Author Topic: Technology in 2020 (Read 2930 times)

kamuixtv99 · « **on:** April 04, 2011, 02:41:35 PM »

watch this video:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=135225353210469&oid=183647741653104&comments

It's all about...glasses? Is this really possible? What about the prices

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #1 on:** April 04, 2011, 04:28:59 PM »

If they have glass street directories... I'm gonna run into that shit for sure and shatter that.

Give me plastic things... unless the glass is very hard to break.

sapsa · « **Reply #2 on:** April 04, 2011, 07:48:30 PM »

Its all depend of glass. No super new-tech glass =/= no future ?

The fun part is if the glass will really exist then where they put the battery in those cell phones ?!

Would be great to have that kind of technology but then again, what about bullies - those who break things for fun

Tatsujin · « **Reply #3 on:** April 04, 2011, 08:36:48 PM »

Okay, I might be off topic and all but I'll share some of my ideas I discussed with my ex-co-workers.

Solving trash problems: Basically, having trash as the source of every-day energy. Specifically, for car usage and other mobility vehicles. So, one morning your up and your eating your breakfast. After your done, your wife decides to throw out the rest of what's left over and wants to throw the garbage out. You'd step in and say "WOMAN, that's energy for my car! Dont' throw it out! I'll do it myself."

Computers becoming supremely efficient in size, energy and power: Currently, our computers are ... well, they take some space in your room. Your computer, externals, speakers, monitors and whatever else you have. So in the future, your computer is going to be as small as a USB flash drive and with a click of a button, it would either unfold itself to be a simpler and easier computer to work with or it will display a hologram keyboard, mouse (probably?) and monitor. Your disk size will most likely be around 100 TB and you'll have a Core i200 running with massive amount of memory and a bad ass graphic card. All, within the size of a USB Flash Drive.

Androids: You've seen Hatsune Miku? We're guessing they're going to make an Android that can basically do what we order it to do or (B) act as humans but protect them when needed or (C) be just like humans with emotions. Eve no Jikan anime series is the best example I can probably come up with and closest. So is it a dream to see Hatsune Miku singing live on stage without the use of holograms or staying behind a glass? Sure. It's not out of question.

Holograms: We're close, but haven't achieved the holograms we all do in Hollywood or Anime. We still have yet to attain a fully modeled 3D that you can put your hand through and does no harm to you, but allows you to somewhat grasp the idea of it's a real 3D hologram that from whichever side you turn or go around you'll see it in full 3D. Can you imagine computers using keyboard holograms and monitors alike? I've yet to see real technology that does that (I heard they did with the keyboard holograms, but not sure).

And that's basically it.

AceHigh · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2011, 10:24:06 PM »

If some chick would start fingering a mirror in my bathroom leaving all those fingerprints, I would smack her.

Freedom Kira · « **Reply #5 on:** April 05, 2011, 02:37:59 AM »

You might want to look into AMOLED screens and Gorilla Glass, on the topics of strength and flexibility.

Natheria · « **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2011, 03:00:40 AM »

Quote from: Freedom Kira on April 05, 2011, 02:37:59 AM

You might want to look into AMOLED screens and Gorilla Glass, on the topics of strength and flexibility.

The whole video was pretty much displaying the possibilities of gorilla glass along with other super resistant types of glass Corning has and is developing (like Gorilla Glass). That coupled with the development of AMOLED and most of what was shown in that video is already possible.

Freedom Kira · « **Reply #7 on:** April 05, 2011, 04:56:34 AM »

Gorilla Glass actually has quite the history. The design was completed around the 60s, but soda glass became more popular because it was cheaper. The original intent of Gorilla Glass was for car windshields, since that stuff is extremely strong and doesn't need to be as thick as regular glass for the same amount of strength, meaning the same number of sheets of glass would weigh less. And when it breaks, it shatters into tiny pieces, which minimizes the risk of injury in vehicles.

