Welcome to tomorrow to day, the d. W. Science magazine, 5310000000 people use smartphones, meaning that 2 thirds of the worlds population rely on their devices in their everyday lives. We use them for shopping into acting in social networks, filming things, and playing games. And sometimes even for making calls, like without a smartphone is barely imaginable, but it may soon be a realistic prospect. Our love affair with the smartphone could soon be over. So say the bosses of sony, apple, facebook, and others, samsung exact d j co gives them another 4 years for now. Digital expert christiane shiffler is still a smartphone junkie. Lang, when he outdated money when i get up and slop, the 1st thing i look at is my smartphone, the store and wakes me up a c. M, tom. Its the 1st thing i pick up. And the last thing i put down talk, ill stand gibber. But he also thinks theyre well past their zenith for this any up on in be tips with the citizens. Economists tell us that technologies have a product lifecycle, get the smartphone. The smartphone has been somewhere high up in terms of the Product Life Cycle for years. Its kind of went from few, you might not have bought a new smartphone for 5 years, and then you do and you realize its not much has changed to stagger misconduct. And those are all signs that the smartphone is reaching the end of the road. Us a smartphone crazy and give his eyes ouse and typically that is the smartphone to meet the same fate as old style tvs, rotary, dial telephones, wireless radios, and walk mans. And if so, whats next . Digital ethics expert 0 should be come on, says Silicon Valley has a clear vision of whats to come as, as good notation of flushed. I dont think when idea is of course, quite dominant in the tech world. Papa permanently having a Voice Assistant in your ear who does everything for you to us is 10 miles for i am the name as con, like we saw this vision as a future in the film her and song. All my countries will go bob, there are also glasses like a smart glasses. Google went to nailed that, let you take an avatar with you on this flight. You might have configured it in a Virtual World and then it, it has beneath you with a Voice Assistant action. What about if our brain could directly communicate with the Digital World without shaping swiping more voice commands . Recently, a so called brain computer interface was launched that enables users to control programs with their minds a corporate video from the company. Next, mine shows people playing video games, making music and using household devices all with the power of their thoughts. It sounds like Science Fiction. Ah, so we got hold of a test device to try it out. Christiane doesnt have a chip implanted instead. Sensors on the back of his head are supposed to register what hes thinking. I only have one on the in the many digital devices i have time, ive never controlled any of them with mine yell at, im very curious as to if it works at all back up the super helpful wilson. Yet the brain computer interface or b c. I measures the brain waves in our visual cortex when our eyes focus on a certain point, the sensors pick up this information and send a corresponding digital signal to the computer, montanas caliber. He and, and i get the sonic and calibrated. And then theres a scale from 1. 00 to 5. 00 items. This one is the worst and find the best best. And at the 1st several times i used it. I only got one out of 5. So nothing at all. I just, i things of garnished and now im starting the calibration. Hell doesnt is in there the 3 line i and if i do it well, a come together to form a triangle for being. Lets see, lam, guy, egg on his microphone. Chris john succeed this time in controlling his brain waves so that a triangle is formed. Is it really as easy as the corporate video . Say it is while chris john tries to connect his brain to the interface. We ask andreas chima from the tech company, huawei, what he thinks will replace the smartphone. The smartphone built kind of phones will have a central role in the way that they do now. Busy whole different devices will show different functions and ill be able to just move things back and forth between them, depending on what the situation and im kind of pushing on here, hold, and they havent con enough Team Investment as a part. If im on the sofa off and have a big screen in front of me and gotten, i can take a video called there, you call him of him go smoothly, can be a name. And when he stands, i go, when i say ive got to go home, for example, to another room. I can just transfer it in there when they finish, even if i want to leave my apartment to me, i can take the video call with me on my smart phone line and my wearable i submit for to of all the end of the day. Its about the devices adjusting to the user and not the other way around the motor and pass it on the mac. Next up, laura, that what a future without smartphones might look like. But how did it all begin . In 1994, the i b m. Simon was the 1st device to feed to a touch screen. It was followed in 1996 by the nokia communicator the sensational development because it could send emails and faxes. And now 3 years later, the 1st cell phones with cameras hit the market. Did she best come is, for example, had a modest resolution of 0 point one mega pixel in 2007. So the birth of the smartphone, as we know today when the 1st i phone was unveiled. But all that could soon be history. Tech firms are working on the replacement for the smartphone. Google hopes to make touch screens redundant with projects solely. It aimed to track our every move using a tiny radar chip. Like a bad, it sends out short signals and interprets the echoes that come back. These are then transformed into digital signals. This would make touch screen superfluous. So maybe one day well be able to control our kitchen appliances, cars, computers, and Consumer Electronics with gestures using augmented reality glasses like microsofts hollow lens, its already possible to work with all the grams in a Virtual Reality world. Cell phones barely play a role here, any more discounts, as one on each under common consumer consumer belie thing, isnt consumer ready yet . Got it. Theyre still working on as a foster. Hey, he says he, priscilla all. And of course, you can imagine in say, hey, get psyched, ill put on the glasses a tour and be able to check the temperature in my field of view in more small see me off. And when i have to go somewhere, i wont need to look at a matter which ever, instead