Technology and teh future

[bennybikerboy]

So where do you guys think we'll be in ten years?

Practical guesses, I'll be out of college, maybe I'll be settling down with a girl (hopefully not) and maybe I'll be persuing my dreams.

Technology-wise? Shit, I don't know.

I'm guessing we won't need batteries because we'll be using wireless energy.

Maybe we'll have some people on Mars.

3D TV's will be in full-swing. Maybe it'll be a dying fad.

[Kyonye]

Either dead, or not dead.

[Firefly]

When the zombie apocalypse comes, there will be two sides: nerds who think they own a katana, and survivors.

[Raymac]

I'll be bangin' bimbos 2 at a time at the penthouse suite of the newest casino in Vegas. Of course the women will really be sex robots and the penthouse suite will be some Total Recall virtual reality, but hey, it's the future.

[Rbstr]

Originally Posted by bennybikerboy

I'm guessing we won't need batteries because we'll be using wireless energy.

Oh, lol no.
Inverse square laws man. Unless you're not using some kind of radiation...and pushing that much power though magnetic induction would do all sorts of hilarious stuff. You've have to invent new physics to do it some other way...good luck.

Ten years time:
I'll have my PhD, or have failed at it by that being half over...probably.

If we're in a situation where gas prices don't come back down on us Plug in hybrid (Volt-types) will be a significant market portion though regular cars will still be up there. Having a commuter 50-75mile range car could become fairly common.
I hope we get invested in legitimate bio-fuels technology like biodiesel and cellulosic technologies (no of this retarded corn ethanol) and perhaps fueling stations will start showing up with the stuff.
With fairly stable prices not much will change from the current auto market.

The smart phone will increasingly become the center of people's digital interactions if they've got no reason to have real computing power.

OH AND SPELL CHECKING IN BROWSER SOFTWARE. So people don't type "teh" anymore. Wait....

But this is ten years we're talking about...it's not actually going to change things too terribly much. It'll be mostly mundane improvement.
Sure, things have advanced a long way since 2k...but the fundamentals were all basically there in 1999...cell phones, PDAs, the Prius, broadband internet were all in use similarly to today just less prevalent or less useful.

What truly new things do we interact with or do since 2k?
I'm sure there are some but they're slipping my mind...I'm not sure I really want to count "Social Media" because that's essentially an extension of other online community stuff that was around way back.

[Peacemaker]

Bio Batteries maybe, Rob?

Um... either that or china will invade similar to the way they invade our games.

[Lonehunter]

I think the biggest change in 10 years will be the new climate patters when the North Atlantic Current changes, well Europe will be the screwed ones lol

[Rbstr]

Originally Posted by Peacemaker

Bio Batteries maybe, Rob?

No reason a bio-battery would be better than something inorganic. That's if it works on electrochemistry. If it wasn't really a battery but did something else to make electricity...sure...but that's also not "wireless power" still gotta plug it in or use short-range wireless techniques (like we've got now) for charging, or put fuel in it.


Lone:
I doubt the change is going to be very pronounced over a 10 year time span. There may be some kind of bifurcation that causes drastic changes...but most earth processes have rather long residence times and don't react quickly.

[TexasRainger]

maby decompositing membranes instead of plastic bags?More and more cheap things from China.More public screens for news.Total electric bulb replacment...And ofc more jams everywhere.

[Evilmp]

China will solve their overpopulation by converting excess Chinese people into bio-batteries and flooding the world market with them - driving down prices on gas. Everyone will have a PHD in girlfriends.

[Rbstr]

PhDs don't help with girlfriends.

It's a fact.

[Crator]

Expect to see more development in the ways of the following in the short to mid term future:

-Nanotechnology: http://www.nano.gov/
-Artificial Intelligence
-Robotics

[GTGD]

If you want to kill a weekend, browse this site:

http://futuretimeline.net/

Really interesting read, and a lot of the things on there are based in some fact. Of course, it's not to be taken without a grain of salt.

[otomotopia]

Arcades like this^

RTS games can really take off with the new touchscreen and 3D tech.

[Crator]

^^^ Good stuff. Now think of that but with brain implants. Playing with your hands is so primitive! :P

http://medgadget.com/archives/2011/0...ht_speech.html