Week3- Hardware and Storage

In this week, we learned about hardware and storage of the computer system. I came up with some ideas about how to make computer system faster in reading software and other functions in the computer. In past two weeks, I wrote about building the technology with 3-D holographic images. To maintain 3-D holographic images, it would need lots of memory and storage data to be available so that 3-D holographic images to run smoothly without any problems.  One idea I came up with was making CD/DVD type of disc drive that also run 3-D type of disc drive showing in holographic images. Other was making holographic memory and storage to the computer components to make computer run faster.

In making 3-D type of holographic images to be shown, I thought that the computer components should also change as well. I came up with idea that 3-D type of holographic disc drive should be built in the computer system. Our technology is developing better as time passes so we will eventually see that our graphic cards in the computer would get better than nowadays. In order to read the 3-D type of holographic discs, it may require lot of memory to transfer so I came up with idea that instead of having chips with the memory, holographic memory would give more memory than today’s technology.

I did some research about holographic memory and I found out that some researchers are using laser beam and crystals to make the computer holographic storage system (Bonsor). This example of technology would provide much more faster computer and in able to read the data fast enough to holographic images to be shown smoothly. If computer holographic storage system existed, we could replace hard disk drive system. Using holographic storage system may computer to run faster, store more data and computer to be lighter than before.

References:

Bonsor, Kevin.  "How Holographic Memory Will Work"  08 November 2000.  HowStuffWorks.com. <http://www.howstuffworks.com/holographic-memory.htm>  26 September 2011.

Week 2- Privacy and Spreadsheet essentials

Last week, I introduced the concept of 3-D holographic images added to our current technologies, which could be useful and this new concept of idea of 3-D holographic images on the technologies might evolve throughout our generation. This week, I will be talking about how we can enhance our privacy through today’s social media such as the internet and adding to feature to the spreadsheet with the 3-D holographic images.

I was thinking about adding a camera-like device to top of the laptop or behind the computer monitor just for holographic images to “pop up” so that there would be new features within the computer to view as 3-D holographic images or not. In concerning about the online privacy, I thought of an idea that creating software similar to anti-virus software; which gives warning signs of if someone is tracking you down from the internet website such as our popular social media “Facebook” or “Twitter” with the IP addresses recorded by the such program that I thought of. So if someone is visiting ones “Facebook” or “Twitter”, the software records the IP addresses. With this software, I came up with an idea that it automatically gives warning display in holographic images top of one’s notebook or back of computer monitor so that the display gives clear alert or bring one’s attention who they are tracking by. This concept of idea of software with the holographic warning images popping up may reduce one’s privacy being stolen by someone.

Microsoft excel spreadsheet is essential software for most of the companies and people in our contemporary world. You can analyze record and calculate data and even graph your data. With idea of adding camera-like device for holographic images to the notebook or computer monitors, this new concept of idea can benefit such software even more. I was thinking about adding new feature in Microsoft excel spreadsheet of “view as holography” in graph section of such software. This image of graph being view as holography may be useful for one giving presentation to others in our daily lives (colleges, companies, and etc).

Week 1- History of computing and social media.

For my entrepreneurship project, I like to introduce concept of 3-D holographic images added to our current technologies.  With holographic images included to our technologies, our entertainments such as gaming and watching movies would be more fun and interesting. Imagine that you can view images in 3-D in front of you, and control the images as you like in our real world!  Also using holographic images to the technologies, images may be useful sources for business and medical purposes.

In my opinion, putting together of 3-D holographic images to our current technologies would be hard to develop. However, in our first lecture on “computing history”, 3-D holographic images added to the technologies would likely to develop in our future. The reason is that our society is trying to develop better technologies to our lives and as time passes, we get to see improved technologies to our lives. For example might be TV and computers, which we can now see in 3-D images.

Using internet to connect to social media became common practice for our daily lives. In our social media such as “facebook”, we have webcams that each other can look each other and communicate with each other. If these images came out to be 3-D holographic images, it would be more realistic to communicate each other and useful for business purposes as well. Furthermore, using videos to advertise their products or companies through 3-D holographic images in social media might attract more people’s attentions.