not a fallen arrow wherever the sentinel sends me, thus have i so clearly uses exist, not the long hill him of a smart world is getting closer to becoming reality. But what happens to the huge amounts of data which these things collect about us . Thats more and more personal medical Data Movement files, buying behavior and emotional states. Isnt there a huge potential for miss use . The internet of things. Lets tech firms read each one of us like a book right down to the chinese details. Are we marching towards dystopian blade runner type society . Does it so confidence . Yes, i miss future that has been felt as by Silicon Valley visionary like eli mosque and co will lead a straight to a dark place fact. And i dont could come, does this dark sicily, dark Science Fiction vaccine, and its dark sy fy. Theyve grown up with this is kind of ale longer a world in which i have friends or pets, or a yard where people me am on the 12th. I know every one sits in it, close to purchase space for 2 and the home with that. Now thats donald claire, journalist and digital expert Christiane Schiffer doesnt have such a negative view of the Digital World here. Hes trying to connect his laptop to his brain saga, sorta best. This is the best result today. Yeah. Dish or garbage clicking, but i, i think ill get a 3 thats why shot a too. Too bad. Yeah, i did better at home and you could see that most of the time it wasnt a triangle, but you out of 5 not been had by phone. Good enough to play games, colonel eyes, right, and so we could try brick breaker for exam breaker, awful young classes and saw. Can he control the paddle using the power of thought alone . Ah i mean veney sized is eda, the by if i try talking at the same time. I forget it. Can you really have to concentrate the at the health concent here next up around of jump and run upper facilities a phase. So heres the clinton, you see that health constant, and now i have to concentrate again and try to move it out of the way. My, my, my n. Austin picks up the we can use the touchpad to control the green box. Take out the sco shockey. I had done it, and i also need to show her bog under it. Like does she . Ah, infant ta ta fast in ye and he had naked eye. That is totally fascinating in gusto. Id never have thought i could control anything with my mind us. I was a guy has a super thats quite an epiphany as this exploded him really strenuous, extremely slow food and you always have the feeling that it just might not work on the same kind of 20 foster. And so i can imagine this will play a role next 5 years on the or in the coming years at all. No height of fear. Multiple is nice. You factor, but tech billionaire, you learn, musk is certain that it will work one day. Hes experimenting with brain computer interface or b c i implants, which he believes will be how people will communicate with a Digital World in future. So it might one day be possible to upload your thoughts to the cloud, or connect yourself to the internet. Like Smart Devices already do people could be directly connected with robots, enabling them to master tough tasks, or explore faraway places together. But thats all in the distant future. Back to the present. So what exactly will life be like in the post smartphone error . Mr. Miss is her doesnt im quite sure well be talking a lot via headphone eisenberg and there be a lot of competition that just like there was with smartphones to start this cover for saturday were Walking Around with many computers in our pockets, many quote, i can imagine his future will have the constant sound of many computers in our ears. Smart earbuds, a our glasses, smart homes, and maybe even mind controlled devices with him because he has, im sure that in 10 years, at the latest, most New Buildings will be a, i support it when the a, i knows which actions to carry out. Why do you need a smartphone or to cover your slot . And the tech giant envision that in the near future will be fully integrated into a virtual parallel world in which we work, travel and play. So we need to lay down legal and ethical rules for this brave new world. Now, because even if smartphones are on their way out, our growing dependence on technology will continue the measure. This is an integrated network of 3 d Virtual Worlds augmented mixed and Virtual Reality. But experts say that building it is expected to take another 20 years because it requires so much more computational capacity than whats currently available. And how exactly will it work . The measure, this is a virtual space populated by peoples avatars. The next generation internet, basically where you can enjoy immersive into active environments and experiences, entertainment, games, crypto currencies and Everything Else you can currently find on the internet. And not just fantasy worlds, but duplicated real life environments to forget shopping on websites. This Virtual World enables you to actually visit store. Its designed to be fun, but useful to you can meet up with friends and colleagues who are far away in the real world. Thats the promise of them it of us. It all sounds very exciting, but can you really imagine living in a parallel, Digital World like the most of us . Thats what we asked viewers on d. W. Social media channels. Maxima, roblis thinks its pure fantasy. He writes, reality is always superior. The Virtual World will not supercede the real one, but its something louis sample can imagine. Humans, he says, are known for their ability to adapt, so it wont be any different when it comes to a constantly evolving Digital World. For may more the met averse doesnt make any sense in terms of the prospective experience. Although it might be interesting from a shopping fashion and beauty perspective, victor day is fenmont compares the to taking drugs to escape reality. But at some point, you have to return to your real life career cant imagine any benefit from living in a Virtual World and prefers the real one draw lima reckons its going to cause problems across society for those who are exposed to these technologies and grow up with them, it will affect an entire generation social and communication skills. Thank you for your comments. Ah. The societal problems caused by the multiverse that joe lima mentioned in this post already evident in smartphone use. For many teenagers, their smartphones are given in germany 96 percent of all 16 to 18 year olds use one among 10 to 12 year olds, the figures 86 percent, and 21 percent of 6 to 9 year olds already have a smartphone 3 years ago. Researchers at London University conducted a study covering Young Children and teenagers. 