We live in an age in which everything we do in our life is portrayed on our facebook (and twitter) status updates. We get to know about what our friends are doing because they keep changing their status'. In our age, having over five hundred friends on facebook is commonplace . In case one of the five hundred odd friends stops updating their status no one would figure out what has happened. Thus we might reach a time when, if we shut down our computers and walk away on a (facebook) hiatus for five days facebook might automatically assume that you are no more, and update your status saying XYZ is no more.
(This is obviously assuming that we become compulsive status updaters, and keep updating our status' at the drop of a hat.)
The habit of updating out status might become so compulsive that we might start implanting micro-controllers below our vocal chords, which are remotely connected to facebook and twitter. These chips will have voice sensors that sense what we say. Depending on what is said, it updates our status. There is a real possibility that we might become automatic status updating cyborgs. To understand how these chips will automatically update our status consider the following conversation.
Friend: What are you doing?
Mukund: I just finished watching 'Up in the Air'.
Facebook will then read: Mukund just finished watching 'Up in the Air'.
or
Mukund: I'm going to meet my girlfriend for coffee.
Facebook: Mukund is going to meet his girlfriend for coffee.
Obviously this system will need to incorporate privacy features where some things can not be written on the update. I'm pretty sure that these issues will be evened out.
Tomorrow is today's future, so tomorrow is almost upon us. We'd better be prepared for what might happen tomorrow.
(This is obviously assuming that we become compulsive status updaters, and keep updating our status' at the drop of a hat.)
The habit of updating out status might become so compulsive that we might start implanting micro-controllers below our vocal chords, which are remotely connected to facebook and twitter. These chips will have voice sensors that sense what we say. Depending on what is said, it updates our status. There is a real possibility that we might become automatic status updating cyborgs. To understand how these chips will automatically update our status consider the following conversation.
Friend: What are you doing?
Mukund: I just finished watching 'Up in the Air'.
Facebook will then read: Mukund just finished watching 'Up in the Air'.
or
Mukund: I'm going to meet my girlfriend for coffee.
Facebook: Mukund is going to meet his girlfriend for coffee.
Obviously this system will need to incorporate privacy features where some things can not be written on the update. I'm pretty sure that these issues will be evened out.
Tomorrow is today's future, so tomorrow is almost upon us. We'd better be prepared for what might happen tomorrow.
i hope uve checked out pranav mistry's sixth sense machine...cause my dear...what uve proposed is not too far away!!...check out this link mate..if u havent heard of this guy already
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
i've read about this guy somewhere in the papers i guess. Not that sure but now that you did mention it, it does sound familiar.
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