Looking back through the history of mankind, we see the ofttimes slow, yet steady progress from primitive through the modern; every stage of technology building off the achievements of the last. As we advance through the Iron Age, Renaissance Age, and Industrial Revolution we notice that, for the most part our lives improve. We also notice that the advancements in technology seem to be happening at a much quicker pace in the last one hundred years.
I find it amusing to look back and read technology predictions of the past. Here are a few of my favorites taken from Cody Willard in his blog "Top 10 Dumbest Tech Predictions of All Time" (see link below)
1. Thomas Watson, who was chairman of IBM in 1943 stated "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
2. Read in an 1876 Western Union memo:"This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.”
3. My personal favorite comes from Darryl Zanuck who worked for 20th Century Fox in 1946; “Television won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures...people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night,”
At risk of making an outlandish prediction that never comes to fruition, I will make my tech predictions and say that the future is in biotechnology. We are already starting to transition from non mobile technology components that remained primarily in the home or office to smaller components that travel with us. Wearable technology is on the horizon and it is only a matter of time until advancements allow for the option for it to be ingested or inserted into the human body to monitor health, increase nutrition efficiency, and optimize our natural talents and abilities. I know that it sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but then again so did the telephone at one point in time.
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/cody/2011/01/03/top-10-dumbest-tech-predictions-of-all-time/
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