Out with the old, in with the USB
We are in the times of multi-tasking, nothing anymore has just one function. Cell phones for example don’t just call, they do email, internet browsing, text messaging, video messaging, picture messaging, and pretty much everything communication related. Now what happens when we bring this multi-tasking world into our homes.
The power outlet, boring and old with only one true function, powering our stuff. Now what would happen if we totally changed the power outlet into something better. What if we started using USB as a new power outlet. This would make things much easier. Connecting to the internet (and powering your computer) would be as easy as plugging a cord into a wall or you iPod could connect to your computer in a different room. Your toaster could make you toast and get the morning news rss feeds from your favorite websites. Did you forget to close the garage? Close it from your cell phone or office. Television would no longer require boxes and cables, it would be just one single wire from the TV to the wall.
There are some problems, like with most things, but would this make life easier. Most elderly don’t understand how to setup a highspeed modem so wouldn’t it be easier just to plug in a single cord. There would be no need for customer service because you all you would need to do was plug it in.
Now there would be people out there who would exploit this in all possible ways. You would wake up one morning and find your oven on the highest setting or your television flashing “It’s Magellan’s Birthday.” If companies could find ways to stop these viruses (like not allowing your toaster connect to the world wide web), USB would be found in all new homes. It also would be expensive to convert all old power outlets to USB.
USB at the current moment is not powerful enough to power a computer or plasma television, but in the future we should expect to see higher power capacity in every cord. It also doesn’t have a very high transfer rate which I would also expect to change.
Everyone should be connected to each other by a much easier method, which I hope to see in the near future.
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