The holidays are in progress. You are in your room with your laptop. Your mother wonders what’s in this stupid little box. Why is my child still stuck to this? You annoy him. She screams at you and yells back. She is unaware of the incredible horizons and dimensions that a laptop can offer.
I agree, your social life has become a waste now. Everything is virtual for you. Physical existence has no meaning for you. But have you ever explored the plethora of possibilities offered by the new age?
Every day, something new is added to the computer age. Researchers from Stanford University, Purdue University, IIT publish research papers every day, and companies express the idea in the form of a product. Denis Ritchie will be stunned by the fact that many researchers have derived derivatives of his C language and used it for their own purposes.
New domains are coming into the computer domain. I do not want my article to preach – therefore, I will give a fun, real-time example of each of the exciting areas.
One of these areas is ubiquitous computing. If you search for it on Google, you will get the following definition: “machines adapted to the human environment instead of forcing the man to enter theirs”. Confused? OK I will make it easy for you. Opt for an example.
It’s your birthday – you’re the king today. I You can ask what you want. You ask for ice cream. Someone brings it for you. You keep it in the refrigerator. But wait – your mother has already made jelly for you and she wants this jelly to take a special temperature. At the same time, you want ice cold enough for you to enjoy. You must lower the temperature. But that will ruin the jelly. So, how do you find a balance?
Here is our cool, ubiquitous computer funky; an intelligent guy he is. It is currently in the temperature controller of your refrigerator. Like the sun god Helios, he observes what goes in and out of the fridge. He knows everything. He now has a difficult situation in hand. He knows that there is jelly and ice cream. Like the sun god, he has a prior knowledge of the best temperature for a jelly and the best temperature for ice cream. He will take the average of both and fix it accordingly. Your mother is happy and your joy knows no bounds. All of these things happen without your intervention.
Regarding the definition of this smart chapter, here you do not control the controller, the controller controls itself according to your needs. You do not have to adapt to the controller environment. The controller will do it for you automatically. And this sneaky man can fit anywhere, inside your fridge and even inside the filaments of your clothes. Its small size and self-adapting property make it one of the most important research areas. The word “omnipresent” means omnipresent. A word suitable for him, is not it?
Another area I want to talk about is artificial intelligence. Alan Turing, a prominent scientist, normally explains that a curtain rises between the machine and you. You only know that behind the curtain, it can be a machine or a human being. But in reality, there is a machine behind the curtain. He speaks to you. You talk to him. If you can not tell if this machine is a human being or a machine, then this machine has artificial intelligence.
You are in the year 4050. You are sitting in a taxi. You are amazed. The taxi does not have a driver. At the same time, you hear a soft voice from the speaker. “Hello sir, it’s sunny today, please tell me where you want me to drop you off.”
You are still stunned. But then you say “Parkinson Street, Detroit”. The soft voice comes out again. “Ok sir, have a good trip” And vroom!
You reach the place in no time. The car has dynamically decided the best route to reach your destination depending on weather conditions and traffic.