1. Emerging Technologies to Watch Ballistic Magnetoresistance (BMR)-based drives: 50+ DVDs on a hard drive the size of a credit card Wireline: 10GB Ethernet (802.3ae) approved by IEEE in 2002 Wireless “3G” cell phones: 11.4 million by 2003; 66.4 million by 2005; 250 million+ by 2007 TI expects single-chip cell phones by end of 2004 WIFI continues to expand in corporate and community settings Radio Frequency ID (RFID) – new “Auto ID” standards Biometrics: face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein and voice Network Services Architecture-bases systems (UDDI, WSDL, XML, and more) E-paper, Smart-paper, Flexible Displays

2. Standing At the Crossroads Variable-Price Vending Machines at Amusement Parks Explosion in e-mail (2002: 31 billion/day, 2006: 60 billion/day) By 2010, over 27 million e-workers in European Union (est. 3 million in 2000) Online consumer sales ($1.5 billion/week in late August 2002) continuing to accelerate Households paying e-Bills to reach 52 million by 2006 (up from 18 million in 2001) Smart-Paper, wireless signs in department stores and elsewhere Computerized, implanted, drug-delivery chips

3. Words of Wisdom Clinging to the Past and Present: “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons” (Popular Mechanics, 1949) “640K ought to be enough for anybody.” (Bill Gates, 1981) Seeking the Future: "At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past." -- Count Maurice Maeterlink Life is what's coming, not what was.

4. Through the Looking Glass… WFS Technology Timeline 2005: Retinal implants linked to video cameras 100 teraflop computers All patients tagged (RFID) in hospitals Voice synthesis quality up to human standards 80% of U.S. homes have PCs

5. Through the Looking Glass… WFS Technology Timeline 2010: 25% of TV celebrities are synthetic All government services delivered electronically (2008) Optical neurocomputers mimic brain functions Electronic supercomputers as fast as human brain First Net War fought between cybercommunities Effective prediction of most natural disasters Emotionally responsive toys & robots (2006)

6. Through the Looking Glass… WFS Technology Timeline 2015: Satellite location devices implanted into pets 3-D videoconferencing Desktop computer as fast as human brain ID cards replaced by biometric scanning DNA computer

7. Through the Looking Glass… WFS Technology Timeline 2020: Machine knowledge exceeds human knowledge (2017) Electronic life forms given basic rights Only 15% of deaths worldwide due to infectious diseases Sensors widely used in countryside to monitor environment Computers linked to biological sensory organs Reservations required to use some key roads Computer-enhanced dreaming

8. Through the Looking Glass… WFS Technology Timeline 2025: Fully functioning artificial eyes Learning superseded by transparent interface to smart computers Robots surpass developed-world population VR becomes popular entertainment in nursing homes Holographic TV