Technology Continues to Shrink

For mankind in the technology world, bigger does not usually mean better. Instead, smaller packages are the expected results from investment and improvements. Computers and consoles have been subjected to skimming down and nowadays projectors are also being produced on a smaller scale. Electronic gadgets are continually advancing and becoming increasingly sophisticated. Whilst LCD TV screens are breaking boundaries with growing sizes and higher resolutions, other elements are shrinking. Flat screen TVs are becoming yet slimmer and many other products are also shrinking in size. The most notable example of miniaturisation in recent times would probably be in the portable personal computer market. Thanks to the manufacturer Asus, laptops have been complimented by netbooks. Although these are not yet quite as powerful as average laptops, netbooks are growing in popularity for their simplicity. They perform their primary functions extremely well, enabling users to surf the
web efficiently and application basic term processing software and such. The added portability is a bonus much if the loss of functionality and capacity is a bit of a turn off. Desktop computers have also been influenced by miniaturisation. Acer has already managed to successfully shrink the PC, packing in as much authority into them as their principles equivalents. These min machines also double up as living room media centres too. Another example of a product getting smaller can be seen with games consoles. Sony appeared to initiate this trend by remodelling their original PlayStation design for the re-launch of the PSOne. This continued with subsequent Sony consoles as the hugely successful PlayStation 2 also reappeared in a thinner format towards the end of its lifecycle. It"s fair to assume that the PlayStation 3 will also eventually become smaller as development continues to be invested in it. Portable consoles have also been given this treatment, again Sony changing
their PSP for a marginally smaller and lighter version. Nintendo have also given their DS console a in agreement treatment too. Projectors are also reducing in size. Optoma has produced a truly outstanding product in the Pico pocket projector. Roughly the extent of a modern day mobile phone, this small projector is capable of beaming images from media devices at up to a maximum of 60 inches, roughly 1.5m. The dimensions may seem small in comparison to normal sized projectors, however to be able to render a display of that magnitude is hugely impressive for the vastness of the projector. The technology involved in making these occupation is truly incredible. Via a miniature USB connection, you will be able to project images and videos from a mobile phone or video player. Storage media also hasn"t escaped this progression either. SD cards and Sony"s Honour Sticks both immediately come in much smaller sizes. These were developed almost absent of necessity as smaller device
s required expandable fame such as mobile phones and cameras. Again, cramming the entire bigness functionality into a much smaller margin requires a great deal of period and effort. The progress made in technology is amazing in itself. The reality that manufacturers are able to both increase functionality, yet decrease the extension in which they"re placed is on another level. In today"s society, advancements will continue to be made and it is anticipated that they will also be getting smaller too. Full text: http://computerandtechnologies.com/technology/news_2009-01-26-21-00-08-987.html