Since then, Li-ion batteries have barely tripled their volumetric energy density, while processor transistor count has zoomed more than a thousand-fold.
According to Davidson, Qualcomm believes that one way to deal with the thousand-fold explosion of data is to put small cells in between all the main cellphone towers.
Sure, they can assist in product development and customer service tweaks with their comments but any complaints they might have will also be magnified and broadcasted a thousand-fold as well.
For example, we discovered in IBM that when a particular eminent blogger talked about a new product announcement, it increased audience traffic to the product information web pages almost a thousand-fold.
And so are the amusements, from high-tech rollercoasters to nostalgic charmers like Schichtl's famous fake beheadings and the flea circus where trained pests provide the oomph for miniature chariots that outweigh them a thousand-fold.