Thursday, April 25, 2013

http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/it/technology-2013-as-predicted-in-1962-and-1988


Interesting article looking at how some old predictions about technology have panned out. One of the predictions was recently released from the CIA. The prediction was made in 1962 and has some ideas that are not far off. The second, found in the LA Times, was written in the late 80's. It presented a "day in the life" scenario from an average family in 2013. It accurately predicts driving to work "following an electronic-map system in a car that was highly automated." Some of their less accurate predictions involve robots being as common in homes as a sound system was in the 80's. I think these types of articles are always interesting to look at. 

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