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In honor of the new decade, it's time to bust out your crystal ball and make your technology predictions for this decade. Contrary to popular belief, predicting near-future technology is not particularly difficult if one examines current trends. Here are a few technology predictions from Ray Kurzweil, a renowned inventor and one of the more interesting futurists. He believes that all of the following will occur by the end of this decade. Do you agree/disagree with his predictions? What do YOU think technology will be like ten years from now?
• 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.
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