According to Moores law the power of microprocessors doubles every 2 years. To put that into context the iPhone is more powerful than the computer system that put the first man on the moon. The idea that we would have personal computers small enough to put in your pocket in 40 odd years would have been incomprehensible to people then. I guess that means where computer technology will be in 20 years is similarily difficult to foresee and will give us capabilities that aren't even on our radar at the moment.
Exciting but a bit scary. I agree with the poster who has suggested that our reliance on technology leaves us exposed to a cyber attack in the future which could have a devastating impact.
According to Moores law the power of microprocessors doubles every 2 years. To put that into context the iPhone is more powerful than the computer system that put the first man on the moon. The idea that we would have personal computers small enough to put in your pocket in 40 odd years would have been incomprehensible to people then. I guess that means where computer technology will be in 20 years is similarily difficult to foresee and will give us capabilities that aren't even on our radar at the moment.
Exciting but a bit scary. I agree with the poster who has suggested that our reliance on technology leaves us exposed to a cyber attack in the future which could have a devastating impact.
How close are we to teleporters?
I know they are trying to teleport small items across a room but is the technology far off or is it pure science fiction that humans will ever teleport?
We' ll be on rationed power, only 3 hours a day as the wind farms and solar power won't generate enough power to keep the country running. The use of electric power tools and other small electrical equipment will be banned in the home as the power has to be saved for the Hospitals
In the South , London will stretch all the way to the South Coast and the East Coast due to the amount of houses being built there.nobody will own their own property anymore, it will all belong to the Government, having been compulsory purchased to make sure no one but Government Ministers and their cronies have money and power.
I'm quite glad I won't be around to see this once great Country slowly sink beneath the waves.
According to Moores law the power of microprocessors doubles every 2 years. To put that into context the iPhone is more powerful than the computer system that put the first man on the moon. The idea that we would have personal computers small enough to put in your pocket in 40 odd years would have been incomprehensible to people then. I guess that means where computer technology will be in 20 years is similarily difficult to foresee and will give us capabilities that aren't even on our radar at the moment.
Exciting but a bit scary. I agree with the poster who has suggested that our reliance on technology leaves us exposed to a cyber attack in the future which could have a devastating impact.
Before we predict super computers with warp speed processing in our phones and iPads, we need to drastically improve the battery technology-like BIG TIME. Even now there are rumblings from the public about battery life, if we start making the cpu 4x, 8x, 16x faster with UHD playback, with current tech the battery will need to be the size of a house brick to get more than 10mins useage out of it. CPU's that throttle back to a lower spec to save power can help and we already have to some extent (my laptop has it and that's a few years old now), but it fundamentally is a drop in the ocean compared to what is really needed.
According to Moores law the power of microprocessors doubles every 2 years. To put that into context the iPhone is more powerful than the computer system that put the first man on the moon. The idea that we would have personal computers small enough to put in your pocket in 40 odd years would have been incomprehensible to people then. I guess that means where computer technology will be in 20 years is similarily difficult to foresee and will give us capabilities that aren't even on our radar at the moment.
Not quite. By then people had long been introduced to such devices via science fiction, and whilst restricted to sci fi at that time, the concept itself wouldn't have been completely alien to people 40 years ago. If you told them then that in 40 years time we'd have similar devices in real life they'd comprehend just fine. Their heads wouldn't explode or accuse you of witchcraft.
Before we predict super computers with warp speed processing in our phones and iPads, we need to drastically improve the battery technology-like BIG TIME.
- Scotland will be independent after voting Yes in a second referendum
- Catalonia & Quebec will also be independent
- UK, France & Germany will have left the EU
- Prince Charles will be King Charles
- BBC will be privatized and showing ads
- Cold War II between the China & America over oil etc
- CDs & DVDs become extinct
People like driving.......people like being in control......even today people hate the idea (in the UK at least) of cars that change gear for them....automatic + cruise control = woa no way say 80% of the public.
So, driverless cars....not convinced it will be successful this side of the pond, America is a different matter however.
I am not anti electric car, but I am anti battery power, in its current form. Battery power is just not good enough yet. 100mile range is not good enough, and that's in ideal conditions, on a rolling road where they don't have hills, and doesn't take account of battery life degrading with age.
Trouble with 4g mobile, aside from how good your signal is impacting on your data speed, assuming everyone eventually gets 4g coverage (this is not s given), it will likely still have data caps and higher payments attached to its useage. Fibre broadband on the other hand will likely soon(ish) lose its premium cost and simply replace standard broadband (although the plan clearly states that 2% of existing plain broadband enabled areas will never get fibre broadband). But the point is, the landline is not just for phone, but rather home internet and providing home wifi complete with low cost, high useage capability.
The trouble is though, people aren't always fully awake and aren't able to make decisions properly. Maybe driverless only cars isn't such a good thing, but allowing a driverless car to take over while you have a nap because of not being fit to drive at that time is a good thing.
