Will traditional media be replaced with digital media?

I necessarily don't believe that traditional media will go away forever, not at the moment. Although I may not be that old I was generally surrounded with traditional media and that is what I grew up with and I respected and empathized with my family who also grew up with traditional media. But as the future is coming at a rapid pace traditional media is being threatened by digital media and could even become extinct. Media relies on the people, primarily the youth who constantly are interacting with media every day, for it to survive. Recently the sales of televisions, radios and even newspapers have dropped over the years and many companies are losing money. This is due to the main fact that you can do all of these things online now, free of charge, intended or not intended (torrents). More people find it convinient and easier to whip out their tablets or smartphones and search for the TV shows they want to watch, the music they want to listen to and the news they want to read, all free of charge. Another reason why sales of traditional media have been failing is because the prices are too high (mostly for television). People like to watch their movies or play their video games on a big screen. Well so far if you want a big screen TV with crisp clear quality you need a fat wallet to get it. Also television now a days is pushing more towards digital too. Now what I mean by this is that they are trying to implement digital aspects into a traditional mechine. In some TVs you can record the TV shows you have watched and replay them without waiting for a specific time. Some TVs even allow you to browse the internet. So I don't think traditional media will go away entirely, but maybe somewhat implemented with digital to work together somehow.

Consider the old forums of media such as radio, tv, and print. Do you think these old types of media will cease to exist and be replaced by online digital media such as downloadable music streaming video and ebooks/emagazines

Radio, TV and magazines have played an important role in our lives because they entertain us. They've been entertaining us for years and usually have generally stayed the same since the older years. Sure there are newer models and bigger types but they generally still work the sane way. Now since we're heading towards the future at a surprisingly fast rate, people think that soon all of this will be digital, which when you think about it, it's actually possible. TV shows are being uploaded to the internet so you don't have to wait a certain time to watch it on the television, you can listen to music on youtube and we have things like eBooks/eMagazines. Although there is a possibility that these will become digital, I for one think that the current forums of media won't necessarily fade away from our loves but rather improved or modified (or even possibly combining both digital and technological *like a digital/holographic TV)  in the future.  I guess the main problem with TV people are having is having to pay for cable and that they had to wait for certain times to watch an episode of something they want to watch. Online they can just find what episode they want to watch and just download it. The same kind of thing goes for radio. When it comes to TV i think that digital media can be implemented towards TV so they can work together an help benefit each other. Like for example TVs with internet connection. Sure it's not catching on so much today but it could as the years go by. People like to watch things on a big screen, so unless they create a 42 inch screen laptop I would think that TV is here to stay, and with shows like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones, it's keeping the TV industry alive. When it comes to books and magazines I understand why it would go away since i'm not a reader. Books, magazines and newspapers are slowly being less used since wehave  eBooks. Again i don't think it will go away i think it will just be implemented digitally and possibly a mixture of both. I'm guessing the only reason there are newspapers and magazines on actual paper is that the old generation is still here but is slowly going away. Old people don't know how to use this kind of technology just yet, but in a few years time all of us will probably know how technology works.

If a computer makes an artwork is that considered art?

Artwork itself can be limitless to the artist creating the art. What is artwork in the first place? To me artwork is a creation made by someone that is adored/liked by other individuals. I guess the only difference between a machine creating art rather than a human is the value. People consider things valuable because they put their skills, time and effort into making something nice. Sure programmers take time and effort to create a program or robot that can draw, but programming and making artwork are two different things. What if the programmer doesn't know how to draw/paint at all? From an artists eyes it deprives the passion and effort a real artist would make to ceate art instead of making a lifeless robot. But its all just opinionated since we all have different talents and opinions on things. A robot could be considered art in some eyes, in other eyes it's a lifeless metal husk programmed to do whatever. Same being said with art, so it's all up to the people themselves.

