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We owe our engineers a pat on the back for the part they have played in creating, designing, implementing, and perfecting these new technologies. Technologies that many people take for granted works because of good digital design. Digital cameras, wireless networking hubs, and digital voice recorders all work because of digital logic. Video game consoles and game boy technologies would be absolutely unthinkable without digital design wherewithal. Even cars come with digital circuitry. Next-generation smart technologies such as wired kitchen appliances, home electrical systems, security systems, and entertainment systems, are also becoming commonplace in many countries, testimony to the vast strides we have taken to improve consumer technology for the better.
Critics of digital design usually make two main claims about the way digital design has failed the modern consumer. The first camp claims that digital technologies have made life more complicated. Pointing to the frustration they feel when their computer crashes, or when their car breaks down, these people claim that digital design never quite works the way it should. Some of them may even have a point, but must at the same time bear in mind that our field is in its infancy. Keep in mind the extraordinary leaps we have made in a relatively short period of time. One need only bring to mind the supercomputers of the early 1970s to see that in 30 years we have been able to develop microprocessors...
The second camp of detractors claims that digital design is weakening product integrity because of the lack of standardization. Any consumer who cannot use their cellular phone in Europe or who has three different types of memory cards or who can't hook up their AppleTV with their new plasma monitor will know that improved standards would certainly make life easier.
or would they? Standards might end up squelching new product development by limiting what new products can be brought to market. Products that need to conform to standards developed a year ago may be suppressed; the market would therefore go haywire and competition would be squelched. We also live in a global community in which standards are almost impossible to be universal.
Digital design has made our lives not just easier but better. Computers, phones, digital cameras, PDAs, and game consoles are just a handful of products that have benefited from investments in digital design and product enhancement. Many of the world's great engineers are transferring digital design know-how into medical technologies that can save lives, or military technologies that can take lives. Digital design deserves recognition because engineers are becoming increasingly dependent on the digital underpinnings of the tools they use to create products for the next generation. In spite of the flaws in the system, digital design works.
And new capabilities are being added to chips. These include microelectromechanical systems (MEMs), "such as sensors and actuators, and digital signal processors that enable cost reductions and extend it into new types of devices. Examples of MEM devices include ink-jet printer cartridges, hard disk drive heads, accelerometers that deploy car airbags, and chemical and environmental sensors" (Gulliksen 2000). Trends toward improvements in microelectronics and MEMs are expected to continue as
Digital signatures are comprised of a series of algorithms and mathematical constructs that ensure the authenticity and verifiability of a person signing a specific document. The reliance on digital signatures continues to increase as virtual work teams, the development of automated contract management, compliance, financial reporting and advanced workflows in the fields of financial services continues to grow (Keenan, 2005). The intent of this analysis is to define the properties
Digital Technologies An investigation into the effects of DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES on U.S. PRINTING INDUSTRY US Printing Industry Business Segmentation of Print Market Industry Trends Traditional Printing Digital Technology for Printing Effects of Digital Technology on Printing Industry Graphic Designing Work Flow Redefined Repurposing Strategic Integration Digital Media to Plate Advantages Disadvantages Challenges of Digital printing Industry Comparison of views on Issues Similar conclusions of Research Critical Aspects of Methodology Gaps in Research Previous Studies and Current Research Relatedness with Literature in General Method of Data Collection Ethical Considerations Results and Findings Positive Impacts of Digital
Digital Signature Scheme Based on Factorization The objective of this study is to discuss an issue in cryptography or computer security. Digital signatures are described as "an analog of handwritten signatures" which are based on "the physically idiosyncratic way of signing one's name. But they can be easily forged." (Grabbe, 1998) The digital signature is "a mathematical method of attaching one's identity to a message" and is held to be more
Digital Sound Synthesis and Usability Testing Overview of analogue/digital synthesizers and their input in the music industry An essential issue in the researches of new media happens to be to investigate and clarify the connection between technological development and cultural revolutions. In this case, digital technology has usually been seen as the single most significant tool in the design of numerous of today's new cultural terminologies. In media that is heavily reliant
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