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Mar 02, 03
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The future........
remember the first Iraqi war in 1991, they didn't even have email back then.....
Now check this out! 2001-2010 Ear mounted telephones are now available and will become even more lightweight and low-powered. They will connect to the net themselves or through a personal digital assistant. The development of flexible LCD screens will replace bulky laptop screens with ultra-portable roll-up displays. Home entertainment centers could also use this technology to replace conventional TV and computer monitor displays. Faster computer processors will allow for 3-D holographic images to be processed in real time. Speech recognition will become a necessity in mobile electronic devices. Special pens that capture writing and digitize your messages are available today. They will become more accurate and will connect to personal digital assistants and computers. Future personal digital assistants (PDA) will use "rudimentary artificial intelligence". The digital assistants will be highly customized, connected to the net and will communicate with other computers and earphones. Future PDAs will have fingerprint, voice, or retinal identification capabilities. They will start to replace ID numbers, credit card numbers and passwords. PDAs will also perform secure e-cash transactions. Eyewear will darken and lighten as voltage is sent thought variable-tint lens coatings. Eyewear will shield users from the hectic outside world and contain earpieces that can cancel noise or play sound. Cinema films will feature near-perfect animated replications of actors that are alive or already dead. Distanced colleagues, relatives and an increasing popularity of videophone sex will drive sales of videophones and internet videophones. Motorola is developing on-board vehicle supercomputers that will increase automobile engine efficiency up to 20%. Cyberpets, like Sony's AIBO, will perform useful tasks and grow in popularity starting around 2004. Analog TV transmissions will be completely replaced by digital broadcasts by 2010. Personal flying cars are currently being developed. They will cost about the same as a Ferrari by around 2006 and could become popular by 2020. Initial models will require only basic training and will provide adequate safety. A second-generation swing-wing Concord jet should arrive by 2010. It will attain speeds up to Mach 2.4. 2010-2050 Quantum encryption will be used to safeguard data. Eavesdroppers will automatically alter a message just by listening to it, revealing their intrusion. A "sober-up pill" could be available by 2015. The pill would stop certain chemical reactions of the brain that cause intoxication. Communication systems could regularly use virtual reality interfaces by 2030. TVs will also incorporate holography and virtual reality programming. Internal combustion engines could be heavily taxed or become outlawed by 2040. Land transport will rely on environmentally friendly alternatives. 2050-2100 Telepathy helmets will record your feelings and thoughts and broadcast them to a friend wearing a similar setup. Note: Basic telepathy is currently being used to restore muscular communication to paralysis patients. Electronic call-girls and call-boys will offer virtual reality sex that realistically stimulates the five senses. Quantum computer enabled video games will "achieve new heights of reality". Virtual reality games will tap directly into the brain's sensory system. Suits and helmets won't be necessary. Note: See the offbeat movie, Existenz, recently released on video. Teleporting machines could transport objects and live people atom by atom. Note: Teleportation of individual atoms through short trips was achieved in 1999. 
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Mar 02, 03
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beam me up scotty!
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Mar 03, 03
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I dunno if all that stuff is for real(ie flying cars?) but pretty much heard most of it before. Like roll-up LCD moniters will be available in the fairly near future(flat-screen quality, can be rolled up like a sheet of paper and put into your pocket), i remembr reading that liek a week ago...
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Mar 03, 03
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Some of that shit scares the crap out of me.
I didnt get to read the whole thing, but in the next decade or two head sets will be available that will scan a persons face and pull up information on them. yah.. NO thanks. p.s. I want a video phone :kam:
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Mar 03, 03
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