Nanotechnology is the trend that is focusing on the miniturization of computer components down to an atomic scale is known as nanotechnology. This is the future of computing and new media in general, such as the Ipod, now the Ipod Nano came out it is really conveniant for people when they are working out and at work, its small, also some cell phones have changed to be smaller but I don't necessarily feel like they are more usefull than a regular sized cell phone but now a days I don't think there is a regular size, but comparable to the first cell phone aka the "brick". The Wireless Computer element lets people use new technology without the complications of cords, such as wireless keyboards. There is also wireless controllers now for video game consoles such as the Xbox and Wii. Context Awareness is the awareness of a users current situation, say that you had a chip in your head and you were getting hungry and wanted to know where the closest restaurant is, then without even having to go through the trouble an address pops in your head. Or you were looking for a movie time on a date, then you could now all the closest theatres to your location and the times of movies. Natural Interaction is hard to explain but its the element that engages us into computing, such as being able to type your thoughts on a computer without actually typing. According to the readings, Donald Norma, a well known reaseacher in human-computer interaction, once said that he doesn't want a word-processor, he wnats a letter writer-seomthing that will allow him to get the job done writing a letter, wihtout the instrument getting the way. Ubiquitous computing could either be your best friend or your worst enemy, I think that its an invasion of privacy but it can also help you out when you need it, its a double edged sword because at the time your computer can know just as much about you as you know about yourself.
How this relates to interpersonal relationships, is that it could mean the future for communicating over the internet. For one text messaging wasn't big until the late 90's but that is wireless communication over a server that you don't have to type in say AOL chat rooms or Facebook Messenger. It can also hurt you though as well, say you had a psycho ex-girlfriend or a psycho ex-boyfriend that wanted to find where you were at and stalk you they could just hack into your system of thinking and find where you are. If this was to ever happen there would have to be massive security on this to save everyone's privacy. In the reading one the reason's that privacy is important is because, " The ability to control information about the self is linked to the dignity of the individual, self-respected, and the sense of personhood. Self Presentaitons and backstage behavior are dependent on such control". This is a reason why I don't think that ubiquitous computing would ever benefit interpersonal relationships, I think they would ruin them because you would do actions you wouldn't normally do because of it and morals and personal character is something that computers and new media can't give you.
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