GIGABIT INTERNET(2012):Dogged by the speed of ya home broadband service?With a gigabit internet connection over a fiber-optic line,you'll be able to download da latest movies in less than a minute@speeds up to 1 gbps.
MOBILE FUEL CELLS(2013):Now in development,hydrogen fuel cells will power your laptop for a week at a time using storage-bougth fuel cartridges.
SMART HOMES(2014):We've heard for years about the smart home- a house chock-full of computer-driven appliances that cater to your every need. As homes with built-in ethernet wiring become more common in several years,central home PCs will control everything from thermostat to the lighting to the security system.
PROBE STORAGE(2015):Code-named Millepede, the probe storage system being developed by IBM will use atomic force microscopy(think itsy-bitsy dots)to store more than a terabyte of data per square inch on a polymer surface. An array of thousands of little probes will be able to read and write large amounts of that data far more quickly than today's drives can.
NANO LIGHTING SYSTEM(2015):It has "lighting" right in the name, so you know its cool, but it's really about cooling off ya hardware. Microscopic nanotubes will use an electrical charge to generate tiny wind currents on the surface of your chips to cool them down without the aid of fans.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tech Beyond 2010
Posted by DaGGyLo at 1:53 PM