We don't need more general purpose devices, we need dedicated devices that enhance the general purpose device," he adds.
Fujifilm is making great cameras these days, and the X30 looks like a solid evolution of the line, with a host of improvements that could help it move from an enthusiast's pocket camera to a more general audience device, including new film simulation filters that can be applied in-camera.
A more general approach assuming device operation close to the Shockley–Queisser-limit leads to even higher efficiencies.
And in the future, the more general-purpose devices will tend to win the day.
When I asked Teller where he thinks the successful wearables of the future will fall on that spectrum, he said that there's likely going to be an evolution in the space from one use case that initially takes off to more general-purpose devices in the years to come.
A more general scope of this device is the controllable routing of photonic states on a chip, which is interesting for quantum information as well as quantum simulation experiments.
Then, we intend to extend the findings to more general networks and provide devices that use measurement and simulation results to predict smart grid behavior and to provide information for sophisticated control.
In addition to this possibility, there is the more general threat of having recording devices active in a polling location where others may not want to have their voting process documented.
However, the role of software is growing, even in many traditional physical products with more and more embedded software (e.g., automotive electronics), "smart" devices, and in more general product / digital service bundles.
