Socio-Technical Evolution

Once passed the 3GSM World Congress, I had to think deep on the (near) future of the sector evolution. One of the main conclusions I got from this deep thoughts (Not deep throats XD) was that technology has a "natural" evolution that mainly goes in the line of Citius, Altius, Fortius, i.e. Further, higher, stronger. That's the way Personal Computers have evolved in the past decades and almost all the digital technologies, more powerful processors, bigger space, broader network connections... In a different particular way, Mobile Technology does it in two dimensions. One is that called "natural" but also in another one, called Versatility or Conceptual, that is more related with the multi-purpose objectives cellular telephones are used nowadays, i.e. MP3 players, camera, mailbox, payment tokens... this continous "re-inventing" is really characteristic of this technology not by its nature, that also appears in other industries-areas of technical development, but for its strength in the technology and importance in present society. Cell phones have become a personal companion almost indispensable from the early times it was a simple telephone to be used in the car.

Mobile phones are condemned to become the personal token for communication, but also as a wallet, home and card keys, information and document library... almost any use we give to anything we carry along with us in the present times.

It's interesting how the MSc. has changed my views of technology and its evolutions. Also in relation to society is changed my view point. It has professionalized my analysis and gave me a way to underpin systematically every contact I have with the technological world.