23 percent exhibited problematic signs of excess of use, which can lead to depression and stress. Did you know that using a smartphone has an impact on your brain on our phones help us navigate. Remember birthdays look up info and capture special moments that did you know that relying on them heavily could be harming your memory . Studies show that taking lots of photos can make us remember things less seeing the world grow. Our phones distracts us from many details around us. Have something feels, smells, sounds. Our brain links this info to create stronger long term memories. But smartphones shift our focus. Research even suggests that when we capture a moment with the intention of sharing it, we are more likely to remember it as it was captured, not as we experienced it. We look at our lives from the outside. There is one upside. Our visual memories could be getting stronger in a steady Museum Visitors who took photos noticed more visual details and looked at more objects than those who didnt. But what about those fun facts . The museum guide shared . Many had forgotten them. Another problem is cognitive offloading. We dont feel the need to remember something when our devices are already doing the job. We use them as our brains external hard drive. But like a muscle, the memory storage of our brain. The hippocampus, literally grows. When we train it, do you know any numbers by heart . Can you find your way without your phone . Why not try it for a day . If i was let is read why i gave you a do you have a science related question . Then send it in. If we feature it in our show, well send you a little surprise as the thank you. Come on, just dance. You can see our postal address at the end of the show, but you can also find us online at d, w dot com slash science or on twitter. This garage is said to be the birthplace of what eventually became the apple cooperation. Many of todays tech giant had humble beginnings. Now they influence the everyday lives of millions of uses. How will the Digital World of the future luck . One of todays young inventors wants to help the visually impaired to navigate their way through every day. Situations on the street with rush can ahead car loaded by draws rudolph people. Myer is almost completely blind, but he can still identify objects around him. Thanks to an invention that gives him a heads up to marsh nash wants to help people with visual impairments and came up with a device where around your neck of, of google is anna camacho for both a device. Has a camera link to a computer come on and the camera records images that are analyzed using artificial intelligence. Harlan to identify potential danger, like a car and sensors measure how far away the obstacles are federal to him and dismissed rudolph, his testing the invention on his daily walks through Regensburg Hill from the da. Id like obstacles to be flagged well in advance for a Pedestrian Crossing thats not adapted for the visually impaired. It should tell me if the lights green or red, if i can walk or not to glue orders, looking incur dentist. Navigation aids for people with visual impairments is an expanding market tomasz who just finished high school, wanted his device to respond to the challenges posed by road traffic. He built a small computer that uses sensors and a camera to analyze the surroundings in real time. Yeah, the color is the cameras, the green ship here, it records 30 image is a 2nd of the road traffic and sends it to the a i system gets flight up. The system can recognize objects and people and identify whether theyre potential obstacles. Thomas train the a i system using a database of 60000 images, teaching it to differentiate between 10 different types of objects. User valence on by a Beautiful Day included. Pedestrian nodded. Its cars, as you can see here, would also i suppose, the motorbike or chairs benches, trash cans. When Pedestrian Crossing lansing an x tests have shown that my a i system is about 75 percent accurate headphone. Thats right in the middle of the performance range for object Recognition Networks is vos heights object there between about 70 to 80 percent accurate descriptions of potential asset port. Saint thomas also wrote his own Software Program for the device. The result is a new kind of navigational aid that can identify obstacles in the surrounding area and inform the user through headphones. Act warnings, can pedestrian ahead take a look at how that works in practice . Well hear the information that rudolph is hearing, and see what the camera shows. The color boxes show what the a i system is identifying. But not every object should trigger a warning to marsh program, the software to identify which objects are obstacles. After warning, i bicycle ahead and which ones arent. The invention is still a prototype and intended only as an assistive technology. So rudolph also uses his came the 1st test. Will the device identify in approaching pedestrian act warnings gadarian ahead . The message came relatively late. Will the Technology React more quickly to an approaching car off warning car ahead. When we were standing in the road earlier, i had the feeling that it reacted a bit late. Judging by the sound, the corridor already passed and form tornado is utterly shuffled by war. Not sir, no sir. Test i use these kind of talent and recordings, so i can look at it afterwards. Forms study what happened and make adjustments to this is still fossil on this bed at austin naco steel. The next test is an important one in germany. Not every Pedestrian Crossing has an acoustic signal for visually impaired people act a warning to on the cross walk. Light is ranch the stop the on the light is green. He could, you may proceed, although no food will crosswalk. It was really great all at Pedestrian Crossings. Its especially important because many lights dont have acoustic signals or additional tactile information. So thats a very important situation where this device can really help written heard from home. So how happy is rudolf with the invention . Overall, legacy is continually there are definitely a few things that need to be improved, but its really on the right path. Youll keep it up to. So its very me the story orse. So unless value is what weve learned here today to make improvements, im quite happy with the way that it recognized the cross bach lights. 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