Once a man told that technology makes men lazy, men asked why, man replied "last month i bought a lawn mover a week after that i hired a man to use it". Yes technology makes us lazier, whats worse?, it also eats up our time and health...Then why do everyone promote technology? just because it makes life easier..or is it better to say lazier? Nothing beats the value of time, But only a very little attention is given to developing technologies that really saves time. Saving time can be done by two ways,
one- just cut short the time, in this case the utility that you received in the former is much less compared to the latter, hence not effective. The second option is to cut the time short, meanwhile providing equal or more utility than what the former, greater time consuming technology offered, hence effective. The best example i could think of now is the email, which was surely a true time saver, compared to the postal services, as not only did it offer a much faster, cheaper platform for transfer of information it also supported mass communication., But most of the technology we have around have fall into the first category, for the sake of a new technology,Lets take movies. Its been decades and cinema duration's stays almost the same, If you can give me a movie that is only 10 minute long and i get more utility than what i could have got from a 2 and a half hour movie, applause! Whatever technology you stuff into it, 3D, 4D, 100D or whatever, i have 10 minutes, recharge me full, and that is an effective technology.
Technology should be first judged on its ability to save time. More time then more of everything. But to be totally effective it should be also efficient and safe. So all innovations should be rounded to three factors. The three tech judge factors. Lesser time consumption.Affordability- both financially and ecologically.Safety - of users health and interests.The one good example i can think of now is undoubtedly the worlds largest passenger aircraft as of now - Boeing Dreamliner 787.lets compare it against the three tech judge factors
one- just cut short the time, in this case the utility that you received in the former is much less compared to the latter, hence not effective. The second option is to cut the time short, meanwhile providing equal or more utility than what the former, greater time consuming technology offered, hence effective. The best example i could think of now is the email, which was surely a true time saver, compared to the postal services, as not only did it offer a much faster, cheaper platform for transfer of information it also supported mass communication., But most of the technology we have around have fall into the first category, for the sake of a new technology,Lets take movies. Its been decades and cinema duration's stays almost the same, If you can give me a movie that is only 10 minute long and i get more utility than what i could have got from a 2 and a half hour movie, applause! Whatever technology you stuff into it, 3D, 4D, 100D or whatever, i have 10 minutes, recharge me full, and that is an effective technology.
Technology should be first judged on its ability to save time. More time then more of everything. But to be totally effective it should be also efficient and safe. So all innovations should be rounded to three factors. The three tech judge factors. Lesser time consumption.Affordability- both financially and ecologically.Safety - of users health and interests.The one good example i can think of now is undoubtedly the worlds largest passenger aircraft as of now - Boeing Dreamliner 787.lets compare it against the three tech judge factors
1) Lesser time consumption - Flies at 0.85 mach top speed ( am not sure but i guess its pretty fast) and the best part being Boeing has identified 450 airport pairs that could be connected for the first time with the B787. It means a lot less of "via's" in your ticket. Huge time saver
2) Affordability- Dreamliner787 consumes twenty percent less fuel- Hence both ecologically and financially more affordable
3) Safety- The company claims it safe and their test flights also went awesome. So lets say its safe in the air. And also it may help fight jet lag with its 16% higher humidity and lower pressurization. The facilities is also much better and ambiance is really great with the much acclaimed B787 cabin lighting and many such innovations.
A true innovation if you ask me. one post on the well-respected aviation website airlinereporter.com called the B787 " the iPhone of aviation industry".Its not just the new Dreamliner but many such innovations have changed the way we kept our schedule and yeah budget too. Such technologies inspire greater innovation and we could never have enough of it. That is the reason why when these Tech judge factors looks positive its a sure hit commercial success, now all you got to do is communicate it to the world.
[As of February 2012, Boeing had received orders for 870 planes, worth an estimated $110 billion, making the Dreamliner the most successful commercial launch in aviation history]
