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I agree concerning it just being a tech demo. On the other hand, with the tech I've watched, and that I've been involved with, the market application is fairly
by rrmm 14y ago
I agree concerning it just being a tech demo. On the other hand, with the tech I've watched, and that I've been involved with, the market application is fairly close to the academic conception. Figuring out a feasible use case often comes a long time after the commercial introduction, if ever.
I get the feeling in certain cases, it's technology in search of a problem. That's ok (and even necessary) as long as I don't have to put up with it shoehorned in places it doesn't really fit.
- wladimir 14y agoit's technology in search of a problem in academic research that's the rule rather than the exception. The nature of research makes it very hard, even impossible, to predict what is going to have applications in the future and what those will be. To name an example, touch screens were also written off as an (awkward) curiosity for decades. I agree with the "I hope it isn't forced on me", but that's a wholly different discussion. That's a common theme with technology: in the beginning you can choose and it all seems great, later on you're considered odd if you opt out because "everyone is using it". But that's not the fault of the researchers or of the technology, but of the way society handles it.
- ucee054 14y ago> it's technology in search of a problem >> in academic research that's the rule rather than the exception That tells you something about academic research