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