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UNIT 4
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE OF IT
LEAD-IN
1 Work in groups. Study these predictions of developments in
Information Technology from 1997. Which, if any, have come true? How
likely are the others to come true?
2000 – Electronic newspaper
2000 – Visual computer personalities on screens
2003 - Hydraulic chair for virtual reality games
2005 - Personal wearable health monitor
2006 – Fire fighting robots that can find and rescue people
2007 – Terabits per second on optical fibres over distance
2010 - Robotic pets
2010 – Robotic devices within blood vessels
2 Give your predictions about the future of the developments mentioned
in Activity 1.
READING
3 Work in groups. Study the texts on recent developments in one area of
Information Technology, A, B, C and make brief notes on the main points in
each of the two texts.
A – Domestic appliances
B – Avatars
C - Robotics
A.
1) Barcodes in the packaging of
groceries will soon be replaced with
radio-frequency tags that can be read at
a distance and with greater reliability.
As well as indicating what the product
is, the data in the tags will include
additional information such as the 'best
before' date and even nutritional data.
Now, imagine that a fridge could read
these tags and keep track of the items
placed there.
If an item is about to exceed its 'use by'
2) A washing machine that can
communicate with the Internet using its
own built-in mobile phone has been
launched by Ariston.
The margherita2000.com washing
machine will be able to send
breakdown reports for repair and
download new washing cycles from its
own website. And the householder will
be able to control the washing cycle
remotely using a mobile phone or by
logging on to the machine's own
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