Week 2 Tutorial Posted by Sarah:):) , Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 7:20 PM, in

Communication convergence refers to combining different technologies and services into a single device. It reduces the amount of resources we need and simplifies the way we communicate. Voice over IP gives a better understanding of this concept by talking about convergence in communications in regards to their company.


"By having a common underlying mechanism and infrastructure, many communications technologies, like Internet access, voice, video and data communication, can be combined and be provided through a single device and over the same network – the convergence of communications." (VoIP 2009)


The iPhone is a good example of convergence in communications as it can be used as a phone, a camera a calculator , text messaging , a music player, the weather plus more (Images taken from original iPhone picture. These are the edited version of the original picture.)

Control 4 is a company that is innovative in communication convergence by assimilating all the technology in your home through the one system. Control 4 systems utilise open communication standards to make your life ridiculously easy. The Control 4 system controls all electronic devices in your home an

d stores your preferences, for example turning the lights off when you leave the house, eliminating the need for you to ever lift your finger to do anything for yourself ever again.


Have you ever looked at your umbrella and thought "If only my umbrella could save my life when I jump out of a plane. If only my umbrella were a little more...extreme?" Well wish no longer my friend, introducing the new extreme SENZ umbrella! At only $49.95 you could be the envy of your friends today! To see the SENZ umbrella in skydiving action, click here.









As one youtube user says: "Thanks to SENZ umbrellas I can now skydive on rainy days. It changed my life." More umbrella technology: The Ambient Weather Forecasting Umbrella. For the safer, faint hearted umbrella enthusiast, this umbrella could be for you. And you'll never be caught out again, with the amazing weather forecasting technology... unless you forget to bring your umbrella everywhere you go, which lets face it, is unfathomable.

Nothing screams sophistication like the WiFi finder T-shirt.
You'll pull all the girls with your resourcefulness and quick
thinking. Never will you be uninformed of the networks you
could be using again. What more could you possibly want
from a T-shirt? The answer: nothing. But if you wash it you
could possibly electrocute yourself.






Here is another YouTube Video to show that I have embedded two. This is the video that has no relevance to communication convergence. Instead, cats.


This is a picture of the umbrella but it's flipped horizontally. The two edited pictures are this one and the one of the iPhone where I've taken the icons.

This picture is the umbrella with the colours inverted.