TCF@35

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TCF_at_35 THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING
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OUTLINE

• INTRODUCTION THE 1ST TCF
• HISTORY COMPUTERS
• HOW COMPUTERS WORK
• COMPUTERS _at_ THE TIME OF TCF76
• FUTURE APPLICATIONS
• COMMUNICATION
• COMPUTER LIFE
• OPEN DISCUSSION

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TCF_at_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

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1ST TCF in 1976
FRONT PAGE NY TIMES
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DOES ANYONE REMEMBER?
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TCF LEFT TCNJ IN 1990RETURNED IN 2005 FOR
30TH10 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

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FUTURE OF COMPUTING

• ?
• TO UNDERSTAND THE
• FUTURE, YOU MOST
• UNDERSTAND THE PAST.
• NOT A GREAT TRACK
• RECORD!

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HISTORY

• AUTOMATED PRODCTION WEAVING
• AUTOMATED COMPUTATION CENSUS
• MECHANICAL TO ELECTRICAL TO ELECTRONIC
• LSI INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICs)

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COMPUTER BOARD GAMEPROGRAM TELLS WHERE TO
BANCH IF.
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76 BIG CHANGE IN THINKING FROM

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

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TCF 76 - FUTURE THINK

• COMPUTER IN APPLIANCES DEVICES.
• COMPUTERS IN COMMERCE - THERE
• COMPUTERS IN EVERY HOME ?
• COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION ?
• THE INTERNET AND E-MAIL ????

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APPLICATIONS - 1?

• WORD PROCESSING/DOCUMENTS
• COMPUTATION ?
• ENTERTAINMENT
• COMMUNICATIONS

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1 AP

• DSP (DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING)
• DEDICATED ELECTRONIC CONTROLLERS IN APPLIANCES
• REPLACEMENT FOR
• ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

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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.

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FUTURE TRENDS

• BIOLOGICAL COMPUTING.
• PARALLEL SYSTEMS SETI_at_HOME
• MEMS (MICRO ELECTRONIC) MECHANICAL SYSTEMS)
  COMBINED WITH COMPUTERS

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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!

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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?