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It’s all about communication. Exactly, long distance communication. In the past, adventurers, warriors, and emissaries had used letter or message deliverer. Each of them had their need. How can an adventurer inform that he can reach the new land? How can warriors inform to their people whether they win or lose the war? Or, how can an emissary convey an important message to his king about the condition of the land that he’s spied?

So, they used message deliverer, people who are considered can be trusted by the king or the emissary, the adventurer or his family, warriors or their people. But, human is human. They have error prone. What if the message deliverer that being trusted, actually he exaggerate the message?

Hence people began to think the other method that more reliable, letter. Of course it’s more reliable, isn’t it? Because the sender writes the message himself, in addition nothing handwriting is same, isn’t it? It’s not difficult to write letter. You just need writing and reading ability^^

The letter delivery method is very unique; by animal like carrier pigeon, by nature, or by human. Delivery by nature, for me, is very unique. Usually this method is done by sailors who were in hostile condition like in stormy sea, adrift and buffeted in the ocean for several days. They put letters into wood boxes and floated it into the sea, hoped that someone will find these letters.

What if the deliverer is human? I am very salute with postman. Think, they can stand in rain, hot or winter season, even maybe in the storm! Oh, I remember one thing about the traditional postman that I’ve read. In 1860, US had their first reliable postal service, namely Pony Express with 400 pony horses and 80 riders. They rode through Grand Canyon or Sierra Nevada Mountains to deliver so many letters. Wow, it’s very great! Like this slogan “my life, my adventure”. Of course they must have very strong physics and mental. I can’t imagine, if there’s an accident that happened at one of them, while he bring so many letters that must be delivered on time to many different address, and then… (continue it yourself, hohoho)

Because of these constraints, people thought the method that more sophisticated, telegram, or maybe known as wire letter. It doesn’t need message deliverer or postman. But it has a clear constraint; it’s very limited of words. The words that you write must be very short, just one sentence and no more than 8 words. In addition, these words must be abbreviated. So, it’s unsatisfied - what if our message is long but urgent?

So telephone emerged. With wire as its pulse mediator, we can use it to talk for a long time with our family in other town (note: tax is neglected ^^). But human is human, never satisfied, predestined to always changes and evolutes. A problem appeared: what if I must contact with they who are in the street? Of course we can’t use telephone, isn’t it?

A great revolution that makes our life much easier appeared: electromagnetic wave. Yes, it changes our lifestyle, makes our communication system become wireless. Constraints that are generated in previous communication tools have answered here. Now, every people bring handphone in their pocket, including you and me, isn’t it? Ship or plane that is in emergency condition doesn’t need to float the message “Help Me!!” in the ocean, hope that someday, someone will found it in somewhere. They just need to contact with the nearest control tower through radio signal. Satellites in outer space can help us to bounce signal, so we can communicate with the others though in the different region. If God allow us to see microscopic material, we can see waves around us! Signal everywhere…

It’s very modern era. We can communicate with the other people in different region through this tool: internet. We can do everything through internet, such as listening music, reading newspaper, writing your comment in international forum, and even reading my blog! Letter that in the past delivered manually by postman, now can be sent electronically. Notice that many word of important activities begin with e; eBook, e-Commerce, eLearning, email, etc. There’s our common activity: chatting. The word that you type is received by your German friend for less than one second, though you’re in Indonesia! Even now, people make new feature for chatting, namely webcam. It allows you to see the receiver’s face, though now it’s still very limited.

Okay, I’ll assert it again: HUMAN IS HUMAN, THEY ARE PREDESTINED TO ALWAYS CHANGE AND EVOLUTE. Human is the only one creature that never satisfied with the existing method. Our world needs something that can more than connect us with our receiver. I mean, we can talk with the other friend, see the receiver’s environment very obviously, even it appears to be tangible. It is just separated by a very thin layer! Astonishing. This future technology was ever explained by Professor Yohanes Surya, a famous professor in my country when there was a seminar in Hwa Ind, my Senior High School. I am very respect with him because his obsession about future technology.

Apparently, the way to reach it is beginning now. Recently a company in Japan released a communication tool that looks like robot, namely Novo Minoru. (in Japanese, minoru means real). Let’s look the picture below!

To use it, stare the eyes of Minoru, the Minoru’s eyes are enhanced with camera. Your eyes and Minoru’s eyes must be at the same level. Afterward, talk with your friend. Then in the Minoru’s nose, it will appear the video about the receiver’s environment obviously. Wow, crazy!

I think it’s absolutely right what Prof. Yohanes Surya said. Communication technology will make it real. It can blur the border between one nation and the others, one continent and the others. Even later, it’s possible to make teleport as our communication tool!