Urban Public Issues,
Group 20
Week 3

Ubiquitous Computing

  This week some of our reading spoke to the ever increasing speed at witch the forward edge of technology is advancing. We see it all around us, each of us hold in his or her pocket a device capable beyond the machines of the past by factors of 100. 

  The phenomenon we are fast approaching is called a state of ubiquitous computing. We can communicate instantly, travel anywhere in under a day, make or break a plan a few short minutes before the date. As our relationship with the world changes, so does our relationship with ourselves. It is important to take a breathe and attempt to see the world for what it is, not what it appears to be.

   The spokes on a bike wheel will blend together past a certain speed but we all know that the spokes themselves have not changed.

  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=219YybX66MY&noredirect=1

  You can follow the link above to a speech made by my favorite son of quantum theory, Michio Katu. He invented string theory and has spent much of his career debating contemplating the nature of the future, as many  of his predictions come true, he gains re known and gives speeches like this one above.

  "We are in a new era for urban documentation. Indexed 

multiplicity, many-aspectival views, very wide participation, 

and archives that are unlimited in size and controlled by no 

one are likely to allow for a representation of urban life that 

is heterogeneous and unhegemonic."  (Kreiger, p.2)

 The quote from our reading is included because id like the opportunity to elaborate on the point made there. As technology increases, each of us becomes empowered, because as technology increases its price decreases, and more of us can afford it. When we all have fire, none can be left in the dark.