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Windows 8 Beta
Apr 18th
Leonardo Quadrado – 1st semester, System Analysis and Development
Reinventing itself.
Since the first rumors back in June/11 the expectations for the new Microsoft’s operational system were pretty high. This high expectation can be explained by the new Microsoft mobile operational system, the Windows Phone, which was responsible for introducing the new Metro Interface to the world. This interface made a good first impression and everyone was wondering: “What if Microsoft creates interfacing experience such as its mobile phone operational system version?”
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of rumors and previews where published on blogs like gizmodo.com, but nobody could afford such previews until September/11.
On the BUILD convention, the interfacing system for desktop operational systems were revealed. The expectation took place in the technology specialized blogs around the world.
Not only was the s interface new, but also the whole Windows was better and, for the surprise of many enthusiasts, it was working properly!
Some of the Windows 8’s key points are:
New Microsoft Internet Explorer 10: Microsoft promises total integration with HTML5 and a faster navigation through the Internet.
Windows App Store: just like Apple’s iOS and Mac, Google’s Android Market and Linux’s Ubuntu 11.10 AppWorld, Microsoft is introducing for the first time in its history a Windows App Store. The main concept of an app store, first introduced by Apple, remained the same and now you pay less than you used to when you’re to buy your software.
But, as everything in life, it has its weaknesses…
The Metro apps: since it is still a Beta version of Windows 8, people usually don’t expect much about the apps, but they are really, really simple. Exemplifying: on the Messaging app (Windows 8 MSN Messenger) it’s not possible to find the list of online friends to chat with! Yes, you have access to it and talk to people, but you can only do that if they start the conversation with you, otherwise, you just stay online and don’t know who is online too!
Excessive right-clicking: every user knows that when you right-click something an option box pops up and you have some options for editing, copying and pasting (this depends on where you click and which application you’re using). When using the new Windows 8 the number of right-clicks increases a lot. As we can see below, the app has a minimalist interface and no options menu with basic commands like editing, copying, pasting and undoing is displayed and you need to right-click the application so as to have the option box opened. This excessive right-clicking ruin the experience of the user since you have to right-click everything and move your mouse pointer to a specific place every time you want to see the options. Exemplifying:
With right-click to open the application’s options
Without right-click
Conclusions: Windows 8 may be awesome if you’re using a table or tablet. But when it comes to desktops the operational system is not strong or reliable enough to replace our Windows 7 environment. Yes, it’s still a Beta version but Microsoft has a lot to work on if they want to provide a killer desktop experience for the desktop users.
What do they do with my data?
Mar 23rd
By Renata Rodrigues de Mesquita,
4thSemester – System Analysis and Development
If you are a gmail user you have probably noticed that since the beginning of this year they have been notifying the users about changes on privacy policy. But is this any of my business? Does it really affect me?
Well, yes and yes. This is our business and this affects us. This affects the way we surf the web. Actually, it affects privacy. Our data privacy, our information.
This article is about privacy policies on the web. Web is changing, and changing fast. Every day, there are more users with different interests. More and more websites providing a huge number of services, as Google does. They provide several services, such as email account, the useful maps and of course the search engine, just to point a few services. With their new policy they are going to consolidate data from their different services. So, all their services will collect and put together information about the users, such as the sites they visit, what kind of words they use and so on. That data collection, they claim, will help them to provide better services.
If we think about services on the web, it’s obviously that some of them need to collect and keep some data. For example, let’s imagine I am thinking about buying a book. Amazon, Livraria Cultura, Saraiva and so on must know my name, my address, my credit card number- if I want to pay them that way… Otherwise they can’t deliver the product; they can’t provide me with the service.
I may also think about the cookies. They are used by several websites because if you visit those sites very often they can be loaded faster. This technical tool was conceived to improve website performance. But they also can be used to track where the visitors of a certain website are.. It’s the kind of information you don’t provide voluntarily. It’s just something they can collect and use later. Some websites keep records of what you click on, what kind of books you see. Like that, they can build up a profile and offer you customized services.
