what we call realtime. It’s the fusion of live information with real space and real life. To understand how we got here, let’s hit the rewind button. The smoke signal was the first, albeit near-field, form of realtime communication. Using fuel and fire, we could send live messages to those in the vicinity. Over the centuries, the use of symbols, written language, written music, and pictorial storytelling whether drawings, paintings sculpture or stained glass, allowed for time-shifted communication between people, cultures, and generations. 
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