The Next Big Thing!

Have you ever thought of inventions like water ATM’s, wireless charging technology, wearable gadgets, internet connected bulbs? Ever wondered how far we have reached in technological advancements? Someone at some interval of time had just thought about this and that is the reason why this technological advancements exist today. The whole point is to understand, from where we started and how far we have reached and where we will be in the next 5 years. Television took nearly more than 20 years to become popular, Smartphone took just half of half of that. Today the technology we use was just a concept few years before, every 8 out of 10 people have smartphone today, and almost every 9 out of 10 person have a television sets. The point is what next? What we need next? How we make the next big thing? Answers are there we just need to build up a question!

IoT (Internet of Things) is a current big thig in the technology. Just imagine your home appliances from fan to cooker everything can be controlled over internet. It is still in the development stage but steps are been taken in this direction. Recently internet connects bulbs, fan, Ac’s, home temperature controlling devices, security devices are been launched for this IoT. It is going to be very different from the internet, because for Internet connected devices we will be having a whole new eco system. But the question still remains as what should be the next big thing? All of us today uses smartphone, portable charger, some uses the smartwatch also. But imagine that in near future we all be having the smart glasses, smartphone, smart cloth, smart watches and many more things for the betterment of our lives, but one thing that isn’t going to be smart is the need for charging all those things.

Marty Cooper the inventor of the first handheld cell phone said that his revolutionary invention has one big flaw of charging it always. Keeping your phone charger always with you is a real annoyance and it is going to be an increasing problem. However steps are been taken to solve the problem of charging your wireless device but it’s not up to the mark. Like there been the wireless charging dock but in order to charge you have to put your smartphone on it. But some companies are working harder in this field and coming up with different solutions like Wi-Charge thinks lasers should beam signals from ceiling fixtures to cell phones. U-Beam has bet on powering phones with smartphone. Just imagine a single device plugged in your house somewhere powering all your wireless device. Cool!! Isn’t it!! But there’s a one company which have taken this too far that is Energous. The company have already made miniature transmitter, which can power specially equipped gadgets. The Miniature “WattUp” transmitter can power hearing aids, medical devices and other tiny wireless devices. But It only includes very small gadgets that have embedded chips that are compatible with Energous' technology. And those gadgets need to be in direct contact with the Miniature WattUp transmitter. Humavox is another company which is looking at similarly short ranges as existing wireless standards, but rather than large metal coils, the company’s technology uses a small integrated circuit to handle the power transfer and conversion, allowing for some discrete implementations. Might be the next big thing?