AMMRL:
I am admittedly new to NMR but have been working in various forms of high
technology since 1976. I may not know where NMR is heading directly but it
should follow the same similar trends that most high technology has. So I'll
make a few educated (or uneducated) guesses:
The computers will have in the near term at least low order AI (artificial
intelligence) and the software also will have elements of AI.
Computational power of the workstations will multiply not factorially but
exponentially and we will have stacked arrayed multiprocessors.
The electronics will begin to exhibit AI qualities ... failure detection
correction and etc.
G-Hz field strengths will be commonplace (10 yr.).
Coaxial wires will be replaced by wave guide on the probes and in the consoles in
research instrumentation as frequencies extend into the microwave region.
Tabletop NMR units in the future will begin to have the same specs' as production
grade instruments do today.
Even though higher temperature superconductors will exist ... the threat of
quenching will still be just as real from cascaded localized heating ... and the
magnets may still be bathed in cryogen (or coolants) to protect from the quench.
Salaries with get much better for NMR professionals able to learn with the
changes an sort out the varied technological dialects (I like this one the
best!).
We will still worship the gods of shimming!
Be Well!
Robert Harker :)
"Vera V. Mainz" wrote:
> Hello to all!
>
> As we settle into finals week here at the UIUC, I thought I would post a
> question that seems appropriate as we approach the new year and new
> millenium. Actually, it was brought to me by a colleague, and as I don't
> often think reflectively about where NMR as a field has been and where it
> is going, it seemed appropriate to post here. Specifically, where is the
> field going in the next 10-20 years? What new data will we be able to
> acquire? What hardware and software will be necessary to get there?
>
> When I was asked this question it was posed along with the question of
> advances in artificial intelligence and how that would impact data
> collection and analysis. I answered that I believed that artificial
> intelligence systems could and would have a significant impact in the next
> 10-20 years, but that in my realm, that of training the next generation of
> users of nmr instrumentation, I would probably never take full advantage of
> such software. My reason was that having worked in industry, and also in
> academia, I believe that academia should train in the basic skills, e.g.,
> the importance of parameter choice in taking data or apodization for a nD
> data set. It is possible that in 10-20 years an nmr user will truly not
> need to understand anything, but let the instrument make all the choices.
> I believe that is a dangerous precedent in initial exposure to an instrument.
>
> So, that's my $0.02's worth (and I didn't even realize until now that the
> "cent" sign no longer exists on my keyboard - obviously I never use it!).
> I will post a summary, as usual.
>
> Vera
> Vera V. Mainz
> School of Chemical Sciences email: v-mainz@uiuc.edu
> 142B RAL, Box 34-1 phone: 217-244-0564
> 600 S. Mathews Ave. fax: 217-244-8068
> Urbana, IL 61801
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