Disruptive technology is the term that is utilized to depict
another innovation that uproots a recently existing one. These new innovations
have actually taken away the piece of the overall industry from the existing
innovation, in this manner making them outdated.
Do you recall the days when you had to tune your TV and VCR
to watch a movie? Alternately, the times when you had to use the cassette
amateur player to listen to your admired music? Today, all you got to do is to
tune into your music amateur and listen to your top choice music while on the move.
Who needs to go to a cinema theater to watch a movie? If you are a big cinema buff, you may go; else, you can simply sit back on your couch and adore the movie on your TV sets, all thanks to the immediate to-home services. Such advances have swiped out the old engineering and supplanted it with the new one. Nonetheless, please note that redesigning a specific innovation can't be termed as disruptive as the old engineering may in any case be utilized. Just the innovations which are no more utilized are incorporated within this class. This article is to show such disruptive innovations that have changed the business situation for the more senior advances!
* Note: The technologies are listed in no accurate order.
Examples of Disruptive Technology
- Digital Receiver
Remember the old video players that you had to tune in to, to
watch your admired movies? You had to hire a video tape and insert it in the
video cassette recorder to watch the movie! Today, all you need is a digital
receiver, and you can watch the latest movies without having to leave your
home. Quite an achievement, I accept to say.
- Pen Drive
Data storage have evolved in no time. In past times worth
remembering, we had floppy drives that were our source of saving information. When there was a need to
give your friend an important document, you burned it on a floppy disk to give
to him. Then came the age of CDs. Here, you could burn data of high Kb on the
disk, but the CD could be used only once. Then came the era of DVD and
rewritable CD/DVD. Today, we have moved even further where we have USB devices,
which can store data in GB sizes. Think of it -- once upon a time, we were
supposedly happy using floppy disks!
- Camcoder/Digital Camera
Clicking a picture and getting to view the pic used to take days in past times. By past times I mean, an era or two preceding the present one. We needed to load our cameras with a film roll, and when the limit of the role was exhausted, we needed to provide for them it for advancing. At that point, just after a couple of days/weeks, we could get to see the pics. Today, we can see the pictures when we click on them. No additionally holding up for a considerable length of time on close! Furthermore in the event that we don't prefer the pic, we can erase it then and there. Quite an advancement
- Cell Phone
Earlier, when we needed to forward a message to someone, we had to page them! Recall the tiny devices, which displayed just messages? Pagers were the "in" thing when they were launched. But the detriment was, you couldn't reply through pagers. Later, two-way pagers were developed, but it was too late by then. Mobile phones had already arrived. With Smartphone getting the new ones on the block, pagers are a thing of the past.
- MP3 Players
Our prior eras had to carry along those huge portable stereo systems to listen to their admired music while traveling. Again came the Walkman era that took over the stereo systems. However today, the market/business sector is taken over by small, finger-sized MP3 players. These small gadgets can store GBs of data, and they fit calmly in your pocket too. What a way of downsizing technology!
- LED Screens
With the latest innovations in technologies, our television sets have become slimmer. Earlier, the TV screens were huge with protrusions from the rear side. However today, the screens are LED-based, thus appearing glassy, sleek and adopting the bar for quality/superior products. This brought a revolution in television screens, and soon, computer screens implemented the same.
- Light-emitting Diodes (LED Bulbs)
Incandescent light bulbs were considered to be the only source of street lighting until the last few years. Nowadays, LED bulbs are used for lighting purposes. It is due to low power consumption and high quality of these bulbs that they proved disruptive to light bulbs. Many of the auto manufacturers have also gone advanced and replaced the traditional bulbs with LED lights for lighting purposes.
In the olden days, at the time of emergencies, the only source of passing on a message to relatives/friends was through postcards. You needed to write down the message, and the receiver would be able to read the sent message only after a few days. The invention of email turned out to be confusing for postcards. Now with emails, the messages are delivered on time, and the receiver instantly receives the message in seconds.
- Soon-to-be Confusing Technologies
The technology makers are disruptive in more than one technology that they specialize in. These companies have made it big in a certain domain and introduced confusing/disruptive technologies that have become market leaders. Let us take a look at these companies and their inventions.
[Source: 50 Confusing Companies, MIT Technology Review, 2013]
Audi: It is working on creating a laser-scanner road detector that will be fitted in the vehicle's front grille. Audi is targeting the autonomous market segment.
Apple: It is planning to introduce Retina displays to iPads and MacBooks as well.
Novartis: It is coming up with a continuous drug-manufacturing technology that will combine compounds in a novel way to make new drugs.
Philips: It is developing an LED bulb whose operation can be controlled by using your tablets and phones.
IBM: If this invention works out, then data will be transmitted via light! This is what IBM is aiming at.
ABB: It is trying to improvise a circuit breaker for high-voltage DC lines that are used in renewable energy sources.
Aero: It is working towards streaming local TV programs on mobile devices.
Corning: It is developing a new flexible glass that is thin and strong enough to be used in touchscreen devices.
Kymeta: The company is developing a small antenna that will replace the dish antennas, so that the planes will get better broadband service.
Leap Motion: With its latest technology, we will not need a keyboard for performing many operations. It has developed a controller that will be controlled by gestures made in air!
With so abounding latest technologies getting developed every day, the ones that are currently used are bound to become obsolete in the coming years. Their market share will reduce and will be replaced by new and more effective technologies.
As the technology advances, the size and the price of the devices come down, while the efficiency and capacity increase. The scenario is same in all cases, whether it is about internal components like processor, motherboard, RAM, graphics card, and hard disk or for peripheral accessories like mouse, keyboard, and monitors.
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