Social media might request some data for a number of reasons. It allows other users to find you. And this is good, I think. The more information you provide, the easier is for your kindergarten classmate to finally find you. Here we have two situations: one in which you provide the information you want the way you want. Situation two; they just pick up the information you leave behind and you don’t even know about it. That’s when the privacy policies are important. They rule how and what information the companies can retain. And it doesn’t matter whether you provided them voluntarily or not. The rules can be checked at any moment on those privacy policy statements we see here and there. These statements also establish what kind of data they can – yes – redistribute. Some people consider the data very important. They can be used to launch a new product, or to decide the best site to reach a certain public.
But the point is: what are they going to do with that? Is it important? Well, that’s where the debates start. Do I need privacy? Well, if I am buying a technical book about things I work with, it’s nice that they have my profile and email me with the latest book on that area. On the other hand if I am looking for something that I don’t want to people to know about it, I might not like the fact that my data is kept.
What is public and what is private? What information about me is my property? What must be public? Can someone use it against me? These are the questions we all should think about. Thus, we may find the best balance between the public and the private on the web.
If you would like to know more about privacy policies have a look at these sites. The first two sites are articles about Google’s changes. The last one is about Facebook.
http://www.itnews.com/privacy/42888/google-launches-privacy-plan-amid-protests
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223852/In_letter_to_Congress_Google_defends_privacy_changes_
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebooks_zuckerberg_says_the_age_of_privacy_is_ov.php
The “New Old Fashion” of application development
Dec 19th
By Eduardo de Moraes Ponzoni, São Paulo
4th Semester – System Analysis and Development
For a long time, the largest investments in technology to improve storage capacity and data processing were made in large equipment, or equipment so-called “servers”. The software and the hardware for the so-called “clients” during all this time have been one step behind, specially because major information technology players such as the IBM Corporation have long said that these “clients” (micro computers or PCs) would never be able to store large amounts of data or to perform complex or heavy processing, and even worse: be networked.
So it took a long time before PCs began to raise people’s interest, which led the manufacturers of hardware and software to start making investments in these computer models. It has allowed, over the past few years, major advances in terms of hardware and software and specially in three points that IBM at the time said they would never be efficient at or capable of: storing large volumes of data, processing heavy and complex data with satisfactory response time, and networking, including wireless networks or wireless technology known as Wi-Fi.
Today, the new fashions of hardware are tablet computers and mobile phones, while the new fashion of software include different styles of web-based and “cloud” applications.
Okay, but why is it called the “New Old Fashion” of application development, and why is it said that this is not an absolutely brand new subject? We’ll see it pretty soon. Now, let’s look back a little bit, starting with MAINFRAME applications development
Mainframe applications development
At the very beginning of application development for MAINFRAME computers, there wasn’t any kind of concern towards the interaction between the users and the applications. That was because the main focus was to build robust applications to process large amounts of data in the shortest time possible.
The application visual was always the same, based in character mode, usually 25 lines and 80 columns with a black background and green foreground. The interaction with the applications was all done using a mainframe terminal or an emulator and a regular keyboard.
The navigation through the applications was done by function keys (known as “PF”), or menu choices, where the user would type letters or numbers according to the navigation menu option.
The programming languages for MAINFRAMES also were (are) complex. Most MAINFRAME applications were (are) written in ASSEMBLER (one of the most “down level” languages known), or COBOL (which has a very hard and verbose code).
Client-Server applications development
As the personal computers began to evolve in both hardware and software, companies like Microsoft and even IBM began releasing operating systems that had a greater number of features aimed at regular users, based on graphic applications, introducing the concept of “windows”, and “windows’ components” such as dialog boxes, text, drop-down lists and processing buttons. Moreover, with the increased processing power and storage of the small computers, there were investments towards distributed computing in computer networks and then a new application development concept was born: the model known as “Client-Server”, whose fundamental idea is to distribute the application tasks and responsibilities in two layers: “client” and “server”.
The role played by client layer is as simple as request access and use of “server components” and display data or results to the user, while the server layer provides resources and/or services or server components. Server components include database access, security concerns, file sharing, business rules and all application processing.
The server layer can also be layered in other layers distributing the server responsibilities depending on its requirements and architecture.
Despite all the advances that leverage this computing model, it has some problems, both for hardware and software.
In this model, the client-side hardware does not require large storage capacities and processing, but in any case change the application or screen, requiring you to reinstall the application. In a small network with few computers using the application that does not seem to be a big problem, but imagine a large network as a financial institution for example.
Once on the server-side, there may be a growing demand for upgrading the hardware as the application becomes larger or more complex, or as the number of clients increases, or as the volume of data to be processed and stored increases.
