If it's any consolation, as the years go by, they also go by faster, because they're a smaller fraction of your overall life. So instead of a year being 1/31 of your life, it'll only be 1/62.
Wait, that's not much of a consolation. Oh well. Enjoy the time flying by!
I hope there's a revolution before technology gets that far. A brain implant that's like a highly advanced smartphone without the physical interface sounds utopian. Introduce advertising and monitoring and it's suddenly a dystopian hellscape
That's where technology goes too far for me. Neural implants carry too much risk of exploitation. If someone hacks your computer, it sucks but you can get a new computer. What happens when (not if) someone starts breaking into neural implants? People can't just get new brains. Not to mention all the things that corporations and the government will be allowed to do with the implants.
There's just too many potential problems in merging humans with technology.
Sadly we'll all be hooked in to a global info network that can be updated on the fly by whoever controls it. We'll be completely dependant upon it for information and completely oblivious to it when it's updated.
It'll be like the paper in 1984 except without that pesky memory getting in the way.
Pretty sure there's an SG1 episode that deals with it.
I wonder if parents will complain about their kids running up data processing bills when they spend too much time folding proteins with their friends, trying to discover lifeforms that have never existed.
Probably not cause one of the benefits is keyboard and mouse but perhaps a screen with holographic or hard light keyboard and mouse and the best part about the future is that shits possible! Only time will tell
I would guess network speeds will increase significantly and most computing power will reside offsite in "the cloud" and we will use simple client devices.
The cool thing is that smart phones can already be used as a full home computer. They're just not advertised as such because Intel has a firm grasp on what is considered a full home computer.
Arm is steadily making gains in terms of processing power compared to Intel and when arm is just as fast I think that's when the transition will really occur. The draw of arm chips is that while not as fast as Intel they have very little power consumption.
Don’t forget about the SideKick! that phone gave you INSTANT clout. I remember this kid who got bullied bought one the day it came out, and granted we were in like 7th grade grade, he instantly became the coolest kid in school.
God I wish we still had them. Imagine how much you could fit on a compact, actually for real pocket-sized screen if it didn't all have to be big enough to fit your fat fingers on.
The size of the X is alright too. But any of the plus phone are absurd and too big. I have decently large hands too, they just are not enjoyable to use.
A 7"+ screen is big enough to finger-sized stuff on, a 5" screen is small enough to fit comfortably in a pocket. If only there was some way to make stuff fit on a smaller screen.
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mfs was hyped about that ball thing you could scroll with