I'm sure I've brought this topic up before but I couldn't find it.
Does your Traveller universe have mobile phones? Or an internet for that matter?
I know we have no idea what information technology will look like 40 years from now, any more than the Traveller writers could envisage an iPhone and the internet, however there's no denying that now that that technology is a reality, that level of personal connection to global, stellar or even inter-stellar information will, I think always be around.
So how will the personal information and communications device of the far Future work?
vid-camera, vox/vid-phone, texting, e-mails, file transfer, entertainment (music, movies, TV etc) gaming, identification, payment, funds management, remote conferencing and access to an information and data network that fills the servers of a myriad planets. We already have this (with the exception that our internet covers only one planet)
Will they still be hand held devices, pocket sized, or tablet sized. How about a fold out, customiseable keyboard with a large holographic screen?
Will they have a 'roaming' coverage service, the best and most reliable of which is provided by the TAS and comes discounted as part of membership?
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Crow
Does your Traveller universe have mobile phones? Or an internet for that matter?
I know we have no idea what information technology will look like 40 years from now, any more than the Traveller writers could envisage an iPhone and the internet, however there's no denying that now that that technology is a reality, that level of personal connection to global, stellar or even inter-stellar information will, I think always be around.
So how will the personal information and communications device of the far Future work?
vid-camera, vox/vid-phone, texting, e-mails, file transfer, entertainment (music, movies, TV etc) gaming, identification, payment, funds management, remote conferencing and access to an information and data network that fills the servers of a myriad planets. We already have this (with the exception that our internet covers only one planet)
Will they still be hand held devices, pocket sized, or tablet sized. How about a fold out, customiseable keyboard with a large holographic screen?
Will they have a 'roaming' coverage service, the best and most reliable of which is provided by the TAS and comes discounted as part of membership?
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Crow