Wireless tech in a wireless culture

There are generations of technology in history that have laid down a template upon which our increasingly wireless society is based on. Beginning with the wireless telegraph, and essentially every technology succeeding said telegraph have ultimately broken the bonds of wires and entered the wireless realm. Today, we see a rapid growth of such wireless technology that fuels just about every aspect of our socioeconomical, technological, and political lifestyles. Wireless LANs and routers for our everyday access to the internet, cellular phones, Bluetooth technology that makes cell phones (and just about every other gadget and tech out there) even more wireless than they already are, are just some of the examples that lay the groundwork for where our society has been, currently resides, and seem to be heading in the future.

I discussed some of the issues that wireless technology is facing present day, namely that of the 3G network and how it's not really all that it's cracked up to be. It addresses only transmission speed, and not other aspects of wireless tech important for consumers like cost and power consumption -- despite how expensive 3G is and considering less than stellar data speeds. There are four main issues that wireless tech faces: low transmission rates, costs, too much power consumption, and interfaces insufficient for those constantly on the move.

The rest of my presentation focused on Bluetooth technology, and -- if applied correctly -- could be the end-all, be-all of wireless technology. A universal solution, if you will. Already highly implemented in Europe, cutting edge Bluetooth technologies are being integrated in so many aspects of European life that the U.S. is quickly falling behind in this realm. Despite some of the set backs of Bluetooth -- ease of hacking or interception, basic security, and short ranges -- the pro's far outweigh the cons and it is only a matter of time before the relative kinks of Bluetooth are sorted out and integrated into society. . .as generations of wireless tech has gone before.