Check out some future technologies!
By Tiffany Green.
New technologies at you door step.
Autonomous Cars
In the future, we will have autonomous cars, where driver control will be optional. Even though the thought might seem scary, the cars will be safer than any car you would drive yourself. They will constantly evaluate their current environment with multiple sensors, and they'll never get distracted by text messages. Will they be complex to operate? Not at all. Your personal mobile computers (PMC) will act as a user interface to any device, including your autonomous car. It will know your schedule and address book, so when you get into your car one hour before an appointment, the car’s GPS will instantly display the destination address and arrival time. All you have to do is say, “Let’s go!”
Social Networking
Social networking as it exists today on Facebook and Twitter requires users to do extra work. We must manage our community of friends and followers, and go through all the tweets and posts. In the future, the management of our network will be dynamic and automated; the system will make and break connections to ensure maximum value. As updates are posted, for example, only those relevant to you at the present moment will make it through the filter to your personal mobile computers (PMC). Social networking may also become more integrated with other components of our digital lives, like our calendars, address books and GPS. When going to a scheduled meeting with someone, you may be presented with recent and relevant posts that person made on Facebook to help prepare for small talk.
Augmented Reality
Today’s augmented reality (AR) will add floating text, symbols and 3D virtual images to a camera’s video feed to make it more informative or entertaining. Tissot watches and Olympus cameras have web pages that let you experience virtual products. And Lego has a great point of sale display that lets kids virtually play with the toy inside the box they're holding. In the future, AR glasses will project images onto the lenses using components that are barely noticeable. Your PMC will display information on your glasses, much like a heads-up display (HUD), for instance. You will look at a symbol and say something, and your PMC will act on the broadcasted message. Your PMC will also do a great job of minimizing the information displayed, limiting it to just what you need to know.