Category Archives: Predictions

In 2013 the internet will become a mostly mobile medium

Posted on December 13, 2012 by GilPress

Source: The Economist, Morgan Stanley

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Yesterday’s Futures: The Limits of Our Vision

Posted on August 11, 2012 by GilPress

In 1969, the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, U.K., produced a video titled “Telecommunications services for the 1990s.” Predictably, it extrapolates from the reality (no distortion here) of the telephone network of the 1960s. Only the transmission is digital; the rest … Continue reading →

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The Future of Mobile

Posted on June 16, 2012 by GilPress

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The Coming Tumblverse

Posted on April 19, 2012 by GilPress

Source: XKCD

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Computers and Health Care

Posted on March 2, 2012 by GilPress

“The development of our information processing industry is basically governed by longer term super-cycles… Analyses of what computational environments will facilitate can be mind-boggling. To offer just one example, health care delivery will be revolutionized by 1990, with most large … Continue reading →

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“There You Have Electronic Television”

Posted on September 7, 2011 by GilPress

Today in 1927, Philo T. Farnsworth, 21, succeeded in transmitting the image of a line through purely electronic means with a device he called an “image dissector.”

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A Brief History of Computer Graphics and What’s Next

Posted on August 5, 2011 by GilPress

One way to look at the history of computer graphics is to look at eras, giving each era a name. For example, the middle 50’s to the early 60’s was the “beginnings” era. The early 60’s to the late 60’s … Continue reading →

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A Robot in Every Home?

Posted on July 21, 2011 by GilPress

Today in 1984, a factory robot in Jackson, Michigan, crushed a 34 year-old worker in the first ever robot-related death in the United States. The robot thus violated Issac Asimov’s First Law of Robotics, “A robot may not injure a human … Continue reading →

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Tipping Point for the Internet of Things and Connected Cows

Posted on July 18, 2011 by GilPress

In 2008, the number of things connected to the Internet exceeded the number of people on Earth. This according to a Cisco Infographic on the Internet of Things today and tomorrow. One Internet of Things start-up it mentions is Sparked, … Continue reading →

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