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TCF@35 & THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING. OUTLINE. INTRODUCTION & THE 1 ST TCF HISTORY COMPUTERS HOW COMPUTERS WORK COMPUTERS @ THE TIME OF TCF76 FUTURE APPLICATIONS COMMUNICATION COMPUTER LIFE “OPEN DISCUSSION”. TCF@35 & THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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OUTLINE
• INTRODUCTION & THE 1ST TCF• HISTORY COMPUTERS • HOW COMPUTERS WORK• COMPUTERS @ THE TIME OF TCF76• FUTURE APPLICATIONS• COMMUNICATION• COMPUTER LIFE
“OPEN DISCUSSION”
TCF@35 &
THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING
• THIS SESSION IS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE 35TH TCF
( ALSO 155TH ANNIVERSARY OF TCNJ)
• TWO SESSIONS IN ONE: ONE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE AND ONE FOCUSED ON THE PAST
1ST TCF in 1976
FRONT PAGE NY TIMES
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER?
TCF LEFT TCNJ IN 1990RETURNED IN 2005 FOR 30TH
10 YEARS AT MCCC & 5 NJCS
IN ROOM BSC 202
LAST TIME TCF AT TCNJ WAS IN 1989
TCF76 WAS A HARBINGER OF THE FUTURE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL COMPUTING
FUTURE OF COMPUTING
?TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE, YOU MOST UNDERSTAND THE PAST.
NOT A GREAT TRACKRECORD!
HISTORY
• AUTOMATED PRODCTION –WEAVING
• AUTOMATED COMPUTATION – CENSUS
• MECHANICAL TO ELECTRICAL TO ELECTRONIC
• LSI – INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICs)
COMPUTER ~ BOARD GAME
PROGRAM TELLS WHERE TO
BANCH IF….
76’ BIG CHANGE IN THINKING FROM
• BOX FOR A SPECIFIC JOB
• TO A GENERALIZED BOX THAT CAN BE PROGRAMED TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING!
TCF 76 - FUTURE THINK
• COMPUTER IN APPLIANCES & DEVICES.
• COMPUTERS IN COMMERCE - THERE
• COMPUTERS IN EVERY HOME [?]
• COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION [?]
• THE INTERNET AND E-MAIL [????]
APPLICATIONS - #1?• WORD PROCESSING/DOCUMENTS
• COMPUTATION [?]
• ENTERTAINMENT
• COMMUNICATIONS
#1 AP
DSP (DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING)
• DEDICATED ELECTRONIC CONTROLLERS IN APPLIANCES
• REPLACEMENT FOR
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
COMMUNICATIONS• INTERNET – ULTIMATE INFORMATION ACCESS.
• CONVERGENCE - TELEVISION, TELEPHONE, COMPUTER ALL MERGING INTO ON BOX - iPHONE
• SPEECH RECOGNITION - SPEECH OS “WORD FOR WINDOWS”.
• MERGING OF COMPUTER AND MIND – THOUGHT CONTROL OF COMPUTER….
FUTURE TRENDS
• BIOLOGICAL COMPUTING….
• PARALLEL SYSTEMS – SETI@HOME
• MEMS (MICRO ELECTRONIC) MECHANICAL SYSTEMS) COMBINED WITH COMPUTERS
COMPUTERS THAT “THINK”
COMPUTER BASED LIFE --
JEFF HAWKINS - ON INTELLIGENCE REPRODUCTION GAGE OF LIFE CONCIOUS IS KEY
COMPUTER LIFE FORMS WILL NOT WANT TO TALK WITH US!
CONCLUSION
• THE NEXT 500 YEARS
WILL BE VERY
DIFFERENT FROM THE
PAST 500 YEARS.
• THERE WILL PROBABLY BE MORE COMPUTERS THAN PEOPLE.
• COMPUTERS COULD BE THE DOMINANTE SPECIES….. WILL WE CARE?