Technology Curve & Health

Technology Curve

Every year there are new technologies which enter into our world,some of them are very exciting and some confusing.Application of these new technologies in our every day life,makes them useful,although some could be harmful in long term.

When a new tech enters into our life,it follows a typical growth curve-the initial euphoria around it may last for a while,so called buzz around it,followed by a period of high expectation,wherein everybody who talks about it will think it will change the world and the way we look at thinks etc etc.This period is followed by a phase of disillusionment,wherein many will assume that it is just a fad and like season of the year will pass on with change of time,and people will ignore it.This is then followed by the final phase of acceptation of the technology-its benefits and also limitations and many of us will then live with them.
There are many thousands of such technologies ranging from Personal computers to Internet to Internet search engines to email.

Will Health 2.0 follow the same trend,that will have to be watched keenly,while many of the ventures in Health 2.0 are me too..yet,quite a few of them are innovative,in that the benefits of these may be realized many years from today.