摘要: People participating in today’s modern culture have the potential to be connected through cyberspace as never before. Myriad opportunities for entertainment, information, communications and environmental controls are available to the individual. The collection of communication techniques includes broadcast, satellite, cable and broadband. The list of presentation options includes DVD, VHS, browsers and cell phones. Viewing options include standard format televisions, widescreen digital, computer screen, and palmtop. Add sound and information to the mix, and the combinations grow exponentially. The difficulty is that we still need several devices in order to access all these features. Until now, people wanting to avail themselves of all the opportunities have required a technologist’s utility belt (as seen in the Dilbert comic strip.) A new day has dawned. The consolidation of all the functionality a person could …