Technology changes at a faster pace than ever before, it seams every few weeks or even days new ideas and technologies are becoming a reality. I feel our life will be very different in the future, the changes will be more drastic than when our parents were young to the present day. I am going to leave these categories slightly general because I believe that there are too many to narrow it to three individual technologies.
1. Local Green energy
This one is obvious, but I couldn't leave it out. I don't really know if there will be just one that changes everything or is the answer, it will probably be a combination of multiple technologies. I think the noticeable difference will be that things will be more local, it will not be what we have now where there are giant power plants for millions of homes and buildings; it will be local things. (Solar is not so great in the arctic for half the year, and wind is not that great in most inland areas)
2. Nano Technologies
This can have a huge impact on everything, from consumer electronics to medical equipment. The new possibilities are endless when things get smaller. More can be shipped, more lives can be saved and improved with the shrinking of components, Certain things that might have to keep someone in a hospital now hooked up to machines may one day be a small device inside them enabling them to live a normal life.
3. Social Networking and Information Sharing
(Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin, Flickr, and the millions of other similar sites.)
This has already had profound effects on society, but I think some of the possibilities have not all been reached or realized. So many people can have access other people's information as well as post there own. The internet has already connected so many people and enabled people to share so much information. I believe that so much more is going to come from things like this, the quality of information and amount will continue to grow exponentially. The world will continue to get smaller and smaller.
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