valleylist(sm) v178r.1 thursday 10.07.2011
high tech products companies consumers
NEWS
TOP 10 INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD scientificly speaking. inventions changed everything. lots of people would claim that a favorite movie or song is what really changes the world. popluar culture can change people’s perceptions and political beliefs. the right movie at the right time – - steven speilberg’s “saving private ryan” – - and the entire united states wants to join the peace movement and vote against war in the middle east.
some of the latest conclusions. healthy people like to be with people. latest unscientific conclusion. sf wants project to keep people alone and force them into strange and bizarre situations like “do what i tell you to do”. even more interesting “i’m the one”. no reason. anywhat it’s healthy people that we’re after.
home of the future concepts from big companies like general electric have yet to achieve the age old dream of endless comfort and convenience. the “home of the future” became the digital home with everything computer controlled. general electric calls it the “smart home”. digital home magazine says it’s automation networking and theatre audio video. cnet digital home dyi [do it yourself] provides a “step-by-step guides that make home tech projects easy”.
perhaps the home of the future is a do it yourself project for self-taught electrical engineers.
“valleylist” thinks it’s the vision of a “home of the future [utopia manque]” that entrances and delights everybody. not really achievable yet for some reason very interesting.
video screen is the item. multi-channel audio and lots of peripherals. audio cds. dvd players. dvrs for recording digital movies from television. ipad ipod mp3 player or tablet computer to view all that media on your favorite private device.
looks like the home theatre in the round.
what’s missing is the interactive communications module.
sci fi and almost every future home scenario includes a large screen video phone for live real-time calls to friends and loved ones. instead everybody is relegated to expensive mobile phones with facetime or some other video phone call software.
today’s home of the future could feature the best money could buy – - the most expensive [and perhaps the best] home theatre system money could buy includes “stewart snowmatte laboratory-grade screen a sony ultra-high-resolution 4,096 x 2,160 digital projector, 30 mcintosh [and other brand] amplifiers 16 snell subwoofers 10 murata tweeters and snell tower speakers”. a lottery winner spent $6m to put together the best home theatre money could buy.
a home theatre home communications system should have been included. instead it’s personal communications and a cell phone for everybody.
“valleylist” likes the home theatre in the round entertainment and communications concept.
add real 3-d and virtual reality and there’s probably a future in home entertainment.
back to reality. leland yee and the state govenor’s office launching online voter registration project. eventually it will be possible to vote online.
home theatre in the round with entertainment home theatre music live and virtual reality concerts.
most importantly the communications nexus as well.
where’s the multi-channel interactive video service connecting everybody all around the world for simultaneous video phone calls and conference calls. “let me add bill clinton’s assistant to the video phone call” for example. technology lagging behind consumer concepts.
ashford and simpson live theatre in the round without running into bad people. that’s a compelling concept.
nikola tesla inventor of commercial electricty is the “valleylist” avatar this week. wikipedia says “tesla’s patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (ac) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the ac motor. this work helped usher in the second industrial revolution”.
tesla demonstrated wireless energy transfer around 1893 and aspired to wireless transmission of industrial power. instead it was edison that won the technological and patent battle to wire america. the result was edison electric and a plan to build power generating plants that brought electricity into the home.
top 10 inventions that changed the world
[for example the invention of fire or inventing the wheel or even coming up with swimming or the invention of cuisine. "valleylist" is a project on the subject of high technology and popular culture. Inventions are where it's at. for example it could be the mtv invention of the music video. important though less important as the other top 10 inventions.]
