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5 Predictions for 2012

Posted by michael on from the feeling-lucky dept.

Structured Audio writes "Mike Langberg of the Merc put up his 5 technology predictions for 2012. Well chosen, although of course in 2012 speech recognition will still be 10 years away :-)."

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  1. Re:TV commercials by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Haha. Not very bright, are you?

    I have no trouble imagining it possible to hack my Tivo Series VI to automatically crop out crud like that, and stretch the picture back to normal.

    And if they try to superimpose it on the video feed itself, it might even be possible to train a neural net to "rebuild" it with some degree of accuracy.

    Technology is finally on our side for once, as opposed to the hordes of spam minions.

  2. Re:Finally, we can talk to our computers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I talk to mine as well. The speech recognition isn't that bad for windows, maybe it will be out for linux by 2012.

    I want my computer to talk back to me.

  3. /.ers will see naked women in the flesh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    but not get any action until the 2038 Unix Time bug forces them to leave their machines and go forth and copulate