| Home and office technology continues to move | | | | You acknowledge, take your bath and quetly walk out |
| forward at an alarming pace, and as I said before, it is | | | | of there to dress up. And as you walk into the kitchen, |
| better to try as much as is practicable to stay as | | | | the kettle greets you |
| closely as possible to these innovations. Industry, of | | | | Good morning, sir. Coffee or tea, sir? Tea, you say. |
| course took the lead much earlier with their industrial | | | | With or without milk, sir? the milk jug asks. |
| robots doing all sorts of things. And of course we did | | | | Milk, thank you, you say. How many sugars, sir? the |
| not care less; we are innocent consumers of industrial | | | | sugar basin asks. No sugar. Oh no! You..., the sugar |
| outputs so are only interested in the end product, not in | | | | basin protests, and so on. |
| how these terrible and unwelcome robots do their job. | | | | This is the kind of stuff that science-fiction was made |
| But now some of these robots are creeping into our | | | | of, but it is fiction no more. It should not be surprising |
| homes and our lives so we should have enough cause | | | | considering that science-fiction has always stood |
| to worry and start trying to understand what harm or | | | | between science and magic. Yet what I just said |
| good these dangerous things might do to us. | | | | above is no longer fiction. We can no longer say things |
| It has been said that the current advances in modern | | | | fall apart. Instead, things fall together, so to speak. |
| technologies make it very hard to distinguish it from | | | | Areas that seemed poles apart years ago now seem |
| magic. The day is not far when the two disciplines will | | | | to be merging.The scenario above is called pervasive |
| merge into one formidable entity. Unfortunately, no one | | | | computing. |
| knows what will happen then, we can only speculate, | | | | There is also wearable computing, where miniature |
| each according to his or her logical or superstitions | | | | computer chips are embedded into your skin or your |
| capabilities - it will not make much difference, I suppose. | | | | clothes so that you can communicate with your |
| Logic and superstition are also merging into one vague | | | | business or friends where ever you are, any time. |
| and dubious entity because technology is based on | | | | Farmers, especially, will like this. You stick a chip under |
| logic while magic is based on superstition. And where | | | | your cow's or pig's skin. And whenever you dial the |
| does this leave us? I guess we will never know until it | | | | beast's number, a message appears on your phone |
| is too late but I think the consequences are likely to be | | | | screen telling you precisely where the beast is located |
| terrible for those who will be around in the distant | | | | and what it is doing. And ladies also, should love this: |
| future. But for now I think we are not in any harm's | | | | instead of carrying theirr mobile phones in their |
| way so we are privileged to get the best out of these | | | | handbags, they just put on their favourite earrings |
| innovations. So I think it is prudent to look at some of | | | | (earphones) and necklace (microphone), and off they |
| the surprises that technology has in store for us. | | | | go. |
| Imagine getting up in the morning and going to the | | | | You can learn more about most of these electronic |
| bathroom. As you do so the tub starts filling up and, as | | | | devices for your home, office and yourself by visiting |
| you walk into the bathroom, the tub greets you | | | | Home and Office Electronics. |
| Good morning, sir, your bath is ready. | | | | |