再来看看健康领域。我们能从可穿戴设备上监控自己的运动、睡眠和卡路里消耗等信息,从而确保自己没有违背医生的指示,或是正在努力实现个人健康目标。父母们则可以给新生儿穿上带有湿度传感器的尿布,它能在需要更换时发出声响提醒我们。
To understand how revolutionary the third wave is, we ought to consider how far we have come. The first wave began when companies started to manage their operations via mainframe computer systems over 50 years ago. Then computing got "personal" in the 1980s and '90s with the introduction of the PC. For the most part, computing remained immobile and lacked contextual awareness.
第三次计算机革命的意义究竟如何?我们不妨回过头来看看历史。第一次是50年前,大型机系统进入公司管理运营领域。上世纪80年代和90年代,随着PC机诞生,计算机进入“个人”时代。但总体而言,“计算”缺乏移动性,而且不那么智能。
In computing's second wave, mobile computing and the smartphone took center stage. Billions of people, some who might not have had access to clean water, electricity, or even housing, were connected. Developers created apps and provided consumers with access to just about everything through their phone at the cost of a monthly data plan.
第二次计算机革命后期,移动计算和智能手机开始占据主导。全球几十亿人口都通过网络彼此相连,其中很多人甚至还没解决饮用水、电力和住房的问题。软件工程师们开发了无数应用程序,人们几乎可以用手机完成任何事情,需要做的仅仅是支付一下手机上网套餐而已。
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