London will be a smouldering radioactive heap, we will live by bartering, and other than knowing it was most likely islamic terror, we wont know who to blame.😞
Alternately, life will be carrying on much as it does now.😊
According to Moores law the power of microprocessors doubles every 2 years. To put that into context the iPhone is more powerful than the computer system that put the first man on the moon. The idea that we would have personal computers small enough to put in your pocket in 40 odd years would have been incomprehensible to people then. I guess that means where computer technology will be in 20 years is similarily difficult to foresee and will give us capabilities that aren't even on our radar at the moment.
Exciting but a bit scary. I agree with the poster who has suggested that our reliance on technology leaves us exposed to a cyber attack in the future which could have a devastating impact.
That was my post. I feel I should add,
And I am not going to sugar coat this....
If UK was to be victim of massive cyber attack, the kind of thing to cause mass chaos banks cease working, lights go out, loss of all telecoms, we would likely find ourselves in war with the people who did it. If such an attack was wider reaching, eg effecting all of Europe, maybe the U.S. as well, the retaliation would be greater still-the NATO thing comes into play. If country like China or Russia (Mr......Putin......), were to be to blame it would land us in a world war.
life different now than it was 20 years ago so why don't you think it'd be any different 20 years from now
Its not all that differnt . Phones are better , communication is easier , cars are more advanced . Some thing have advanced but daily life is very similar to 20 years ago
Its not all that differnt . Phones are better , communication is easier , cars are more advanced . Some thing have advanced but daily life is very similar to 20 years ago
in 1994 I had never had a mobile phone, the PC's were slow and there were none in my school, entertainment was still mainly CD/DVD and four tv channels and a video recorder.
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Exciting but a bit scary. I agree with the poster who has suggested that our reliance on technology leaves us exposed to a cyber attack in the future which could have a devastating impact.
How close are we to teleporters?
I know they are trying to teleport small items across a room but is the technology far off or is it pure science fiction that humans will ever teleport?
In the South , London will stretch all the way to the South Coast and the East Coast due to the amount of houses being built there.nobody will own their own property anymore, it will all belong to the Government, having been compulsory purchased to make sure no one but Government Ministers and their cronies have money and power.
I'm quite glad I won't be around to see this once great Country slowly sink beneath the waves.
Not really the same thing as a cyber attack...
Before we predict super computers with warp speed processing in our phones and iPads, we need to drastically improve the battery technology-like BIG TIME. Even now there are rumblings from the public about battery life, if we start making the cpu 4x, 8x, 16x faster with UHD playback, with current tech the battery will need to be the size of a house brick to get more than 10mins useage out of it. CPU's that throttle back to a lower spec to save power can help and we already have to some extent (my laptop has it and that's a few years old now), but it fundamentally is a drop in the ocean compared to what is really needed.
like in star trek .
As replicators would cure the world hunger problem.
and transporters would help the environment.
but governments would not like it
Not quite. By then people had long been introduced to such devices via science fiction, and whilst restricted to sci fi at that time, the concept itself wouldn't have been completely alien to people 40 years ago. If you told them then that in 40 years time we'd have similar devices in real life they'd comprehend just fine. Their heads wouldn't explode or accuse you of witchcraft.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/science/super-batteries-charge-in-two-minutes-and-last-20-years/article/409388
The article in that link is a pretty good read.
Yeah, that pretty obvious. The people of the '30s would have been shocked at some of the stuff that's shown on TV these days.
I'm guessing that was intentional?
The trouble is though, people aren't always fully awake and aren't able to make decisions properly. Maybe driverless only cars isn't such a good thing, but allowing a driverless car to take over while you have a nap because of not being fit to drive at that time is a good thing.
That was different. The fear was that the computers would malfunction because of the computer date might go to 0000.
Alternately, life will be carrying on much as it does now.😊
(you missed the other two?)
life different now than it was 20 years ago so why don't you think it'd be any different 20 years from now
I saw the people's one, but missed the learn't one. I just looked at the beginning and the end.
That was my post. I feel I should add,
And I am not going to sugar coat this....
If UK was to be victim of massive cyber attack, the kind of thing to cause mass chaos banks cease working, lights go out, loss of all telecoms, we would likely find ourselves in war with the people who did it. If such an attack was wider reaching, eg effecting all of Europe, maybe the U.S. as well, the retaliation would be greater still-the NATO thing comes into play. If country like China or Russia (Mr......Putin......), were to be to blame it would land us in a world war.
Its not all that differnt . Phones are better , communication is easier , cars are more advanced . Some thing have advanced but daily life is very similar to 20 years ago
in 1994 I had never had a mobile phone, the PC's were slow and there were none in my school, entertainment was still mainly CD/DVD and four tv channels and a video recorder.
So I think it has changed don't you think?
We would cope with a massive outage as we did in the 3-Day Week.
Or in the Second World War when there was only something like one phone per hundred people (How on earth did they manage to organise D-Day?)