The Future of Computers

By: Skyler Wynn

Where is the future of computers going to take us?

Hands free More secure Easier to use

Areas of Emphasis

Holographic Technologies› i.Tech Virtual Keyboard› E-Ball› Holographic Storage Data

Blu-Ray Biometrics

› Fingerprints› Irises

Surface Technologies› Multi-Touch› Microsoft Surface

i.Tech Virtual Keyboard

Works with PDAs, Smartphones, PCs & laptops

Bluetooth-enabled Projects holographic

keyboard on flat surface

i.Tech Virtual Keyboard cont.

Dimensions are 9 cm x 3.5 cm x 2.5 cm

Ultra-portable with 120 min. continuous typing time

Has added sound effects to make holographic keyboard feel as real as possible

E-Ball

Created by Apostol Tnokopvski Smallest PC ever made 160 mm round sphere

E-Ball cont. Components:

› i.Tech Virtual Keyboard

› Dual Core Processor› 2 GB ram› 250- 500 GB

hardrive › Integrated graphics

and sound card› HD- DVD recorder› 2 x 50 watt speakers

› Wireless optical mouse

› LAN & WAN card› Modem› Web cam › LCD projector› Paper Holder› Microsoft Windows

E-Ball cont.

Holographic Storage Data

a technique that takes crystals or photopolymers and stores information inside them at a high density

Included in most electronic devices Spatial Light Modulators can produce

about 1000 different images a second at 1024 x 1024-bit resolution = 1 gigabit per second write speed

Holographic Storage Data: Blu-Ray

25 GB on single-layer disc 50 GB on dual-layer disc Uses blue-violet lasers to read and

write data which has a shorter wavelength allowing more data to be pack more tightly in less space

Supported by 200 of the world’s leading consumers in PCs, recording media, video games and music

Biometrics

study of unchanging measurable biological characteristics that are unique to each individual

Uses:› verify a person’s identity› allow or limit access to things such as computer

documents› access to certain areas of a building, and border

crossings Two types:

› Fingerprints› Irises

Biometrics: Fingerprints

Used to identify person No two people have same fingerprints Used mainly in allowing or limiting access Contain ridges and valleys & a livescan device or

reader reads or photographs the difference between the two

By rolling or touching the finger onto a sensing area the fingerprint is captured with sensors

technique in the works that allows fingerprints to be retrieved without leaving material that could be used in DNA analysis called SKP fingerprinting

Biometrics: Irises

colored ring around the pupil of the no two irises are alike amount of light that enters the eye is regulated

by this muscle software takes a picture of the iris and

recreates picture into an encrypted digital image

No contact or lighting Not effected by glasses or contacts can work from a couple cm to a

few meters away

Surface Technologies

Multi-touch› Gives computer users & mobile devices the

ability to interact and control a graphical user interface with one finger on either the application level or the system level

› Contains touch screen & software that recognizes multiple simultaneous touch points

Surface Technologies cont.

Microsoft Surface› Multi-touch› Large, horizontal, 30 in. display monitor› no keyboard or mouse; just grab and move › interaction with digital content by responding to

hand gestures and real-world objects; object recognition

› Multi-user experience; more than one person at a time can use

› Move info. Between devices› Can use more than one thing on screen at a time

Conclusion

Future of computers is steadily growing fast

The size how, we use them, and there ease of use is changing

Security is a lot better Video quality is better Storage is at a higher capacity