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Media convergence in our daily life

• Newspaper

• Television

• Telephone

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Newspaper

Papercomplementary

Web site

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Television

Analog

Digital

CATV HFC(Fiber & COAX)

CATV FTTH

bidirectional

IP network

broadcast

multicast

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TelephoneAnalog

Digital

(ISDN)

VoIP/SIP(ADSL)

VoIP/SIP(Optical Fiber)

Modem

DSU+TA

(ISDN)

ADSL modem

ONU

IP network

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Media convergence toward IP, Internet Protocol

TCP/IP UDP/IP

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Economic TransformationsGeneral Purpose Technologies and

Long-Term Economic Growth

• The authors of the book list the Internet as number 20 of the 24 General Purpose Technologies throughout human history.

• Authors: Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw, and Clifford T. Bekarhttp://www.sfu.ca/~rlipsey/res.htmlRichard G. Lipsey, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Kenneth I. Carlaw, Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury,

and Clifford T. Bekar, Assoc Professor of Economics, Lewis and Clark College

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24 Technologies

Chapter 5: A Survey of GPTs in Western History:

Part I 10,000 BC to 1450 AD

     Domestication of plants 9000—8000 BC Process

     Domestication of animals 8500—7500 BC Process

     Smelting of ore 8000—7000 BC Process 

     Wheel 4000—3000 BC Product

Writing 3400—3200 BC Process

     Bronze 2800 BC Product

     Iron 1200 BC Product

     Waterwheel Early medieval period Product

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Chapter 6: A Survey Of GPTs in Western History:

Part II 1450 to 2010

The Three-Masted Sailing Ship 15th century Product

Printing 16th century Process

The Steam Engine Late 18th to early 19th century Product

Factory system Late 18th to early 19th century Organizational

Railway Mid 19th century Product

Iron steamship Mid 19th century Product

Internal combustion engine Late 19th century Product

Electricity Late 19th century Product

    

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Chapter 6: A Survey Of GPTs in Western History: Part II 1450 to 2010 Electricity Late 19th century Product Motor vehicle 20th century Product Airplane 20th century ProductMass production, 20th century Organizationalcontinuous process, factory Computer 20th century ProductLean production 20th century OrganizationalInternet 20th century ProductBiotechnology 20th century ProcessNanotechnology Sometime in the 21st century Process

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CHANGES

Internet Society

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Peter Ferdinand Drucker

The Ecological Vision:

Reflections on the American Condition.

We have been experiencing the future.

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New Members of APAN

will be introduced to you at

General Assembly on Friday.

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Enjoy the revolution