Microsoft Imagines 2019....10 Years From Now.........Crazy Crazy Stuff.......

Technology isn't that outlandish at this point - it's the integration that would be shocking to see, 10 years from now.

Like others have said - it's not impossible to envision this stuff, but you just probably won't see it many places for awhile... in 10 years, you mighthave 1 percent of the population that ever uses that sort of technology ever.. but in 20 years, it could be part of 99 percent of the world's daily life,ya know?

Integration is what it's all about now... invention itself has sort of slowed, there aren't many things we don't have already - technology now ismore just innovations... now it's just about making the same sorts of things faster, sleeker, smaller, and then piecing them all together - streamlining.

It's very interesting, somewhat scary, and always exciting.

digital wallet was amazing

If even 1 of those becomes true with a affordable price,i'd be happy...

It reminded me of Minority Report

It won't be like that. But atleast touch screens are slowly becoming mainstream with iphone itouch and all the other new phones. So some of that stuff willbe a reality. Just attainable by a small miority.

Lord spare me nothin happen, I'll be glad to see whatever the future holds..

that's scary to think about, but look how far things have come since the 80's? Insane.

Originally Posted by presequel

from 1999 to 2009 we didnt make that huge of a jump as that video is showing. thats more like......20 years. MAYBE.

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internet....

the thing your using

comps...the other things your using...

how about itunes??ipod??

SMH

Originally Posted by JDocs

Originally Posted by wj4

That's cool and all, but I highly doubt it. 10 years is not far off...

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Moore's Law.

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Very interesting, if anyone has the time I suggest they read up on this. Just did and it was fascinating to say the least.

Nice video.

PO

Originally Posted by HOLLAKID619

Originally Posted by dunksnjordans1992

Originally Posted by Crazy EBW

Ducktales.

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Some of that is already here. This vid is over a yr old, check it

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That video is unreal.

this is honestly one of the craziest things I've seen in my life. I can't wait until I can afford something like this in my personal home. I'mputting it on my coffee table and walls and IDK exactly what I'll do with it but It'll be put to good use.

siiiiick

damn thats awesome

what caught my eye is the digital wallet.

Nuffin but Green Screens in the Backround.

the digital wallet looks

Originally Posted by wj4

That's cool and all, but I highly doubt it. 10 years is not far off...

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From an electrical engineering standpoint, I don't see anything in that video that is far fetched . You guys fail to grasp the concept of EXPONENTIAL growth. The video can be summed up in 2 words, exponential growth. This will be a recurring theme in my post. Look attechnology from lets say the year 1 B.C. to 1800 B.C. Look at technology from 1800-1900 B.C. From 1900-1950, from 1950 to 2000. From 2000-now. Technology hasadvanced farther in the last 9 years than it it did in the first 1,800 years of modern B.C. time and defiantly more than in the 10,000+ years before the year0. Its hard for you guys and myself to fathom because it's exponential. It's easy to extrapolate a line, not so much a curve becuase it difficult togauge where on the curve you are.

You probably arn't familiar with Moore's law in regards to the semiconductor industry. I suggest you look into it as well as the related exponentialgrowth of the computer industry before further comment. That goes for anyone in this thread who feels as if the video is as NT puts it "ducktales".To put everything in lay mans terms, devices are being halved in size, so you operating speed is doubled. Halving devices also means you can increasecomplexity and the amount of "stuff" you can fit on a chip. Check out Intel's chip progression. These guys are crazy The chips are getting more complex so they can do more stuff that you guys call"cool". That is just 1 aspect of computer tech, but it is the main catalyst.

Technology is not linear, I feel as if we are approaching the turning point on the curve, the point where growth becomes almost vertical. I'd say we reachthe "knee" of the exponential graph around 2020-2030. Really the knee will come when computers start inventing all of the new stuff. The human mindhas limitations, the computer does not. Right now, one computer has the intelligence level of a rodent (correct me if im wrong). Eventually 1 computer willhave more intelligence than the entire human race. This is not science fiction, this is a computer engineering inevitability, a singularity that can not beavoided unless we destroy ourselves before that point. What happens when computers surpass human intelligence and begin to invent their own devices, nobodyknows. We just have to sit around and wait.

All of this is a result of Moore's law and exponential growth. The current semiconductor design is reaching it's zenith, actually it's reaching thepoint where quantum mechanics can not be ignored, but that's another topic for another day. So for any engineers, physicist who come in here with thatnonsense, human beings will either find a new device or find away around these effects. I'm sure of it.

I suggest that those of you who are technologically inclined or simply have a passion for computers read "Thesingularity is near" by Raymond Kurzweil. He conveysthe point I am trying to get across much better with evidence, research, and studies. At 1:25 AM, its hard for me to type out Executive Summaries oftechnology.

Anyways, the bigger question is how affordable will the stuff be.

im just waitin on my at-home build a woman chemistry set then im good.

one for cooking, one for cleaning, one for pampering me, one for taking me out on dates, one for going to work for me, one for doing laundry/ironing my gear,one for washing/waxing my car, one for grocery shopping, one for downloading/burning digital media 4 me, one for putting a straw in my drink, one for washingmy nads, one for shauefering when i want one, one for cutting grass/fixing up the crib, one for waking me up, one for videotaping my sex acts, and all forwell....yaa........gentically approved concubines FTW!

Dope, but I highly doubt that we'll see that in 10 years.

that digital wallet was
and damn that Microsoft Surface video was nice too

Originally Posted by CoolLiquidFlames

what the hell did shorty have a pokedex?

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hahahahahahahahahaha

No but seriously, its possible. All of this technology probably will happen, but not for awhile. Probably a little after 20 years and about 25 years from now,we won't see these things as that big of a deal anyway because they are bringing technology along at a slow, gradual pace. I mean, if one were to step backand take a look, you can how far technology has come now, and because technology has been brought along in this matter, if you don't recognize what'sgoing on, technology just might pass you by.

It sure is intriguing to see what the future might hold, and it will be a long time before that is a way of life for 1 percent of the population let alone 50,until finally 100 percert. The one thing that is for certain though, is the use (or lack thereof) of paper money. That will be gone sooner than a lot of usthink.

I don't believe this. They told me in 1st and 2nd grade, that we would have flying cars by now. That was in 1996 and 1997.