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• Computers are embedded everywhere in the environment, such as inside furniture, jewelry, walls, and clothing.
• People communicate with their computers via speech and gestures instead of with keyboards.
• Household robots are ubiquitous and reliable.
• Retinal implants allow the blind to see, and spinal implants coupled with mechanical legs allow the paralyzed to walk.
• Pinhead-sized cameras are everywhere, forcing society to reconsider its definition of privacy.
• Computers have made paper books and documents almost completely obsolete.
• Most learning is accomplished through adaptive courseware presented by computer-simulated teachers.
• Language translating machines are of much higher quality, and are routinely used in conversations.
• Virtual reality is the preferred sexual medium, since it is convincing, safe, and enhances the experience.
• Computers do most of the vehicle driving—humans are in fact prohibited from driving on highways unassisted. As a result, there are very few transportation accidents.
• Computers are embedded everywhere in the environment, such as inside furniture, jewelry, walls, and clothing.
• People communicate with their computers via speech and gestures instead of with keyboards.
• Household robots are ubiquitous and reliable.
• Retinal implants allow the blind to see, and spinal implants coupled with mechanical legs allow the paralyzed to walk.
• Pinhead-sized cameras are everywhere, forcing society to reconsider its definition of privacy.
• Computers have made paper books and documents almost completely obsolete.
• Most learning is accomplished through adaptive courseware presented by computer-simulated teachers.
• Language translating machines are of much higher quality, and are routinely used in conversations.
• Virtual reality is the preferred sexual medium, since it is convincing, safe, and enhances the experience.
• Computers do most of the vehicle driving—humans are in fact prohibited from driving on highways unassisted. As a result, there are very few transportation accidents.
Until then I'll just have to keep relying on alcohol.Maybe if I hope strong enough, the second to last one will be plausible
I believe US passports already have RFID embedded in them.Active RFID placed in our identification and laws requiring we carry said identification at all times.
I believe US passports already have RFID embedded in them.
Seems like I read that the passport ID cards had active RFID, but the designers left the information completely unencrypted.Aye, they do. It's currently passive I believe. The goal is to make it active. And the Real ID act was meant to expand that technology to our driver's license.
Seems like I read that the passport ID cards had active RFID, but the designers left the information completely unencrypted.
I swear, it takes government to royally screw something up that badly.
I own a shirt that has a video of Pong being played on it, an actually video, not just a picture. I don't doubt this at all.• Computers are embedded everywhere in the environment, such as inside furniture, jewelry, walls, and clothing.
Project Natal is already making this likely, but even with advancements in NUI, GUI will never be obsolete, just like CLI is still used.• People communicate with their computers via speech and gestures instead of with keyboards.
Doubt this one. Maybe basic ones like Roomba, but yeah, doubt it.• Household robots are ubiquitous and reliable.
I have no doubts about this one. Whether this is a generally available thing, or just something that is available to test subjects, is another matter.• Retinal implants allow the blind to see, and spinal implants coupled with mechanical legs allow the paralyzed to walk.
When I voted on this, I was thinking you meant people would be using pin sized cameras as personal recording devices, not the government using it. I doubt the gov will actually install smaller and smaller cameras. But as for people themselves using them, well, I have a camera the size of a small pen on my desk.• Pinhead-sized cameras are everywhere, forcing society to reconsider its definition of privacy.
Nope. We have had E-Books for longer than you might think. Some things will never go away.• Computers have made paper books and documents almost completely obsolete.
Humans can't be easily replaced by computers when it comes to education.• Most learning is accomplished through adaptive courseware presented by computer-simulated teachers.
Probably they will be better, but being used a lot? Probably not.• Language translating machines are of much higher quality, and are routinely used in conversations.
We are a long way from having this technology.• Virtual reality is the preferred sexual medium, since it is convincing, safe, and enhances the experience.
Nope. Driving is much much harder than you might think. There a millions of observations and calculations that must be made each minute, and computers are a long way from doing that.• Computers do most of the vehicle driving—humans are in fact prohibited from driving on highways unassisted. As a result, there are very few transportation accidents.
• Computers are embedded everywhere in the environment, such as inside furniture, jewelry, walls, and clothing.
