We live at an exciting moment in history. Through the advancement in technology in the past few decades, we now have created technology and things that give us abilities the boggles the imagination. Like communicating wirelessly across the globe, summing transportation with the swipe on a glass screen and having access to an ever-expanding database of human knowledge in our pockets.
These abilities that to a normal person living only 80 years ago, would appear as nothing less than pure magic and us its users as a real wizards or black magicians with the power to open wormholes to the other side of the world and find the answer to all their problems through their seemingly limitless powers wielded in through these devices. Because now through the recent advancement and convergence in communication technologies we now have access and control these new powers, with an object that fit neatly in our hands. Our smartphones!
One could very well make the case that our smartphones are becoming more and more like a magic wand for the modern man. Or at least that they are giving us an ever-increasing ability that seems very magical when given the perspective of what they are actually enabling us to do.
Here are 6 magical abilities that are made possible through the smartphone
1. Lumos - Using your phone as a light
Need some light? For the proper spell castning experience, use voice recognition software like Siri or Google Voice Assistant to enable it
How to use it:
Ok Google,
Lumos:
Speak this command to Voice Assistant on your Android device to turning ON your device’s flashlight.Nox:
This spell command will turn off the enabled Flashlight of your deviceSilencio:
This spell when spoken to the Google voice Assistant results in turning off your device’s volume2. Controlling the environment - Smart Devices
Alohomora!
Unlock doors, turn on lights and control temperature with one of many home automation systems when more and more things get connected to the internet of things.
3.Summon things - On demand Smartphone services
Need a car to come and pick you up? Or a pizza or just about any other thing delivered to your doorstep ? Just try summoning them with a couple of swipes on your screen.
Other magical abilities that are made possible through technology
4. The two-way mirror - Communicating wirelessly through time and space
Use a video call service like Facetime or Skype to speak and see another person instantly across the planet.
5. The Marauders map - Google maps
Track and see what your friends are up to in real time with a web mapping service like Google Maps.
6. The Pensieve - 360° Virtual reality environments
360° Cameras paired with virtual reality devices will allow us to capture and relive reality in ways very similar to how the Pensieve allows one to 'access thoughts' from one's mind, as well as examine them at one's leisure and even learn to spot patterns from one's past.
Did I miss out something?
If you can you think of any other technological device that can give us more wizardlike powers. Let me know in the comments!