Technology

Make America 6G for the First Time?

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, recently called out to all American based companies to expand themselves from 4G wireless coverage to 5G, or even 6G, something that has not even been created yet. President Trump tweeted: "I want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible. It is far more powerful, faster, and smarter than the current standard. American companies must step up their efforts, or get left behind. There is no reason that we should be lagging behind on.........." 

According to Independent, the president's tweet coincides with the largest mobile event in the world, which is happening next week in Finland. Most companies around the world are just now beginning to embrace 5G capabilities. In fact, 6G capabilities are predicted to not even be available until, roughly, 2030. 

According to Independent, Anne Berner, Finland's Minister of Transport and Communications, released a statement saying “Finland plans to be a forerunner as a user and developer of 5G technology. Our Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom, has created a 5G ecosystem that will accelerate the development of new innovations and services through collaboration with other 5G experiments." 

But is it even possible to have companies use 6G in the future, especially when 5G capabilities haven't even fully been incorporated into everyday life? It's quite possible, as China has already started work on designing 6G cell phones. According to techinasia.com, Su Xin, head of 5G technology working group at China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, had begun studying and designing concepts for 6G phones back in March of 2018. However, he has stated that work will not actually begin until 2020, once others have fully embraced 5G. 

But the biggest question remains: What exactly will 6G speeds be able to accomplish? The biggest change is that it could, potentially, make internet speeds act up to 1 terabyte per second. To put that into perspective, with that kind of speed, a person could download one hundred movies in about a second. However, since this technology will not be introduced anytime soon, the full knowledge of its capabilities is still unknown. 

 

As stated previously, 6G technology is still a long ways away, roughly 10-12 years. Which begs one final question: why is Trump already asking for this kind of technology? Does he want it to be created earlier to help advance tech around the world? Or could it possibly be a more personal reason for him, such as keeping America powerful by hoarding the 6G tech? The world may never truly know until this kind of technology has been introduced to society.

Pop Culture

Frozen 2: A Continuation of Success

Since its release in 2014, Frozen has become one of the biggest and most popular Disney movies of all time. The movie has earned approximately $1.2 billion since the box office release, as well as two different academy awards and one the most listened to, if not annoying, soundtracks of all time. The film is the fifth highest-grossing film to ever exist and the highest-grossing animated movie of all time, during its release. (New Yorker Article). With Disney setting such a high standard for one of their movies, I feel as if it would be a challenge for them to achieve such feats as that again, right?

Well, even if it is, Disney is still going to try. Recently, a new trailer was released for Frozen 2. The movie has been announced since last year, and even got its own teaser in Ralph Breaks the Internet in 2017. However, we never got to see anything more until now. 

The trailer has left many fans both excited and confused at the same time. Many were excited to see their fan-favorites returning, like Anna and Elsa, but were also a little confused at the more "edgy" approach Disney took this time around, myself included, despite not actually enjoying the movie at all. However, it seems, according to comments on YouTube, that many fans are interested to see how the new look and ideas that the producers have will make the movie.

The original directors of the first movie, Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, who is also now head on Disney Studios, have been confirmed to return to direct the sequel. The original producer of Frozen, Peter Del Vecho, is also returning, which has many fans incredibly excited to see what they bring to the big screen this year. Also confirmed for the sequel is most of the original cast from the first movie. 

Despite the trailer only being released a few days ago, many fans have already come up with several ideas or theories about the plot of the movie. These range from Olaf, the fan-favorite talking snowman, getting a girlfriend to Anna and Elsa learning they are not biological sisters. There were even several petitions made upon release of the trailer, as well as right after the release of the first movie, petitioning for Elsa to get a girlfriend in future movies, should they be created. Well, the time has come and many fans are eager to see if their idea will be true. 

In my opinion, it is more than likely than Frozen 2 will be a complete blockbuster. So many people, both young and old, enjoyed this movie (even though I am not one of them). Should Disney do anything at all like they did in the first movie, I believe that this will have similar results, or perhaps even surpass, its predecessor in terms of its grossing as popularity.