P-ISM (“Pen-style
Personal Networking Gadget Package”), which is nothing but the new discovery,
which is under developing, stage by NEC Corporation. P-ISM is a gadget package
including five functions: a pen-style cellular phone with a handwriting data
input function, virtual keyboard, a very small projector, camera scanner, and
personal ID key with cashless pass function. P-ISMs are connected with one
another through short-range wireless technology. The whole set is also
connected to the Internet through the cellular phone function. This personal
gadget in a minimalist pen style enables the ultimate ubiquitous computing.
Origins: It seems to many of us these days that the
pace of technological change is so great that it outstrips our imaginations —
just as soon as we can conceive of the next nifty electronic gadget we'd like
to have, we find out that somebody has already built it.
Miniaturized devices
such as cameras and telephones are examples of now-common technologies that
just a few years ago most of us rarely encountered outside the fictional world
of spy thrillers. Miniaturized personal computers are the next logical step,
but many readers might be surprised to learn that a plan for PC components
housed in devices the size and shape of ballpoint pens (as shown above) was
showcased by a major electronics company over two years ago.
The communication
devices are becoming smaller and compact. This is only an example for the start
of this new technology. We can expect more such developments in the future.
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