NOVEMBER 2017CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM8anuary 13, 1946 could possibly be the mark in time that the dream of mobile technology began to take shape. It was on this date the Dick Tracy two-way wrist radio made its debut to the American public in the form of a comic strip. It was only a little more than 23 months later the first transistor was demonstrated and the march was on. As technology in post-World War II America continued to accelerate, the dreams and visions of science fiction writers began to take form in reality rather than on the movie screen. In 1960, the first laser was made public and many teenagers had a portable transistor radio.It was the summer of 1979 that the Sony Walkman began to take a strong foothold in society. The convenience of personal music while out for a walk or jog began to dominant our culture. It would be another 20 years before another change to the mobile convenience world would happen; the iPod, which led to the iPhone and iPad of today changed the music industry forever. During this same period, the world of the internet was starting to enter into the American homes. Cell phones became a staple for every professional and the race for faster, smaller, more powerful gadgets began to take the form in the smart phone.With the rapid evolvement of the smart cars, the driverless vehicles that were in sci-fi movies like I, Robot or Demolition Man are becoming reality. We have even seen some early models of hover boards that appears in the Back to the Future movie of 1985. It could soon be more than FROM SCIENCE FICTION TO REALITY IN MYOPINIONLYNN GIBSON, CTO & VP, CHRISTUS HEALTHJ
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