As days are passing humans are becoming more attached to technology rather high end technology. The Vedic ages are over when the brain used to be a technical super store and power house. Today’s technology mainly revolves around gadgets in every sphere micro to macro.
May be the basic mathematical foundations were laid by Aryabhatta, the Vedas do mention about mathematical foundations which are used as short cut techniques for Competitive exams like CAT and others, but without computers it was impossible to continue the race for finding the super prime numbers. So we are developing on the foundations laid by our ancestors finally.
Blessed by supreme technology we are developing at a pace like never before. Cassettes and Video Cassettes have paved way for CDs, DVDs, and now Blue Ray Disks. Till during 1950s life expectancy was 20-25 years low. Suddenly the scenario is changing at a pace like never before. Harry Potters Invisible Cloak seemed a magic, the US Silicon Valley scientists have already made the magic a muggles reality.
Consider all the global business houses, they are cashing on Continuous development of high end technology.
I Pod, I Pod Shuffle, I Pod Nano, Finally I Phone, it is yet not final, and Steve Jobs is yet to continue his Job.
Boeing has come a long way, having the largest assembly plant of the world it configured the Airbus 780 which is now a status symbol for any country, it is worth mentioning Major Indian Airports including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad are accommodating themselves for the mammoth. Airport Development Authority and GMR are continuing their work for same.
Microsoft people are a step ahead in innovation from DOS, Windows 98, Windows XP and now Windows Vista 24 MB RAM for DOS edition to 2048 MB in Vista Home Premium with SP 1. In the middle 15 years has passed and Microsoft has grown manifold with Meldlina Gates forming the largest charity of world. These days the trend has reversed software’s are developing hard wares.
The rivalry of Intel and AMD is one of the finest globally, from single core, dual core, core two duo to quad core. 8 Bit processors to 64 bit now. They are making people so powerful. Today kids compete by the configuration of PCs and how many powerful games they can play with it.
Sony, Motorola, Nokia are doing good business with touching and inspiring innovation, VGA, 1.3 MP, 2.0 MP, 3.2 MP, 5 MP, and now 10 MP. Cost reduction always occurs as there is an improvement in technology and as we are catching up advanced technology lower one is becoming cheaper.
About Five decades ago the business was constituted for basic necessities like food, clothes etc. but now the trend has shifted. Now a day’s service sectors are growing like anything, mainly the Telecom and Financial sectors. The service sectors are no main business instead they are means of business connecting other business. This connection service business in the globalised scenario has become so powerful that it has become the lifeline of any primary business. (Here I have connected finance as a connecting means for acquisition, merger, etc. & Telecom Backbone with dense optical, WI-Fi, WI-Max networks as a strength for many business establishments). We are well aware of the high end and Complex Finance modeling where we have already reached.
Medical Sciences improvement over past few decades is among the best developments. But business in drug manufacturing companies is so intense that they have to expend more on legal systems for tough competition through Patent Acts and Exclusive marketing Rights. Recently the government has introduced steps to monitor the prices of essential drugs, which has brought fever for drug manufacturing companies in India. Gone are the days when a child was considered to be god’s gift. For infertile couples the ways are now open with Sperm Donation, Surrogate mothers, In Vitro fertilization etc. Oncology or benign cancer treatment has improved tremendously. Chemotherapy is reducing its ill effects continuously. Micro Surgery and Vision correction for eyes are reaching new heights every day. High end Procedures and equipments, drug development along with revised patent laws are adding flavor to one’s health and fitness.
Defense and missile systems are also not much beyond. India is now preparing itself for the 5000+ range Agni III. Within next decade we shall be with 10000+ ranges, China and US may have the whole globe early, they cannot go for the whole universe. So as missiles are considered we are in a developing phase and our opportunities for further growth are optimum they are already in a developed phase and cannot help themselves much. From an aggressive type of army China recently moved to high end deployment army system specializing for guerilla warfare and stability. Is growth and development Infinite?
Major Companies of the millennium are based on technological development and advancement. To name a few General Electric, United Technologies, Boeing, Microsoft, IBM, Apple, HP, Pfizer(High End drug Development), Xerox, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank(Implementation of High end Finance models).
It is worth mentioning Human forces with high end skills and knowledge is also worth extreme value as they take over as the supreme people involved in technology development, distribution and ultimately leading to technological evolution of humans and society.
Growth, Development, Technology comes at a cost. It is not the cost in terms of currencies that we pay. The relation is Growth and development is proportional to the rate of environment degradation.
Ultimately Extreme Technological evolution of Humans is in process with an added environmental degradation as curse.
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