By: Onieja Taylor
A short forty-one years ago, Martin Cooper, an engineer for Motorola, had a clever idea of people being able to carry their mobile devices everywhere. In April 1973, Cooper became the first individual to make a call on a portable mobile device. The device weighed more than two pounds, and it took nearly 10 hours to charge for only 35 minutes of conversation. Now a days that idea is strongly hard to believe. Today people cannot live without their cellphones. Joshua Bell, an anthropologist and curator of globalization at the Natural History Museum identifies this idea as true. For the past two years, Bell and Joel Kuipers, an anthropologist at George Washington University, have researched mobile phone culture and how it has become a global phenomenon.
Bell proclaims that phones will literally become a part of us. We also discussed this idea in class. Technology has literally changed so much over the years and it could only get better from here. Bell along with other futurologists believe that phones will become a "remote control" for our daily lives. Rumors have surfaced that maybe phone will be holographic displays. The future phones will also help educationally. It has been predicted that more than one in three children will have a mobile device. Children will be able to use the camera and voice recorder tools as teaching methods. Companies have also looked into eco-friendly mobile devices. At the mobile world congress trade show in 2016, an idea was introduced by Kyocera. It was a solar powered prototype. The phone was originally for those who work outdoors but the company hasn't created a way to charge the phone without a wall charger. There is no denying that cellphones will eventually become one with us humans but there is no telling when.
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So funny how predictions are spot on. I literally feel lost without my phone. I also didn't know the original use for phones, kind of cool!
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything that is said in this blog because I already feel one with my phone. Without it I feel lost and out of reach with the world unfortunately. Some days I wish I could survive without a phone but it is really hard to wrap my head around that concept. It's used in so many ways now, which is funny because it started off as a device to be able call people mobile which is barely being done now. Everyone is into texting, emailing, and being on social media.
ReplyDeleteSo true! It's amazing how much cell phones and technology is really an everyday part of our lives. The other my cell phone blacked out for hours and my internet on my computer coincidentally wasn't working either. So I was completely unplugged. I felt so strange with it! It just so how much cellphones, internet and technology is a huge part of our lives! -Kyaris Wade
ReplyDeleteThere's really no denying that cell phones are already apart of us. I think this will help with the transition into the remote control stage along with the educational advantages. It's really just a matter of time.
ReplyDeleteThis blog post is great in detail. It has a lot faith in phones being one with humans, this may or may not be true. I do agree that it can become a remote control for our daily lives it has already in a lot of ways.
ReplyDeleteThis blog post is very relevant. I agree with the points hit in this post. I know that I personally feel very attached to my phone and when I leave out the house without it I have to turn around to get it, even if it will make me late. It is unfortunate that it has to be this way but I've become very dependent on technology to execute tasks throughout the day.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy that they had to charge for 10 hours just for 35 minutes of conversation! It's crazy seeing how far we have come as a society with our phones. I can only imagine for much further we can go and how much more advanced they will get.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting post especially about phones being holographic displays and a remote control for our lives. We have come a long way with technology so far and we keep advancing, so I have no doubt that could be somewhat true in the future.
ReplyDeleteIts wild to think about a time where our phones literally become apart of use. I love my phone and feel like I'm already connected to it now. Ethnology is changing the way we do everything.
ReplyDeleteMy first phone was the Nokia 1100 and I thought the snake game was the best we could get! Now, we have all-in-one phones. You do not necessarily need a digital camera, computer, tv, etc. I am not surprised to see that a cell phone may literally become the remote control for our life. They already have that impact. I believe that this is too much power for a device to have. I love my phone, but I rather be the remote control to my life, not a device that can break any second. Then what do I do?
ReplyDeleteToday in my Human Sexuality course, we spent the first 30 minutes of class in the "dark". We turned off all of our cell phones and digital technology. It was amazing to see people thoughtlessly look at their phones even know they knew they were off. Millennial's are truly addicted to their phones. But how can one not get addicted to something that acts as a one stop shop for all communication.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post being that today it's so hard to keep individuals off their mobile devices, people have grown an attachment with their phones because of all the technology involved and what one can do on many different platforms on one single device.
ReplyDeleteMy phone is one of my best assets while in school I use it for something . I love unknown information that the blogs provides to us about the details and usage of mobile devices that we may not have been aware of
ReplyDeleteGreat article but it's unbelievable that one day our phones will be apart of us. But as you can see many people can't put their phones down for more than 3 hours including me.
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