Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 25th Sep 2006 05:31 UTC
In the latest study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, over 700 technology experts were asked to evaluate an assortment of scenarios in an attempt to determine potential trends for the year 2020. With responses from representatives of the World Wide Web Consortium, ICANN, the Association of Internet Researchers, and major corporations like Google and IBM, the report reflects the perceptions of "Internet pioneers," more than half of whom "were online before 1993."
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2005-10-23
In 2020, the largest economy will be China. And the whole Far East will be 'The Global Economy'.
In 2020, Chinese will be the most used language on the internet. Most people will understand at least some Chinese (like in FireFly).
In 2020, Europe will finally get its act together and have a president/parliament, a single army, and a voice in the world.
In 2020, Microsoft will innovate, Vista will still be used (as will XP and 2000), Open Source will be accepted everywhere and have 75 percent of the Desktop market.
In 2020 the joint ESA/NASA/China/Japan mission to Mars will be planned. The second space station is bigger than the current IIS.
In 2020 nanoprobes will run through our vains, killing deseases before we even know we get them.
In 2020 most of the house-cleaning and garden-work will be done by robots (Roomba's successors).
enough for now ;-)