It seems every decade or decade and a half is defined technologically by a certain amazing technology that comes out.
The 40s was defined by the Nuclear Bomb and all of the other technologies the war helped bring on.
The 50s and 60s were defined by the advent of the rocket and that culminated with the Moon Landing
The 70s and 80s were defined by Computers, Video Games and the Rise of Silicon Valley
The 90s were defined technologically by the amazing rise of the Internet to becoming a mainstream part of life.
The 00s were arguably defined technologically by DVDs and IPODs and the like--Digital storage mediums.

Mobile always "connected" devices and the continued lessening role of the PC will be the trend of the decade, cloud computing, death of physical media (I don't think there will be many discs of any form left in stores by 2020). I don't even remember the last time I used my DVD drive, it's getting to be a relic of the past that's no longer necessary in today's world, and that shows you how much things have changed. I spend almost as much time on my smartphone as on my laptop. Today's Android and iOS devices are a peak at the future but not really fully realized yet, but getting closer by the day.

Mobile always "connected" devices and the continued lessening role of the PC will be the trend of the decade, cloud computing, death of physical media (I don't think there will be many discs of any form left in stores by 2020). I don't even remember the last time I used my DVD drive, it's getting to be a relic of the past that's no longer necessary in today's world, and that shows you how much things have changed. I spend almost as much time on my smartphone as on my laptop. Today's Android and iOS devices are a peak at the future but not really fully realized yet, but getting closer by the day.


What would take the place of physical media?
And aren't stuff like portable hard drives and whatnot considered the future of digital storage?

What would take the place of physical media?
And aren't stuff like portable hard drives and whatnot considered the future of digital storage?


Streaming media, it'll all be in the "cloud".

Hopefully a time machine!!!

And maybe the talk about the moon becoming a tourist attraction will be realized. :D

Jetpacks!!!

http://images110.fotki.com/v569/photos/9/127099/8283887/jetpack1_0-vi.jpg

I hope.  :-\\

If it's not the marriage of ubiquitous computing and augmented reality a'la Rainbows End... well, crap, that bet just got taken two or three times.  I'd rate that probability at 50/50.

So I'll roll the dice and go with biotech: DIY/cheap ($100 or less) genetic sequencing and screening, and the insurance companies won't mind, because it'll only cost a few thousand bucks to come up with a drug that's tailored to be maximally effective with your genetic profile.   (Long shot: It might even become practical to genetically engineer (an organism that) secretes a drug that's unique to you.)  I'd rate the probability of personal genetically-tailored pharmaceuticals at around 10%, but in terms of social impact, it could be comparable to life extension by 20-50 years.

But jetpacks would be pretty cool, too.  (5%, but what an fun world it'd be!)

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090318/afplivetwo815184-JAPAN-ROBOT_610x314.jpg

Robot Women.

Robots and flying cars.

You just know that someone's gonna take the technology from those airport scanners that can see through clothes, miniaturize it and make a pair of goggles out of it.  :D

I'd STILL would like to see Transportation Chambers like in "Star Trek".

I could go to Paris and be back home all on the same day!

You just know that someone's gonna take the technology from those airport scanners that can see through clothes, miniaturize it and make a pair of goggles out of it.  :D


Wow,that's cool,I'd buy one. ;)

talking remote controls.

The re-discovery of using pen and paper.

The re-discovery of using pen and paper.


How about talking pens?

How about talking pens?
They already exist, I saw some about five years back.

They already exist, I saw some about five years back.


Where do you buy one?  ???

Where do you buy one?  ???
I do not know where he got it from.