• People communicate with their computers via speech and gestures instead of with keyboards.
• Household robots are ubiquitous and reliable.
• Retinal implants allow the blind to see, and spinal implants coupled with mechanical legs allow the paralyzed to walk.
• Pinhead-sized cameras are everywhere, forcing society to reconsider its definition of privacy.
• Computers have made paper books and documents almost completely obsolete.
• Most learning is accomplished through adaptive courseware presented by computer-simulated teachers.
• Language translating machines are of much higher quality, and are routinely used in conversations.
• Virtual reality is the preferred sexual medium, since it is convincing, safe, and enhances the experience.
• Computers do most of the vehicle driving—humans are in fact prohibited from driving on highways unassisted. As a result, there are very few transportation accidents.
What do YOU think technology will be like ten years from now?
I would like to see rocket packs for transportation purposes.....We have had the technology since 1961 but the automobile and oil companies hold the patents......Can you imagine getting up in the morning strapping on your rocket pack, elevating about 10 ft or so and going to work or really anywhere.........
When I voted on this, I was thinking you meant people would be using pin sized cameras as personal recording devices, not the government using it. I doubt the gov will actually install smaller and smaller cameras. But as for people themselves using them, well, I have a camera the size of a small pen on my desk.
Computers are embedded everywhere in the environment, such as in clothing.
I see voice recognition being part of a computer but not replacing the keyboard.People communicate with their computers via speech and gestures, instead of with keyboards.
If you mean things like robotic vacuum cleaners and mowers then yes.Household robots are ubiquitous and reliable.
Maybe a retinal implant but not a spinal implant. They have Cochlear implants for people who lost their hearing or people born deaf.So a similar device for seeing sounds possible in the near future.Retinal implants allow the blind to see, and spinal implants allow the paralyzed to walk.
Pinhead-sized cameras are everywhere.
Computers have made paper books and documents almost completely obsolete.
Most learning is accomplished through courseware presented by computer-simulated teachers.
Businesses maybe, but not personal use.quLanguage translating machines are routinely used in conversations.
Virtual reality is the preferred sexual medium.
Computers do most of the vehicle driving.
I believe this to be the century of biology where as the 1900's was the century of chemistry. So I predict medical breakthroughs of all types.
Just to clarify...I didn't specify in my poll question, but if you think pinhead-sized cameras will be available to ANYONE, go ahead and vote yes for that one.
Personally I think pinhead-sized cameras will be widely available. I can definitely see governments using smaller and smaller cameras. They would be the ultimate spy weapon, as you could literally be a fly on the wall in the enemy's war room and/or follow a terrorist around every day to see what he's up to. And they'd be a way to watch criminals without being detected.
Obviously there would be some civil liberties and privacy-related issues here...especially once these cameras become publicly available. It probably wouldn't be long before pinhead-sized cameras started showing up in unsuspecting people's showers.
We are not in a new decade yet. There was no year 0. The new decade doesn't begin until January 1, 2011.
If you had a new decade party this year, no matter how much fun you had, you and all your guests were partying a lie, and are therefore quite lame. :lol:
• Computers are embedded everywhere in the environment, such as inside furniture, jewelry, walls, and clothing.
• People communicate with their computers via speech and gestures instead of with keyboards.
• Household robots are ubiquitous and reliable.
• Retinal implants allow the blind to see, and spinal implants coupled with mechanical legs allow the paralyzed to walk.
• Pinhead-sized cameras are everywhere, forcing society to reconsider its definition of privacy.
• Computers have made paper books and documents almost completely obsolete.
• Most learning is accomplished through adaptive courseware presented by computer-simulated teachers.
• Language translating machines are of much higher quality, and are routinely used in conversations.
• Virtual reality is the preferred sexual medium, since it is convincing, safe, and enhances the experience.
• Computers do most of the vehicle driving—humans are in fact prohibited from driving on highways unassisted. As a result, there are very few transportation accidents.
We are not in a new decade yet. There was no year 0. The new decade doesn't begin until January 1, 2011.
If you had a new decade party this year, no matter how much fun you had, you and all your guests were partying a lie, and are therefore quite lame. :lol:
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