There are some sound refrences to up and coming technologies. I think the disk shaped computer is impractical though. If we are going to have a computer that needs no external devices for input then it should be something very small that we could wear on our person. Then you have all of the benefits of a computer that can track your heartrate and oxygen levels while you are out doing you activities. When you come home and plug it into the network, it customizes your Super-Duper-Does-It-All workout machine for you, then changes your Diet Recomendations in your Makes-Any-Food-From-Tofu cooking device.
Think of holigraphic memory as a stack of those cool hologram pictures you have seen before.
That stack would have height, width, and depth.
And on top of that, holograms can store different information depending on the angle that you read/write from/to them.
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There are some sound refrences to up and coming technologies. I think the disk shaped computer is impractical though. If we are going to have a computer that needs no external devices for input then it should be something very small that we could wear on our person. Then you have all of the benefits of a computer that can track your heartrate and oxygen levels while you are out doing you activities. When you come home and plug it into the network, it customizes your Super-Duper-Does-It-All workout machine for you, then changes your Diet Recomendations in your Makes-Any-Food-From-Tofu cooking device.
Just to let you know, they already have polymer based batteries that can come in any shape you want.
Think of holigraphic memory as a stack of those cool hologram pictures you have seen before. That stack would have height, width, and depth. And on top of that, holograms can store different information depending on the angle that you read/write from/to them.