To be continued…
Learning a language using the Internet
Oct 28th
By Renata Rodrigues de Mesquita, São Paulo October 28th 2011
4th Semester – System Analysis and Development
Technology has made a lot of things easier. One of the greatest things technology has done is shortening distances. It means that I don’t need to go to a library to know if they have a certain book I’m looking for. I can read a newspaper from Greece without being physically there. And I can learn a different language without even moving from my comfortable sofa.
The article is about learning languages over the web. The web is full of great stuff to help us to learn more and more about any language you want.
Nowadays if I want to learn a new language I can be easily helped by the web. First of all, I am going to find a lot of schools and teachers in my area with one or two clicks. Then there are a number of courses online. Paid or free, you can join them. Additionally, you can get in touch with a new language. And that’s my favorite thing when trying to improve my knowledge.
Getting in touch with a foreign language means much more than learning words and composing sentences. Learning a new language is also acquiring a different point of view. Each language and culture has a particular way to express, feel and understand things. Language is a part of culture. Behind each sentence in each language there is a whole world of meanings. Once I read an article by the great author Partha Chanterjee about the difficulty, even impossibility of translation of terms between cultures. My point is, if you want to really learn a language, you need to learn the culture and the hidden meanings behind the words.
And Internet is just great for that. The “www” is there to shorten any distance between you and other cultures.
You can read several newspapers from almost every corner of the Earth, written in a lot of different languages. If you experience trouble in finding a newspaper in a particular language or from a specific country, this website might be useful: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/. It´s cool to read news in other languages because they offer different points of view about world issues. And it’s also interesting to see what other countries and cultures consider important enough to become news.
You can also try some radio stations. That’s my favorite part. I am always looking for radios on the web. I love to hear news in other languages, even when I am not able to understand what they are saying. My ears can get accustomed to the sound and that’s very important when learning a language. Furthermore, you can perceive what kind of songs they like, what kind of songs they produce, what kind of advertising they have. Since I am always looking for new radios or new database websites, I don’t know any particular site to recommend, but among all sites I visit, I particularly like the BBC. Although I have to confess that I prefer local radios and newspapers when I am looking for radios on other languages other than English, BBC radio broadcasting in different languages are easy to find. I just google it and there it is: a radio in Hindi. But actually BBC is very helpful when we think about learning languages: they have good online courses. Interested? Have a look at their website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
There are a couple websites where you can actually talk to people from all around the world and while you learn more and more about the way they talk, speak and act, they also learn about you. You can have a look at http://www.livemocha.com or www.busuu.com. Internet allows us to have this great exchange that was unthinkable 20 years ago. The interaction between people from different backgrounds can extend our minds’ frontiers and let down barriers of prejudice and racism. So, maybe the Internet is helping us to build a better world full of understanding and respect for the difference.
Some links that might interest you:
Memes
Oct 11th
By Marcus Vieira, São Paulo
2nd Semester – System Analysis and Development
E-mail: marcusbrunovieira@gmail.com
Twitter: @MarcusSky
What is a Meme?
Memes don’t have a static meaning. It can range from images to videos, from texts to actions. But it’s common knowledge, that they are things that spread throughout a culture (or in our case, the internet). A meme doesn’t have to be funny or even make sense, all it requires for a Meme to be successful, is to have people using it. And to get people to know a Meme they usually make use of blogs and forums (Reddit, 9Gag, 4Chan), so they can spread the content as fast as possible. Memes are used everywhere and at anytime by everyone, because they usually express emotions, feelings or actions. Now let’s see some examples.
Most Common Memes.
Trollface:
Probably one of the most famous, if not the most famous Meme. It is a B&W picture with a large mischievous grin that is either sarcastic or mischievous in some way. Most of the times it has the punch line “Problem?” or “U Mad, Bro?” It is the master on the art of trolling. What is trolling? Check it below.
Troll Science:
One of the derivates of the Trollface is that It makes all of the scientists arguments invalid, by using word – play and in most cases, magnets. It’s a genius way to explain the most complex and difficulties of our daily life and the mysteries of the universe.
Forever Alone:
It’s frequently used to express sadness or loneliness using irony and for describing internet-addicts/bloggers, that adopt the internet way-of-life. It’s content is highly awkward and weird. Sometimes the word “Alone” is changed to adapt in a particular context. Forever alone is one of the most used memes (Only behind Trollface and MLP:Friendship is Magic).
