Wednesday 21 January 2009

Looking into the crystal ball

Where is technology heading in the near and not so near future?

From the http://horizon.nmc.org/wiki/2009_Shortlist

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
  • Mobiles
  • Cloud Computing
  • Collaborative Environments
  • Paperless Publishing
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
  • Geo-Everything
  • The Personal Web
  • 3D Virtual Worlds
  • Alternative Input Devices
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
  • Semantic-Aware Applications
  • 3D Telepresence
  • Thin Screens, Flexible Interfaces
  • Smart Objects