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The Future Is Already Here...

James KerrChief GeekSuperGeeks.net

The future is already here.It's just not very evenly distributed.

- William Gibson

Source: Wikiquote

image source: cdixon.com

Source: Nasa.org

Osborne Executive Portable Computer (1982) vs. iPhone (1997)

Executive is:

● 100x heavier● 500x larger● 10x more expensive● 1/100 of the clock

frequency

Source: Wikipedia

Source: express.co.uk

Source: hellointernet.org

● Computing power will continue to increase.

● The cost of computing power will continue to drop.

● Computing devices will continue to get smaller and ultimately “hidden” from view.

● Everything will be connected.

Almost certainly true:

Experiences

TREND #1

Source: lvccld.org

Source: cnet.comSampling extremely uncensored entertainment on a Gear VR.

TREND #2

Decentralization

http://www.usglc.org/2014/03/22/coca-cola-is-on-a-mission/

MIT researchers create working hydraulic robot from single 3D print.

Smart Sensing

TREND #3

#IPAtasting#AAO2016

Wearables

TREND #4

Source: npr.org

TREND #5

Automation

Colin AngleCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, CEO & CO-FOUNDER

iRobot Corporation

Personification

TREND #6

Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University

Source: people.com

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

- T. S. Eliot

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