The Future of Computers

From Tubes to Tablets.

The primitive computers occupied entire buildings and the mid-20^th century machines consisted of rows of wires and vacuum tubes. The use of stacks of punch cards was needed to operate them. Recent developments like the iPad provide a breathtaking view into the future of computers.

Home Computers.

The introduction of personal computers and the general assent led to computers shrinking while their processing power increased. This was aided by influential personalities like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Costs have fallen, bulky CRT monitors have been replaced with LCD monitors. PCs will be changed by future technology such as the blending of appliances into the home network.

Laptops, Netbooks and Ultrabooks.

Laptops then netbooks and now “ultrabooks”. This devices have the characteristics of portability and integrated folding design among others. They vary in size and storage. Laptops rely on hard disk, netbooks on cloud and ultrabooks on flash memory. However future computer trends show less reliance on keyboards hence this category could be soon forgotten.

Tablet

Tablets have flooded the computer industry following Apple’s iPad. They are extremely portable and have simple design. Tablets have thousands of apps and internet access however they still use the keyboard but that may change.

Speech Recognition and Touchscreen Technology.

Speech recognition is far from perfect. Windows 7 has however a built in speech recognition software in its operating system. The mouse and keyboard will soon become obsolete with the development of touchscreen technology. Most tablets and smartphones use touchscreen technology. Windows 8 is expected to streamline touchscreen technology.

The future of Computers has arrived- Are you ready?

The most dynamic changes in the world of computers will most likely be startling based on history as the guide. Besides the most powerful advances in technology have taken us by surprise. It would be a good idea to consider mastering skills in order to flourish in today’s IT world.

Supercomputers to aid discovery of dark universe

Our cosmos is vast, it has a lot of stuff to explore and we need a lot of computing power to do that. The time is here when we would be using the best in class supercomputers to find he dark mysteries of the universe as it unfolds.

There are two very powerful instruments getting ready to scan the universe for us. The large Synoptic Survey telescope will scan and capture high-resolution videos of 40 billion galaxies. While The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Telescope will help measure distances of nearly 35 million cosmic objects. These projects are aimed at understanding the dark energy around these objects, while understanding how the galaxies react, expand or use gravity to increase the distance from earth. These resources are done in chilly, dark, humming rooms comprising of supercomputers. If there are dark energy and gravity is not present in space, Einstein can end up being proven wrong. Gravity attracts, not repels the universe. Katrin Heitmann at the Argonne National laboratory, tells that the use of computer simulators is an amazing way to predict models and cosmic mysteries. It helps understand the dark matter as it unfolds around us. HACC is being used by Neumann in order to simulate how the universe has revolutionized.

The team has also made up high-resolution videos and images of how the universe may have been created and expanded over the thirteen-billion-year cycle. Risa Wechsler at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory looking after DESI experiment uses comic models as a powerful medium to make future predictions. The energy survey is used as a tool to measure distances of objects before and after a cosmic event. Pen and papers cannot be used to calculate the complicated and complex universal structure, the use of supercomputer is the only way possible.