Smartware : The Evolution of Computing

Smartware : The Evolution of Computing

In today’s world Technology has crossed all the boundaries and has reached to another level. Everything now has been made possible because of the smartware technology we have at present. Internet of things, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence is now coming together to bring something called smartware which is a complete transformation of software and hardware. Smartware software are called to be the computing systems who with the help of active user input integrate the digital and physical world. When you go back and see how the Human technology actually started evolving you will be amazed to realise the level technology has reached now. Our history has witnessed incredible inventions taking the world to next level.

  • Talking about 300000 years ago approximately upto 10,000 BCE, human beings were existing and they used to live as hunters, at that point of time who came up with the very first agricultural revolution. With the passage of time, plants and animals started surrounding the humans.
  • Coming ahead by 6000 years which is between 10,000 BCE to 4000 BCE, humans got settled permanently rather than migrating. Humans then involved themselves in farming and domestication of the animals. This was the time when humans became permanent landholders, coming out from the need of migrating.
  • 4000 BCE to 1450 CE was the time when the human developed their own cities and also introduced some of the technologies in order to provide themselves some ease, comfort and safety.
  • In the following years 1450 CE to 1950 CE, humans witnessed great advancements. Lot of discoveries were made and with all the knowledge gathered humans came up with the Industrial Revolution which changed the world completely.
  • Since 1950 CE till today, there has been some or the other technology advancements which had lead the whole world into a digital age.
  • After the World War II humans experienced the computers for the first time. With constant research NASA then came up with IBM Type 704 Electronic Data Processing Machine which helped them in their aeronautical computations at NASA’s Langley Research Centre.
  • During the early 1970s the advent of digital consumer products started with a bang which lead to the introduction of Apple II in form of personal computers followed by which the products like camera, autofocus, video games, video cassette recorders also came into existence.
  • By the end of 1990s majority of the professional workers shifted to e-mail as their primary source of communication. 1991 was the year when there was computer everywhere and people also started experiencing the internet this year onwards.
  • Despite of launch and use of computers in the world, computing did not become core part of personal lives of the people, considering which Steve Job’s with his capabilities launched the very first iPhone in the year 2007. The launch of iPhone transformed the whole society and made all the people heavy computer users. Cloud Computing, Editing, Sharing the pictures was now possible on the phones. Not only this entertainment industry introduced TV with cable or satellite television subscription.
  • With all such technological advancements today when we look at the world, we realise that digital technology has served us with an array of tools that are core part of our day to day lives. Starting with Computers, to internet followed by phones now which has reached to technologies like Google Glass, Smart Watch, Wifi, Button Bluetooth, Amazon Echo, and what not. These are some of the examples of current technological devices. If we go back when to how the technological advancement started, we are astonished the way technology has evolved and lead the development in the world.