1.the automobile
2.the telephone and the cell phone
3.commercial electricity
4.running water
5.the personal computer
6.the sony walkman
7.the bar code
8.play station
9.electronic money
10.internet
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the headlines and products mentioned in this edition of “valleylist” are available on the youtube playlist and favorite videos.
analysis. leading up to a rank order of the top 10 high tech products world wide based on consumer acceptance there’s a lot to be said for the “valleylist” favorite top 10 inventions that changed the world. the person with the most patents is probably edison or perhaps a company as big as ibm. inventors are unusual. the objective. something new. i don’t think it’s possible to come up with a new invention as big as recorded music. perhaps electric instruments and the live concert as developed by bill graham. the printing press should be in there and perhaps most everything that “valleylist” included in the”products” project. the communications satellite should be on this top 10 list as well.
ray bradbury and arthur clark would have a lot to say on the importance of commercial use of outer space for example.
leave it to the deadbeats and drop outs to really consume without thinking.
many think of consumers as the stupid. they buy anything. in fact consumers are so stupid they do what television and radio commercials tell them to do. in fact consumers rule.
they simply distain stupid products and enjoy the new digital society.
it’s for everybody.
“valleylist” is lining up the digital future. the series of articles on electronic publishing is online. digital “movies film and video“ has a lot of articles that many describe as “gone digital”. electronic and digital music says a lot based on pop culture leading up to a beatles bonus track.
have to read the articles to find out if the digital revolution is yet complete.
pub date – - – - – - # _ title [avatar] volume number
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09/22/2011 – - – - – 28_home of the future [mies van der rohe] v176
09/29/2011 – - – - – 29_home audio home theatre [steven spielberg] v177
10/06/2011 – - – - – 30_top 10 inventions that changed the world [tesla] v178
10/13/2011 – - – - – 31_consumer multi media data channels [steve case] v179
10/20/2011 – - – - – 32_off the grid power sources [ _______ ] v180
10/27/2011 – - – - – 33_top 10 electric cars [henry ford] v181
- – 10/31/2011 – - > halloween [holiday]
11/03/2011 – - – - – 34_civilian space travel [first russian cosmonaut] v182
11/10/2011 – - – - – 35_rank order high tech products ["valleylist"] v183
11/17/2011 – - – - – 36_digital photoframes [daugerre] v184
11/24/2011 – - – - – 37_email revisited [larry page] v185
- – 11/24/2011 – - > thanksgiving sf restaurants [holiday]
- – 12/25/2011 – - > christmas [holiday]
- – 01/01/2012 – - > new year [holiday]
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10 new editions of “valleylist” leading up to a total of 4 holidays. that’s the new “valleylist” publishing schedule.
for more information try the valleylist index. the valleylist syndication edition includes all editions starting with #1 “valleylist” - – the correct response.
event deprived people should come see me sing in the choir every sunday 11am first congregational church sf at polk and bush.
conclusion. bar code remains a favorite for millions. it’s difficult to believe that the successful commercialization of bar code took place with hardly a hic cup. very smooth. from the supermarket to the department store to nearly every commercial outlet in the world the bar code remains a modern wonder. success that easy is difficult to find. contrast that with the “valleylist” favorite inventor tesla and you’ll find that invention and commercialization rarely go hand in hand. tesla invented commercial electricity. edison set the standard and successfully commercialized it. rather smooth by comparison with other technology breakthroughs. digital timepieces are not a succesful product. too unglamorous. they were popular for a little while. not lately. solar power is an important technolgy breakthrough. commercialization remains difficult because of the built-in home electricity service. what’s needed next?
off the grid.
the republicans and mostly george bush crony tom ridge came up with a “chemical brothers” food additive lifestyle product. instead of commercializing their “project” they thought they’d go ahead and just put low grade food out there and see who takes the hit. america should end up like any third world country. food and water are very dangerous. everything is too expensive. only the rich live well. even worse. send everybody to the wrong people.
result.
don’t do anything because it’s the wrong people.
“valleylist” suggests that the federal government follow the stanford approved high technology program of commercializing new products.
somebody claimed it was “out of the box”. instead just “eat it” meaning eat the bad food eat the high prices and most of all eat the phenomenal expense of trusting the wrong people.
instead of out of the box it’s paralysis.
they were certain they were right. they need to do their “number” on society. no matter who takes the “hit”. hey bad food is just bad food. bad people are very undesirable.
the wrong people are even worse.
greg mckenna
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