Me Gusta:
If you have the most awkward and weird tastes, Me Gusta is your Meme. This guy will do anything for the sake of awkwardness. He ranges from innuendo jokes to the most pathetic and silly jokes. And again, it’s one of the most popular memes on the interwebs. It also has a younger and not-so-used brother, No Me Gusta (Don’t worry, nobody uses it. It’s a dead meme) Here are some examples of Me Gusta:
This is it for part one!
Thank you for reading!
To be continued…
images: ragebuilder.com || knowyourmeme.com || 9gag.com
Military Technology
Oct 6th
By Eduardo de Moraes Ponzoni, São Paulo
4th Semester – System Analysis and Development
Along this article we are going to discuss the use of technology for military purposes. Before we begin, it is important to note that in this article we will not address any kind of arguments or questions about the real needs of the military, either moral or religious aspects, so that the content of this article is intended primarily to discuss and explore the use of technology in military.
According to the idea behind the military, when countries are governed under strict security concepts and maintenance of the military, the societies and citizen of these countries may be better served. As for the military, security is taken as the highest social priority, and its members are authorized to use force and fire weapons in defense of members of its citizen or society sovereignty.
Militarism is important to ensure that countries’ sovereignty and security of its citizens, and possibly the main reason for the use of technology by the military is seeking to be always one step ahead of its enemy, be it the army of a country, or a gang of drug dealers. From the point of view of society and technology, the importance of militarism goes far beyond that, once worldwide, the largest supporter of the scientific community remains the area of defense (military).
Technology Researches
Of course there are several important countries that do military research such as Russia, China, India and countries from Middle East like Israel, but according to the rank published in 2011 by the Global Firepower, the USA appears at the top of the list as the most powerful country in the world regarding war and military strength.
Just out of curiosity, the USA numbers in 2011 are pretty impressive, as they have a total of 1,477,896 soldiers on active duty, 1,458,500 in the reserve, 267,247 vehicles for landing combat, 18,234 warfare aircrafts and 2,384 warships and an annual budget for scientific and military technology researches of 692 billion dollars, distributed between researches on medicine, weapons, ballistics, equipment, training and soldiers.
The USA have a very strong and active department of defense that counts on a special agency for technology researches called DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), whose mission is to maintain, improve, research and innovate USA’s military technology, aiming to enhance their national security and people’s life.
Established in 1958, the DARPA (originally named ARPA – Advanced Research Projects Agency), raised several projects and researches among technology, including the warfare weapons, ballistic missile defense, nuclear tests detection, surveillance sensors, radars, x-ray and gamma ray detections and electronic computers.
Two of these researches that became projects and that nowadays are definitely part of the lives of most people in the world are the GPS (Global Positioning System) and the ARPANET (known as the Internet’s mother).
Conclusion
Regardless of the needs of military technology, defense and protection in different countries, these needs have become ever larger, which leads the military to search for best practices, techniques and strategies to combat, making use of cold steel and martial arts systems and weapons from firearms for personal use, to tanks, planes and ships, and more recently, monitoring equipment for missile guidance and satellites, and that’s the role of technology in military.
App Review: Alfred
Sep 21st
By Marcus Vieira, São Paulo
2nd Semester – System Analysis and Development
E-mail: marcusbrunovieira@gmail.com
Twitter: @MarcusSky
Hi! Welcome to the new App Review Series, in which I’ll be covering Mac and iPhone/iPad apps. Today, I’ll talk about Alfred, an awesome Mac app that helps you find anything on the web and on your Mac.
Interface
As simple as it looks, all you have to do is type what you want, no pre-configuration, no adjustments. You’re ready to go right after the installation. But of course, you can
personalize it the way you want, for example, what document types you want it to search, and what command you want to use to activate it.
What makes it so cool.
You may think: “Well, it has a cool interface, but what makes it so cool? “ Well, the awesome thing about Alfred is HOW you search for.
Do you search for something but you don’t feel like opening the browser, typing google.com and just then start looking for what you want?
No problems! Alfred can handle it.
But you’re not stuck with Google, if you’re a Bing or Yahoo fan, you can search with them too.
