Technological revival
Encyclopedia
The technological revival concept, which can also be called technological reminiscence, consists in using the technology
of today to bring back to life the technological contents of yesterday.
contents of yesterday (radio, television, video games...) It expresses itself fully with the rising coming of Web 2.0. It can take various forms:
EX: Setting on line on Internet
, some old television programs.
EX: To connect a video game console of the 1st generation (Standard Nintendo
Nes 8 bytes) on a video projector, a plasma screen...
Radio RIP: Radiophonic program set on line at the disposal of the Net surfers and whose native source of recording comes from a radio set.
contents dating from the 90s, 80s or 70s. Beyond that, it becomes difficult to combine revival technological and quality.
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
of today to bring back to life the technological contents of yesterday.
Applicability of the concept
The technological revival concept lies within the idea of a certain nostalgia of the multimediaMultimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
contents of yesterday (radio, television, video games...) It expresses itself fully with the rising coming of Web 2.0. It can take various forms:
- To use the high-tech possibilities to make rebirth radiophonic or televisual programs of yesterday. The Internet high flow authorizes,now, this practice on a general basis. As a matter of fact, the vintage multimedias contents are relatively easy to digitizeDigitizingDigitizing or digitization is the representation of an object, image, sound, document or a signal by a discrete set of its points or samples. The result is called digital representation or, more specifically, a digital image, for the object, and digital form, for the signal...
, so that they can, then, being downloaded (NB: respect of the royalties)
EX: Setting on line on Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, some old television programs.
- To connect a technological system of yesterday with a system of today.
EX: To connect a video game console of the 1st generation (Standard Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
Nes 8 bytes) on a video projector, a plasma screen...
Technical terms related to the technological revival
VHS RIP: Televisual program set on line at the disposal of the Net surfers and whose native source of recording comes from the VHS standard (analogical)Radio RIP: Radiophonic program set on line at the disposal of the Net surfers and whose native source of recording comes from a radio set.
Limits of application
The technological revival works rather well with multimediaMultimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
contents dating from the 90s, 80s or 70s. Beyond that, it becomes difficult to combine revival technological and quality.