Processing power needed to create complex models

To create complex and distinctively detailed models requires a certain amount of processing power. It's like trying to run a new sick engine and trying to install it on a jalopy. Sure it would go fast, but it would still look like an old jalopy. Not only do the looks need to be implied, it's performance is crucial to authenticating a simulation or model. The main idea of a simulation is to immerse someone/or people in a digital situation and see how they can react towards a similar situation in real life. If something is out of place then the whole immersion can be affected. Creating detailed and thorough simulations is highly difficult and requires a lot of skill and power to create. As an example, researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Technology Graduate University in Japan wanted to try and simulate brain activity. The brain is a highly complex thinking device so naturally it was rather rigorous and difficult to try and simulate one. It was proven even further how difficult it would be, because according to research, simulating one second of human brain activity took 82,944 processors. So as you can probably tell, simulations and models cost power, and depending on how detailed and complex the model or simulation is also depends on how much power is available. Going back to the past, let's look at what kind of models a less complex processor could accomplish.








The Sega Genesis' main processor is a 16/32-bit Motorola 68000 CPU which contains 72kb or RAM and 64kb or video RAM. Back then it was only able to produce 16-bit models as seen in the picture above (Sonic the Hedgehog). Back then it looked great and fitting with its price. Of course that was back then, now technology is so advanced that graphics like this now looks obsolete. Obviously due to the lack of technical equipment developers had back in the day. Different kinds of simulations result in different kinds of models being needed to be present. For example a flight simulation needs to have all the buttons a regular plane would have. The buttons need to be functional to immerse the person in the experience. Same goes with a surgeon simulation. The more authentic a simulation is, the better the processing power needs to be.

Net neutrality or not?

Not everybody can access the entire internet, for many good reasons. I don't think it would be wise if some casual facebooker were to access highly private government files through the internet. Or if one person were to access someone's personal online journal. If net neutrality were to be enabled then it could discouraged having privacy online. Another problem besides privacy is that if applications or website carriers like Verizon, who spend about 20 billion dollars every year on their networks, they need a certain amount of investment to do it so if everyone were to be able to use it equally then they would probably crash through investment. I could be totally wrong but this is what I see net neutrality as. Though it has its cons there are pros to this as well. I know of some websites that some people can't visit just because their information online says that their black or something. If net neutrality is enabled then everyone will have equal and fair use of every website and content used in the internet. I for one am not exactly against net neutrality but I'm not all for it either. I spend a lot of time on the internet and sometimes what I type can be personal and I wouldn't want people gaining access on that now would I?

IT Systems: How it connects with other tech/ future and trends

As an average consumer, I like to play games. I also like to watch movies. I also like to listen to music. A few decades ago all of these things would have to be done separately, but now in the advancements in technology you can do all of that in one machine. Last November the two competing companies, Sony and Microsoft, released their major gaming consoles; the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One. Although both are primarily seen as gaming consoles, they can do much more than that. I will talk about the Xbox One for this since it provides more features other than gaming. For starters, the Xbox One is basically half a gaming console and half a TV. You can connect your Xbox One to your home theatre system and it will automatically be apart of it. For example, when you say "Xbox, turn on" the Kinect will recognize your voice and will be able to turn your Xbox, TV and sound system on. Similarly like Windows 8, the Xbox One has the ability to snap applications like Skype, Internet Explorer to the side where players can multitask. Players can play a game while chatting with their friends, listen to music or watch movies which can all be controlled manually or via voice control. The Kinect can do various things as well like scanning QR codes to redeem Xbox Live card codes. The system also has a feature called Xbox SmartGlass which allows devices like a Windows phone, Windows 8 or Android phones to be used as a 'second screen'. Also for the first time the Xbox One allows players to record their games straight from the Xbox and are even able to upload them or share streams with people so they can see each other play live. Xbox also sells their products (mostly games) online in their own marketplace called Xbox Live (which it might not be called that anymore) where you can digitally download movies or games on to the console. You can either use your credit card, or buy Microsoft Points in game stores, or even go to Amazon and buy them there and just input the codes on the Xbox. Like its older brother the Xbox One comes with an HDMI port and an ethernet cable in case your house does not have WiFi. 

This is nothing new today but back then the Xbox was one of the first gaming consoles that allowed online access to things.