But, we’re living in a social world. What if I want to take a look at someone’s profile on Twitter or Facebook, or maybe search for a YouTube video? No worries! Alfred can handle that too.
And it doesn’t work just with web services, it also helps you find stuff in your own system.
You can also clean your trash and turn off your computer just with a single command.
And, for the joy of lazy people, it also works as a calculator and a dictionary!
What’s Makes it Not So Cool.
Even though it finds what you’re looking for 95% of the time, that 5% that it doesn’t find is pretty annoying. And it takes a while for you to get the hang of it, because it might be really annoying at the first times.
That’s it! I appreciate reviews and comments! Oh, and by the way, Alfred is only available to Mac users at the Mac App Store and it’s FREE.
The History of the Internet
Sep 1st
By Renata Rodrigues de Mesquita, São Paulo August 31st 2011
4th Semester – System Analysis and Development
E-mail: rodriguesdemesquita@gmail.com
Nowadays anyone can easily find the latest creation of an artist on the other side of the world. Do you realize how many times you “googled” for information yesterday? Information is all there on the web. You can find anything you want. The latest news, that everyone knows, and the secrets that someone decided to publish on the web. You can find all kinds of theories, regardless whether they are truths or lies. Do you have any idea how the www started? Have you ever wondered what the main point of the web was when it had just started?
The web was first conceived to be a place to interchange knowledge. You have certainly heard about hypertext. This word is close connected with internet. We’ll explain later the meaning of that word. By now, just let me tell you that the first idea of internet was based on that word and people were just looking forward to create a place where information can be linked and available to access. So, the basic idea is still the same, but a lot of things have changed. The first pages were very simple, just the text. The main concern was to spread information.
The World Wide Web was invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). It was important to create a way to communicate fast and to exchange information between scientists. The idea was to develop a way to access documents that were related and were physically far apart. Most of those documents were stored in personal computers. So, Tim Berners-Lee proposed that the information could be transferred by internet using hypertext, with a clicking system to navigate from one text to another. If they succeed they could link personal computer information to the labs and other research centers.
And so they did!
CERN’s scientists brought to public the first exhibition in 1991, calling it Hypertext’91.
But what is Hypertext?
Hypertext is a concept, rather than a thing. It is a text that is not linear. It means that it contains a link to other texts. The word wasn’t invented with the web; instead, it was coined before, in the 60’s, by Ted Nelson.
As you can see, the scientists got what they needed: a place to swap their documents which is able to link texts that are somehow related. They started to link several institutions and soon a consortium from CERN with MIT brought to light the W3C, which today is responsible for establishing rules and parameters for the web.
That could be the end of the story, and you would be reading a very boring page, filled with characters and a text related to another text. No colors, no pictures…
Let’s have a look on one page, one of the first pages done:
Did you know that…
- 1st address of the WWW was Info.cern.ch and were running on a computer at CERN.
- 1st web page was http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html. You can see a later copy on http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
Links to learn more and to consult:
Images from:
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/history/earlyweb/firstpages.shtml
The iPad 2
Jun 16th
By Marcus Vieira, São Paulo, 16/06/2011
1st Semester – System Analysis and Development
E-mail: marcusbrunovieira@gmail.com
Twitter: @MarcusSky
Apple’s new iGadget, even more magical, thinner, and more powerful. Let’s take a look at this complete review on Apple’s new market-defining product.
Hardware
The iPad 2 lost some weight compared to the first-gen gadget, and it’s also thinner. It may not seem much, but it’s a whole new experience compared to the first-gen iPad.
The iPad 2 also has also changes on its inside. It now has a dual-core chip and also has 512MB of RAM, taking the iPad experience to a whole new level. The iPad is WAY faster than the first-gen, which wasn’t slow at all. Faster and better graphics are another great thing about the iPad 2 (9x times better. Yea, I know right?)
Performance
Even thought iPad’s A5 is a 1Ghz processor, it’s clocked at 800MHz. Yet, the iPad 2 is faster than the iPad 1 and the iPhone 4, check out the chart below:
Results (higher is better)
Apple iPad 2 721
Apple iPad 442
Apple iPhone 4 375
Cameras
The iPad 2 cameras are bad, hands down. The ‘HD’ lens on the back are roughly a single Mpx (Bad, really bad.) But again, taking pictures with your iPad would make you look stupid. They were clearly made for FaceTime-ing.
