“I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me. I confess I don't even have a computer, I don't have a cell phone.” MenTechnologyComputerPhonesCellsCell PhoneElude Author:Paul Auster
“Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically. A good example is digital technology where today's cell phones are far more powerful than the computers on the Apollo Command Module and Lunar Module that we used to navigate to the moon and operate all the spacecraft control systems.” TodayUsedSpacePowerfulCasesTechnologyExampleChangedMoonComputerPhonesCommandCellsDigitalApolloCell PhoneNavigateGood ExamplesSpacecraftDigital Technology Author:Neil Armstrong
“I began to see motorcyclists who had attached computer discs to their back mudflaps, because they made good reflectors. In a place called Xingwuying, locals climbed the Great Wall whenever they wanted to receive a cell phone signal.” MadeWantedWallComputerPhonesLocalsCellsSignalsCell PhoneDiscsGreat Wall Book:Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip Source: Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip
“How did the economy produce all these amazing things that we have around us - computers and cell phones and so on? There were a bunch of ideas, and the good ones grew and prospered. And the bad ones were pretty ruthlessly weeded out.” IdeasEconomyProduceGrewComputerPhonesBunchCellsCell PhoneAmazing Things Author:Tim Harford
“I graduated from high school in 1963. There were no computers, cell phones, Internet, credit cards, cassette tapes or cable TV.” SchoolTvsInternetComputerHigh SchoolPhonesCreditCardsCellsTapeCablesCell PhoneCredit CardCassettesCable TvCassette Tapes Author:Jeffrey Gitomer
“When we talk about computer network exploitation, computer network attack, we're not just talking about your home PC. We're talking about your cell phone, and we're also talking about internet routers themselves. The NSA is attacking the critical infrastructure of the internet to try to take ownership of it. They hack the routers that connect nations to the internet itself.” TryingHomeNationsTalkingInternetComputerPhonesCriticalCellsOwnershipExploitationInfrastructureAttackingCell PhoneNsaHacks Author:Edward Snowden
“It's not even known how many kinds of cells there are in the brain. If you were looking for a periodic table of the brain, there is no such thing. I really like to think of the brain as a computer.” IfsThinkingKindBrainKnownComputerTablesCellsPeriodic Table Author:Edward Boyden
“Everybody who works in the computer industry is in an industry that didn't exist twenty-five years ago. We are talking on cell phones, and there were no such things. All the people who work for Nextel and so on, those are lost jobs that became found jobs. We are in a constant state of changing, and there are numerous opportunities in a time like this, but people are still going back to the fear.” PeopleYearsStillsStatesJobsFoundOpportunityLostTalkingFiveIndustryComputerYears AgoTwentiesConstantPhonesCellsFive YearsCell PhoneTwenty Five Author:Wayne Dyer
“All these computers, all these handhelds, all these cell phones, all these laptops, all these servers - what we're getting out of all these connections is we're getting one machine. ... We're constructing a single, global machine.” TechnologyComputerConnectionsMachinesPhonesCellsCell PhoneLaptopsServer Author:Kevin Kelly
“Simple molecules combine to make powerful chemicals. Simple cells combine to make powerful life-forms. Simple electronics combine to make powerful computers. Logically, all things are created by a combination of simpler, less capable components. Therefore, a supreme being must be in our future, not our origin. What if "God" is the consciousness that will be created when enough of us are connected by the Internet?!!” IfsEnoughGodFormScienceSimplePowerfulConsciousnessPowerInternetFutureComputerCapableAll ThingsLogicSimplicityConnectedSupremeCellsCombinationWhat IfOur FutureChemicalsComponentsMoleculesElectronicsSupreme BeingPowerful Life Author:Scott Adams
“The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. Like faxes, computer modems and other modern gadgets that have clogged out lives with phony urgency, cell phones represent the 20th Century's escalation of imaginary need. We didn't need cell phones until we had them. Clearly, cell phones cause not only a breakdown of courtesy, but the atrophy of basic skills.” NeedsCausesModernCenturySkillsConversationComputerPhonesCellsGiantsTransformedImaginary20th CenturyCourtesyNarcissisticCell PhoneUrgencyBreakdownPhonyGadgetsCocoonsAtrophyFaxEscalation Author:Mary Schmich
“I can't stand cell phones and I don't know one single thing about the computer. I have a friend come that lives in my building to check if I have emails. I don't even know what to google.” IfsKnowsI CanBuildingComputerPhonesChecksCellsGoogleEmailCell Phone Author:Brigid Berlin
“Our goal is to turn solar electric technologies into a commodity business like computer chips, and make them ubiquitous in the built environment. I'd couple this with a huge commitment to fundamental research in nanostructure to goose the next generation of more efficient, cheaper, dematerialized cells. And if I'm truly czar, I'd emphasize silicon technologies, as that approach is the one least likely to encounter material constraints in supplying an explosive global demand.” IfsTurnsNextGoalTechnologyEnvironmentGenerationsMaterialsHugeCoupleDemandComputerApproachResearchCommitmentBuiltFundamentalsCellsEncountersEfficientElectricCommodityChipsNext GenerationConstraintsCheaperGeeseExplosivesSiliconCzarsBuilt Environment Author:Denis Hayes
“I write all the time. The wonderful thing about having a cell phone is that if I get an idea, I knock it out and it's in my phone and I can transfer it to my computer and go into the studio and bring it up.” IfsWritingI CanIdeasWonderfulComputerPhonesStudiosCellsWonderful ThingsCell PhoneTransfers Author:Ian Astbury
“We live in an age where technology is so powerful that we can make change without even leaving our computers or cell phones.” AgePowerfulTechnologyComputerLeavingPhonesCellsCell Phone Author:Sadie Calvano
“Some of us have such incredible things that can keep us from acting. We have the luxury of drinking such good wine, and having such good information at our fingertips. I can look up anything on my computer. And I can call any friend at the drop of a hat on my cell phone. And I can have beautiful clothing and great food in a world where people are being tortured. I have some responsibility for that.” PeopleWorldLooksI CanBeautifulActingResponsibilityInformationComputerWineDrinkingIncrediblesPhonesLuxuryCellsLook UpHatsClothingsCell PhoneFingertipsGood WineGreat FoodGood Information Author:Dar Williams
“Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.” PeopleWorldTwoTalkingTechnologyRichNiceInternetComputerThirdsPhonesDefinedCellsMemorablePatrioticGlobalizationRich PeopleCell PhoneVery NiceNice ThingsGlobalisationEconomic Globalization Author:Jimmy Carter