Well if you read my previous blog entries you can pretty much guess why I did not attend this lecture... Not good I know but I really was expecting to be that crook.. Fine one minute and then... yeah, you get the picture..... So I thought I had better summarize what I have gotten out of the lecture notes yesterday to catch up...
So the first question of the lecture was:
"What are some current applications that will impact our lives?"
When you think of "Current Applications", the follow are what come to mind:
- Instant Messaging; MSN, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger
- Voice over IP / Voice Chat; Skype
Chatting technology like Instant Messenger and Voice over IP / Voice Chat work alongside with the Internet are of great convenience to any user and cheaper than using the old telephone. With the uprise in these applications phone companies are not going to be very happy...
- Nanotechnology
This quote from "The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change The Future Of Your Business" (by Jack Uldrich and Deb Newberry Read our review) sums it up nicely: "This is not to say that nanotechnology is a far-off, fuzzy, futuristic technology. It is not. It has already established a beachhead in the economy. The clothing industry is starting to feel the effects of nanotech. Eddie Bauer, for example, is currently using embedded nanoparticles to create stain-repellent khakis. This seemingly simple innovation will impact not only khaki-wearers, but dry cleaners, who will find their business declining; detergent makers, who will find less of their product moving off the shelf; and stain-removal makers, who will experience a sharp decrease in customers. This modest, fairly low-tech application of nanotechnology is just the small tip of a vast iceberg--an iceberg that threatens to sink even the "unsinkable" companies." http://www.nanotech-now.com/current-uses.htm
The second part of the lecture address the following types of software / applications etc:
Free Software:
While many people would still consider this term to mean any "free of cost", or "free as in free beer" software, in the truly *free* software world this terms represents software that comes with the freedoms to use, copy, study, modify and redistribute both modified and unmodified copies of software programs. We usually say "free as in freedom" to emphasize what it is all about.
www.libervis.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php
Open Source:
Open source software is similar in idea to "free software" but slightly less rigid than the free software movement. Users of open source software are (generally) able to view the source code, alter and re-distribute open source software. There is however less of an emphasis in the open source movement on the right of information and source code to be free and in some cases companies are able to develop proprietary products based on open source
www.ones.floss.meraka.org.za/postnukeII/modules.php
Creative Commons:
A non-profit organisation founded on the notion that some authors may not want to exercise all of the intellectual property rights the law affords them. Creative Commons has developed a set of free public licences to enable authors to share their work with others
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