[Tiresias]

Just wondering what peoples' thoughts are.

I predict that the computer will be absorbed into the body via modular cyborgery.

Harddrive = tiny cluster of nano-wires and chips inserted under skin.
Screen = contact lens-like membrane.
Cursor = oculomotor control.

Key = computer operations will become thought-like; accessing info from the net with be like retrieving a memory; email will become a form of synthetic telepathy.

Pros = can use computer while riding a bicycle (or whenever—you will be semi-computer).
Cons = "spam thoughts."

[Zeeb]

A dystopian view of the future might suggest that a future computer a hundred years from now will be a 100 year old Mac or Dell buried under the ruins of some old city.

Or, perhaps we'll be genetically engineered in the future to have such advanced cognitive ability that we won't need computers to do rapid calculations for us.

[osiris]

A computer 100 years from now will be unrecognizable to our eyes in this time period- maybe akin to what Zeeb said. We will be the computers.
Or maybe not.

[Dakar²]

Originally Posted by osiris 

We will be the computers.

Resistance is futile.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Dakar² 

Resistance is futile.

You will be assimilated. And simulated.

[Doofy]

I hope they have nice tits.

[Dakar²]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

I hope they have nice tits.

At the very least, I hope they're upgradeable.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

I hope they have nice tits.

That could be too dangerous a combo - brains and hot body... Men would become slaves.

[Nodnarb]

I think predicting 100 years from now is so far off that it's not even worthwhile because there's no way we could know.

20 years from now, however, would be extremely interesting. Think of how far we've come in the past 20 years. In the next 20, computers are going to be crazy. I have no idea what, but it's fun to think about.

[mdc]

I hope they have movies and software over the internet sorted out by then. The prospect of "inserting" cds doesn't sound too good.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally Posted by Tiresias 

Just wondering what peoples' thoughts are.

I predict that the computer will be absorbed into the body via modular cyborgery.

While I accept things will be MUCH more advanced in 100 years, I don't think they are going to be nearly to the extent that you are describing.

Convenience only goes so far... I don't see people embracing the inserting of technology into their bodies.

Originally Posted by Tiresias 

Harddrive = tiny cluster of nano-wires and chips inserted under skin.

IMHO, people won't be that familiar with what a hard drive is in 100 years.

Originally Posted by Tiresias 

Screen = contact lens-like membrane.

I'm not sure about that... the great thing about a screen is... many people can see it at the same time. And while I hate it... people can point at what is on my screen and comment accordingly. I'm sure the technology will advance considerably, but screens aren't going away. TVs were invented over 60 years ago... and while they have constantly been upgraded, they are still a box you look at.

Originally Posted by Tiresias 

Cursor = oculomotor control.

I think this may be one input device, but I think there will be others. I don't think the mouse is going anywhere fast. For fine motor skills, the mouse works VERY well for what it does.

[Tiresias]

I think the progession to cyborgery is logical. Different bits of technology (phones, cameras, web browsers, mp3 players) are increasingly being consolidated into single all-purpose units, like the iPhone. These will get smaller and smaller. First they will be clipped onto lapels (much like the new shuffle) then worn like jewellery, then they'll get so small they'll have to be fixed to the body to avoid being lost. That's one step away from cyborgery.

[Dakar²]

Originally Posted by Tiresias 

cyborgery

Sounds like a type of porn.

[Tiresias]

It's a word but.

Steven Rose uses it in "The 21-st Century Brain", and Ray Kurzweil uses it in "The Singularity is Near" (which book's author your hero Bill Gates calls "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence")

[badidea]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

I hope they have nice tits.

I thought you don't like artificial tits??

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by badidea 

I thought you don't like artificial tits??

Cloned hybrids.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally Posted by Tiresias 

It's a word but.

Steven Rose uses it in "The 21-st Century Brain", and Ray Kurzweil uses it in "The Singularity is Near" (which book's author your hero Bill Gates calls "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence")

FYI, your sig is too big.

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[badidea]

^^ Affirmative!

[Big Mac]

Frink: Well, sure, the Frinkiac-7 looks impressive, don't touch it, but I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.

Apu: Could it be used for dating?

Frink: Well, theoretically, yes. But the computer matches would be so perfect as to eliminate the thrill of romantic conquest. Mw-hurgn-whey. [3F20] Much Apu About Nothing

[Eriamjh]

Pffffft! You can't even predict what they'll look like in two years.

[turtle777]

-t

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh 

FYI, your sig is too big.

Fixed.

[Buckaroo]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Cloned hybrids.

Seven of Nine is so hot. Now she's Shark's boss. I'd love to have a boss that hot.

[Chuckit]

In the future, computers may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.

[red rocket]

I think they'll be just like people.

Except smarter, stronger, and immortal.

Homo sapiens' time is at an end, you need to be replaced.

I actually get a bit depressed knowing that I won't be around in a hundred years to see what all the cool tech is going to be like.

[Cadaver]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

-t

Winner. Thread closed.