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5 Predictions for 2012
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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I could write those predictions. Actually most science and technology magazines have already printed similiar predictions for years now. If I type something BOLD like that also, will it get posted on Slashdot too?
Every cable and satellite television receiver will include a hard disk for recording shows, and those disks will have a minimum capacity of one terabyte, or 1,000 gigabytes, enough to store hundreds of hours of high-definition programming.
Not bloody likely. HD Video is likely to require about 15 GB/hour to store. 1 TB of data does NOT give you 'hundreds of hours', more like 65 hours.
AT&T's mMode has this -- it's called friend finder. *IF* you want someone to see you, you add them to a list and they can look on their phone and see something to the effect of 'Bob is at the corner of Atlantic and Congress Ave.' I think it's only based on which tower you're closest too, but it's a very good start.
What did you eat today? http://www.atetoday.com/
Even more interresting are the predictions he made 10 years ago, in 1992
it's not only on AT&T's mLife plans..... it's on a lot of newer phones... basically any phone that boasts "e911" has a GPS or GPS-like thing going on. my friend's latest phone (on verizon) has this feature, and it's not an expensive phone. it can be set so it is only active if you actually dial 911. in a sense it is kinda cool, in a sense it is creepy as hell. if you sail off the highway on a backwoods road during a snowstorm, you would be psyched you have it (assuming you have signal). if your boss uses it to find out you are not sick and actually going to see Star Wars 3, then you'll hate it.
It will not be here soon.
It is already here and with the advent of technologies like GPRS, 3G and 4G it will become more and more common and noticeable.
The world's armies (and especially the US one) have been funding -and up to a certain extenct using- technologies like this for years now. The technology is now "seeping" into the mobile operator business. Soon, with the help of those people, who buy,sell or store personal data (lawfully or not, eg. ad serving scum, police) this will be a much more evident reality than ever.
Not before long we'll be living in Minority Report's world. Not fancy multimedia stuff, like "Hello Mr. Anderson, why don't you try this GAP outfit?" but as in you'll be getting SMS (or MMS or the then equivalent) as soon as you walk outside the shop and you're identified either as an existing ot a potential customer...
/. Where the truth
Actually it reminds me of cars. They have lots of diagnostics built in, and check the engine etc, and then doesn't tell you about the results. Instead you have to go to the garage, where someone will read what the engine is saying, and repeat it back to you...