Cloud Computing: Our wildest dreams are coming true
August 31, 2014
Grazed from BDLive. Author: Willie Oosthuysen.
THE ever-accelerating evolution of technology keeps making real the stuff of science fiction. Just 30 years ago, cellphones, the internet and GPS were predictions. Now we carry instruments in our pockets that can do all those things, and more. Technology predictions for 2014 give us a tantalising glimpse of what’s in store — and some of it is mind-boggling.
1. The internet of everything
This is the idea that, eventually, every device in the world can be connected to every other device. You already have aspects of the internet of everything in your life, such as synching your calendar across devices…
But imagine every machine that affects your life synching with each other, so that when you get into your car it knows where you are going (it is synched with your calendar), how to get there (it is synched with the traffic and navigation app), how long it will take and so on. In the not-too-distant future, the car will drive you there, too. The human-computer interface will change fundamentally…
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