TCF@35 &

THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING

OUTLINE

• INTRODUCTION & THE 1ST TCF• HISTORY COMPUTERS • HOW COMPUTERS WORK• COMPUTERS @ THE TIME OF TCF76• FUTURE APPLICATIONS• COMMUNICATION• COMPUTER LIFE

“OPEN DISCUSSION”

TCF@35 &

THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING

• THIS SESSION IS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE 35TH TCF

( ALSO 155TH ANNIVERSARY OF TCNJ)

• TWO SESSIONS IN ONE: ONE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE AND ONE FOCUSED ON THE PAST

1ST TCF in 1976

FRONT PAGE NY TIMES

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER?

TCF LEFT TCNJ IN 1990RETURNED IN 2005 FOR 30TH

10 YEARS AT MCCC & 5 NJCS

IN ROOM BSC 202

LAST TIME TCF AT TCNJ WAS IN 1989

TCF76 WAS A HARBINGER OF THE FUTURE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL COMPUTING

FUTURE OF COMPUTING

?TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE, YOU MOST UNDERSTAND THE PAST.

NOT A GREAT TRACKRECORD!

HISTORY

• AUTOMATED PRODCTION –WEAVING

• AUTOMATED COMPUTATION – CENSUS

• MECHANICAL TO ELECTRICAL TO ELECTRONIC

• LSI – INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICs)

COMPUTER ~ BOARD GAME

PROGRAM TELLS WHERE TO

BANCH IF….

76’ BIG CHANGE IN THINKING FROM

• BOX FOR A SPECIFIC JOB

• TO A GENERALIZED BOX THAT CAN BE PROGRAMED TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING!

TCF 76 - FUTURE THINK

• COMPUTER IN APPLIANCES & DEVICES.

• COMPUTERS IN COMMERCE - THERE

• COMPUTERS IN EVERY HOME [?]

• COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION [?]

• THE INTERNET AND E-MAIL [????]

APPLICATIONS - #1?• WORD PROCESSING/DOCUMENTS

• COMPUTATION [?]

• ENTERTAINMENT

• COMMUNICATIONS

#1 AP

DSP (DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING)

• DEDICATED ELECTRONIC CONTROLLERS IN APPLIANCES

• REPLACEMENT FOR

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

COMMUNICATIONS• INTERNET – ULTIMATE INFORMATION ACCESS.

• CONVERGENCE - TELEVISION, TELEPHONE, COMPUTER ALL MERGING INTO ON BOX - iPHONE

• SPEECH RECOGNITION - SPEECH OS “WORD FOR WINDOWS”.

• MERGING OF COMPUTER AND MIND – THOUGHT CONTROL OF COMPUTER….

FUTURE TRENDS

• BIOLOGICAL COMPUTING….

• PARALLEL SYSTEMS – SETI@HOME

• MEMS (MICRO ELECTRONIC) MECHANICAL SYSTEMS) COMBINED WITH COMPUTERS

COMPUTERS THAT “THINK”

COMPUTER BASED LIFE --

JEFF HAWKINS - ON INTELLIGENCE REPRODUCTION GAGE OF LIFE CONCIOUS IS KEY

COMPUTER LIFE FORMS WILL NOT WANT TO TALK WITH US!

CONCLUSION

• THE NEXT 500 YEARS

WILL BE VERY

DIFFERENT FROM THE

PAST 500 YEARS.

• THERE WILL PROBABLY BE MORE COMPUTERS THAN PEOPLE.

• COMPUTERS COULD BE THE DOMINANTE SPECIES….. WILL WE CARE?