Wireless has given us the freedom to explore and change our plans at any given moment. This summer I went to the beach with my cousins and out of nowhere a storm rolled in. Before wireless we would have packed up the car and driven straight home- but due to the marvelous invention of the GPS we were able to reroute ourselves to a famous ice cream place noted for its huge variety of frozen yogurt flavors. Thanks wireless GPS.
Anecdotes aside, wireless applications most commonly refer to our security systems (homes and offices), TV remote controls, and cellular telephony (phones and modems), and WiFi.
I couldn't agree more. We often try to think about even when we were younger and didn't have cell phones and wonder how anything was accomplished. Sure times were simpler when we were younger but not having a cell phone or any other wireless device now-a-days would cripple some people.
ReplyDeleteI honestly could not imagine my life without our wireless technologies. Going along with NJ Fordham's personal example, I also have an example of when wireless technologies saved me! I was working for the media this summer and was sent out as a producer on a shoot in Paramus, New Jersey. The camera crew picked me up in the city, and proceeded to make the famous drive over the GW bridge. However, once over the bridge, they realized that they were rerouted and were unfamiliar with the area. I had my cell phone and was able to pull up google maps using the wireless technology and direct them to the location. If it wasn't for the wireless technologies, who knows where we might have ended up!
ReplyDeleteI also know that many students depend on the wireless here at school. I work for Fordham IT in the dorms, and I know that since my freshman year the wireless has improved almost 100%. My first year at school, I had to constantly be plugged in and was completely dependent on the ethernet. However, in working with the students and the IT department, we've been able to increase the bandwidth to almost double what it once was. I can now walk around my room, my dorm, my classes, even Eddies wire free!
I think another implication of wireless technology is the security of one's information. For example RFID's are used in the latest passports issued by the US and other countries like the United Kingdom. For the sake of convenience, we're given easier access to our information. But at what cost? If anybody could read our information and track one with a GPS embedded cell phone, we should be aware of both the benefits of wireless technology and its shortcomings.
ReplyDeleteHaving wireless internet is great too, especially on a wireless phone! I find myself so many times needing to use the GPS on my cell phone as well! For example I may be walking around in the city and I realize that I need/ want to get something from a specific store, and how convenient check google for the closest store to me, or find it with GPS. CONVENIENCE!
ReplyDeleteWireless technology has made our lives easier and has made information more readily available to us. With wireless internet you have access to information immediately. In addition, wireless technology has changed small things as well. With things such as wireless mouses and keyboards, it enables us to get rid of annoying cables.
ReplyDeleteThe points many of you make about the freedom and convenience of contemporary wireless technologies are well taken, as is Luke's bringing up the downside of loss of privacy. If you had looked into the history of the term, though, you would have found that the wireless was used to refer to the wireless telegraph, which used radio waves to transmit via Morse code, and which became the basis of radio. Whether it's broadcasting or mobile devices, it all starts with the wireless.
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