An educated look at the next 66 years of the Internet, as Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Computer Science marks its first 35 years.
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2000 |
One megabyte of storage costs one cent. |
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2001
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Real-time "smart" videocassette recorders |
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2002 |
True desktop computer, where 3-inch-by-3-inch desktop is screen |
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2002
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Intelligent global positioning systems |
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2003 |
Chameleon devices |
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2004
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Handheld or smaller computers as ubiquitous as personal computers |
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2005 |
Software that learns by doing |
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2006
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E-mail without digital signatures is automatically trashed. |
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2006 |
Medical kiosks in shopping malls |
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2007
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Computing wallpaper; voice-controlled, keyboardless computers |
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2008 |
Computers that take notes |
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2009
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Built-in speech interfaces; majority of U.S. households have high-speed 24x7 Net access. |
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2010 |
Computers that understand spoken words in context; composable computing - personally scripted use of devices attached to the Net |
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2011
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Actual names used as Internet addresses; collaborative "regions" envelop mobile workers. |
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2012 |
Individualized knowledge access |
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2013
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Three-dimensional, life-size scenes on digital screens |
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2014 |
Artificial "genetic" programming |
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2015
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Computers that comprehend what they read |
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2016 |
10 percent of households worldwide connected to the Net |
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2018
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End of coin slots in Coca-Cola machines |
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2019 |
Net economy reaches $4 trillion. |
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2020
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Programmable pharmaceuticals |
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2021 |
You're always on camera. |
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2025
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First ground war fought over access to information |
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2030 |
All objects become artifacts tracked on Net. |
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2035
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Unstructured conversations with computers |
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2065
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DNA-based computing |
SOURCE: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Inter@ctive Week estimates