Software
A new version of iOS was also announced. iOS 4.3, not that big much of a deal, just some minor adjustments like AirPlay improvements. And now we have Personal Hotspot for the iPhone 4 users.
Apps
Garage Band is one of the best music experiences you can get. The whole studio is in your hands. You can play, record and edit whole songs on the app. And for the people that can’t play any instrument, it’s pretty simple. It has something called:
“Smart Instruments”. And the icing on the cake is that you can edit up to 8 tracks and upload it to YouTube, just with a single touch.
Photo Booth is another app that was originally only available on Macs. Now the iPad 2 has it. Simple enough, it’s just a “goof-around” app, nothing really impressive.
HDMI adapter / Smart Cover
The HDMI cable is a cool addition for the iPad 2 you can now plug your iPad into your TV (1080p Quality) and show those really good iPad apps (I can already see Fruits being cut).
The other jaw-dropping accessories are Apple’s Smart Covers. Don’t ask me how Apple managed to do something that incredible, yet, so simple. But that’s it, magnets align themselves automatically and you can use the flaps as typing stances and what I like to call: “The movie-watching stance.
Should You buy an iPad 2?
If you don’t have a first-gen iPad, and you’re considering buying the second generation, it’s totally worth it. But if you already have the first-gen iPad, my advice is not to update your device(unless you’re a tech geek like me).You still got a solid piece of gear that reaps plenty of the benefits of the latest OS and apps.
Images from: Engadget.com
Technology and Entertainment – Part 2
May 24th
By Eduardo de Moraes Ponzoni, São Paulo, 24/05/2011
3rd Semester – System Analysis and Development
As shown in the first article of this series, technology is present any entertainment activity. Continuing with the series of articles, let’s explore a little bit more of the roles of technology in travelling and sports.
Technology in Travelling
Forget about the majesty of the Taj Mahal or Iguaçu Falls. Try not to think about the wonderful blue sea at Bora-Bora and Caribbean.
Let’s focus on technology in travelling.
Technology plays several different roles in travelling, from the moment when people decide to travel to the day when their credit card bill arrives. From planning the destination, the financial control, to the places where to go, it’s all about technology. Many people are used to creating electronic spreadsheets to control their travelling expenses, electronic calendars to keep arrival/departure times and dates, internet to find out must-see attractions, buy airline and concert tickets and post pictures taken along the trip. Others make negotiation of payment and hotel reservations through travel agencies, exchange e-mails for confirmation of payment and departure/arrival dates and times.
Transportation is one of the most important parts of travelling, and people always keep wondering: how do I reach my destination quickly and comfortably? Probably the most common answer for these questions is transportation by airplanes, once nowadays the airplanes are the fastest and safest means of transportation.
Airplanes can carry several people and tons of luggage from and to the most distant places around the world in a quick and comfortable way, featuring engineering, physics and aerodynamic, and have several controls such as: inside and outside temperature, altitude, approaching, radar, speed and strength, wind direction, fuel usage, inside and outside communication, and inside pressurization and all these controls are made by an onboard computer.
What about buying? For consumers, to make a purchase is as simple as sliding the credit card in the machine and take the product, which leads to forget or ignore all the technology involved in this type of transaction. Technology allows the communication to the central (or redirection in case of international credit cards), online balance validation, quote and currency conversion and debit itself.
Technology in Sports
There’s a famous Latin phrase that says “Mens sana in corpore sano”, which means something like “Healthy mind in a healthy body” that illustrates the fact that since always mankind has needed to exercise their bodies to reach a full psychological balance while building social interaction. Since always, the main goal of the sports has been to maintain or improve physical attributes such as agility and strength while promoting bravery and discipline. What about the technology? As said before, technology plays an important role in most entertainment activities and it wouldn’t be any different in sports. The sports are increasingly connected to technology and innovations, because technology is being largely applied to improve athletics performance. But that’s not all. In sports such as soccer, electronic devices (like computers, TVs and advanced recording cameras) can influence and help people to clarify their doubts, allow communication, and in the future, replace human judgment. More than that, people can also take advantage of technology to follow the progress of any kind of game through the internet, no matter where or when.
Can you now think about travelling and sports without technology?
In the next and final article of this series, we will explore the clearest appliances of technology in entertainment, discussing about theme parks, videogames and internet.
To be continued…
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