April 05, 2006

Prepare for a shocking future

"You wake up, turn on the TV and you're greeted by your personal agent, who says, "Good morning; you're flying to Boston this morning, and it's raining, so take a raincoat." As you approach the airport, your agent whispers into your holographic ear bud, telling you exactly where to find a parking space at the airport parking garage. You go to the gym. Your agent asks what you'd like to watch on television, sets the channel and monitors your workout. Your agent monitors your caloric intake throughout the day via wireless microsensors."

Read the entire article here.


The article is actually a collection of thoughts from 5 leading futurists (no, they dont all look like Doc Brown), and their thoughts of how the future is going to be shaped by nano-technology. Its actually quite an interesting and exciting read, because it could all be happening within the next 10 - 20 years.

a vision of the future perhaps?

As it is, we are making breakthroughs in quantum computing that have the potential to revolutionize computing. Feel like bamboozling your brains with some serious knowledge? Check out wikipedia's section on Quantum Computers. A word of caution to the un-interested, this article is capable of causing instantaneous snoring spasms.


nanotechnology gone wild? or just gay sex, in the future?

(Yes, i've managed to include the word 'sex' in a post thats extremely geeky. Where's my chapati?)

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