Our lives have increasingly gone digital, and for good reason. But there’s a recent push for analog computers, something that sounded insane to me on the surface. Digital computers are so powerful and multi-purpose, but as I did the research for this video, I had that light bulb moment, and this is HUGE. So what on earth are we going to use analog computers for?
I’ve been following their progress over the last couple of years and good strides are being made. They still seem a long distance from being general purpose though - more attuned to being used for specialties.
Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities enable ubiquitous access to texting, calling, and browsing wherever you may be on land, lakes, or coastal waters.
Direct to Cell will also connect IoT devices with common LTE standards.
There are a lot of research projects that hope to be the next silicon, but this one has a decent chance of being it I reckon. After a decade of work, they are getting close.