High Tech!

My officemate mentioned that he always keeps a copy of his reimbursement forms through photocopying it and making the photocopying machine send it to his email.

My reaction was… Huh?! It can do that?!

For someone who has been living in a first world country for a few months now… it hit me… there’s so many out of this world innovations now that I can’t seem to comprehend anymore. Is this a sign I am getting old?

>>> I tried out the photocopying machine myself and managed to send a document to my email address. It will scan your document and you can even choose which format you want it to produce (PDF, JPG, etc). High Tech!

>>> We have a mini-LRT here, a remote-controlled one. Aside from that; it auto-frosts (tints) its glass windows and doors when it comes too close to any condominium/buildings. This was designed to protect the privacy of the building occupants. How does it do it? I have no idea.

>>> Public comfort rooms here have two types of cubicles (I can only speak for the Ladies Room): a Malaysian inspired and the normal one. The Malaysian inspired is sort of a toilet bowl dug into the ground. Ano’ng high tech dun?! Even though it’s a floor toilet, and no matter how dirty the public toilet is… even in the marketplace… the flush are all automated via laser sensors. Hehehe.

>>> The keys to our condominium gates are not keys but are actually keychains with sensors. You just put it near the sensor plate and the gates are unlocked. When you reach the elevator, you let the elevator “sense” that “key” and it will already know which building unit it should drop you off. Talk about customizing!

>>> We share the office floor with the MTV Asia office/studio. What’s weird is, we all need to enter a 4 digit pass code then press the enter button before we can go in the Comfort Room. We also need to press the “Open Door” button before we can go out of it. Just below that is the “Emergency Door Open” button inside a retractable plastic case. Talk about comfort plus security!

>>> Singapore has an EZ Link card which is actually the main transportation fare card. You can just reload and reload and reload. You can also use it to buy stuff from shops, works like a debit card too. Aside from that, you can also have your actual credit card combined into that EZ link card so that all your bus/train/taxi fares are automatically debited to your credit card. Someday, people will forget there are such things called “cash.”

>>> My office desk requires two flat screen monitors (4 for others) to do your tasks more efficiently. We also have a phonebook page where you see all the contact info. You just click on the phone icon and your desk phone will automatically call up that person in speakerphone. You can also send SMS messages to their cellphones through that phonebook.


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Too much technology sucks sometimes.