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