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Technology Trends 2015: Back To The Future?
Over the holidays I watched ‘Back to the Future II’ (or ‘Back to the Future Eleven’ as my son thought) with my children. I forgot the 1989 film sends Marty McFly and Doc Brown back (or is it forward?) to the year 2015. As we look ahead to 2015, let’s examine some of the predictions that were made in the movie:
Wall-mounted widescreen television that hangs over the fireplace in the McFly’s living room looks just like any one found in our homes today.
The flying car (who can forget that DeLorean?) is not a reality but as Doc Brown pointed out “This sucker’s electrical”, and today, we are seeing a huge rise in electric cars.
Mr. Fusion, the “home energy reactor,” which enables Doc Brown to convert rubbish into power would fit perfectly into today’s sustainable and green environment. It was also the precursor to alternative sources of energy that is a hot topic.
Video Telephone was a normal method of communication in the movie. This has surely been surpassed by tools such as Skype and Face Time, which are now everywhere.
They also had glasses phones which could possibly be the forerunner toaugmented reality devices such as google glasses.
The Master-cook was mounted on a wall in the McFly’s kitchen and had a visual display for recipes to assist with cooking. But who needs that now that we have a muti-purpose tablet devices.
In fact, the handheld tablet devices used in the movie are now a reality and most people would say, “How did we live without them?”
A video simulacrum was an artificial-intelligence computer programmed to track human’s likeness and behavior patterns to interact with any individual they were in contact could be the 1sts signs of the :Internet of Things which will be a continue to be a huge trend as we move into 2015.
Computers that take orders via voice controls are already a reality and so 2014!
Wireless video games were part of the Christmas list in our house. As was stated in the movie, “You mean you have to use your hands? That’s like a baby’s toy!”
Drones filming news footage was shown, but they didn’t go as far as drones being used in logistics processes as we are starting to see.
Self-lacing trainers have not been a big hit but Nike is working on the innovation and are hoping to release the Nike MAG shoes at some point in 2015.
For my friends in Chicago, they also predicted the Cubs would win the World Series in 2015. Now that would be amazing as they last won in 1909!
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2015/01/13/technology-trends-2015-back-to-the-future/
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A large-scale transformation of humanity, comparable to some of the major spiritual and sci-tech revolutions in history, will require a new strategy. We believe this to be necessary to overcome existing crises, which threaten our planetary habitat and the continued existence of humanity as a species. With the 2045 Initiative, we hope to realize a new strategy for humanity's development, and in so doing, create a more productive, fulfilling, and satisfying future.
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2015-2020
The emergence and widespread use of affordable android "avatars" controlled by a "brain-computer" interface. Coupled with related technologies “avatars’ will give people a number of new features: ability to work in dangerous environments, perform rescue operations, travel in extreme situations etc.
Avatar components will be used in medicine for the rehabilitation of fully or partially disabled patients giving them prosthetic limbs or recover lost senses.
2020-2025
Creation of an autonomous life-support system for the human brain linked to a robot, ‘avatar’, will save people whose body is completely worn out or irreversibly damaged. Any patient with an intact brain will be able to return to a fully functioning bodily life. Such technologies will greatly enlarge the possibility of hybrid bio-electronic devices, thus creating a new IT revolution and will make all kinds of superimpositions of electronic and biological systems possible.
2030-2035
Creation of a computer model of the brain and human consciousness with the subsequent development of means to transfer individual consciousness onto an artificial carrier. This development will profoundly change the world, it will not only give everyone the possibility of cybernetic immortality but will also create a friendly artificial intelligence, expand human capabilities and provide opportunities for ordinary people to restore or modify their own brain multiple times. The final result at this stage can be a real revolution in the understanding of human nature that will completely change the human and technical prospects for humanity.
2045
This is the time when substance-independent minds will receive new bodies with capacities far exceeding those of ordinary humans. A new era for humanity will arrive! Changes will occur in all spheres of human activity – energy generation, transportation, politics, medicine, psychology, sciences, and so on.
Today it is hard to imagine a future when bodies consisting of nanorobots will become affordable and capable of taking any form. It is also hard to imagine body holograms featuring controlled matter. One thing is clear however: humanity, for the first time in its history, will make a fully managed evolutionary transition and eventually become a new species. Moreover, prerequisites for a large-scale expansion into outer space will be created as well.
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