Thanks to soda glass, Gorilla Glass technology ended up lying dormant for several decades. Now that it has a new niche (i.e. electronics, touch screens, etc.), the technology is booming. Probably a good time to invest in Corning now.

I decided to read into it one day, since Nokia's N8 (which I have) uses that stuff, and it's supposedly scratch-proof. So far, not a scratch on it. I've only had it for about a month and a half though.

mgz · « **Reply #8 on:** April 05, 2011, 05:28:39 AM »

Quote from: Freedom Kira on April 05, 2011, 04:56:34 AM

Gorilla Glass actually has quite the history. The design was completed around the 60s, but soda glass became more popular because it was cheaper. The original intent of Gorilla Glass was for car windshields, since that stuff is extremely strong and doesn't need to be as thick as regular glass for the same amount of strength, meaning the same number of sheets of glass would weigh less. And when it breaks, it shatters into tiny pieces, which minimizes the risk of injury in vehicles.

Thanks to soda glass, Gorilla Glass technology ended up lying dormant for several decades. Now that it has a new niche (i.e. electronics, touch screens, etc.), the technology is booming. Probably a good time to invest in Corning now.

I decided to read into it one day, since Nokia's N8 (which I have) uses that stuff, and it's supposedly scratch-proof. So far, not a scratch on it. I've only had it for about a month and a half though.

i love gorilla glass - me and my friends always joke around about it. Gorilla glass, of gorillas by gorillas for gorillas.

My cowon s9 has gorilla glass and sure enough i managed to scratch it

Zalamander · « **Reply #9 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:22:36 AM »

I think the video was a bit too touchscreen abitious, like everything in the future is about touch screens. However we already notice today that many thing aint just possible with touchscreens and many people rather use physical buttons.
This glas technology already exist.

The main problem with the vision is, will we be able to invent a new much more efficient battery technology that will allow us to make more powerful mobile devices then we have today with longer battery time.
Battery is one of the big dilemmas since it reached a dead stop long ago, not much have happend in battery efficiency(size/power) the past 15 years. The market desperatly need a completely new battery technology reinvented from scrath, its something they are working on however and its predicted to reach results in about 4 years. I think it all depends on this.

Gangster301 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 05, 2011, 01:13:44 PM »

Best part about the video was how The glass counter had an invisible camera & that the mother needed a GPS to get to "The Office". xD
Gotta make a continuation on the "A day made of glass". "A day made of glass - Easy to shatter."

Seriously, though. This isn't possible or practical. There doesn't seem to be any batteries, processors or anything to actually make an image on the handheld glass products, plus I would rather have a phone which I can drop on concrete a few times, like my current one, instead of one that may snap in my pocket. $:-\$

Freedom Kira · « **Reply #11 on:** April 05, 2011, 03:25:45 PM »

I wouldn't say it's not possible, but impractical maybe. Just because you don't see a power source doesn't mean there isn't one.

Quote from: mgz on April 05, 2011, 05:28:39 AM

My cowon s9 has gorilla glass and sure enough i managed to scratch it

Heh, good job. What did you use?

BTW the "scratch" could be residue from the scratching material.

Xiong Chiamiov · « **Reply #12 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:08:58 PM »

I'm inclined to think that our technological advancements will shift away from computers and towards something else (my bet's on bio-engineering), just as we shifted from machinery to space and from space to computers.

Sosseres · « **Reply #13 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:51:49 PM »

Quote from: Xiong Chiamiov on April 05, 2011, 10:08:58 PM

I'm inclined to think that our technological advancements will shift away from computers and towards something else (my bet's on bio-engineering), just as we shifted from machinery to space and from space to computers.

I will have to agree. The uses an average person has for computers has been satisfied a long time ago. Now a days it is all about miniaturisation of them with gradual improvements. A 3 year cycle allows you to never drop from playing games on high now a days...

As for bio-engineering, that doesn't seem feasible by 2020 due to all the laws they have to consider as well as the current cost of computing power.

I don't think 2020 tech will be that different. It will simply be common to see what is currently cutting edge or expensive.

Xiong Chiamiov · « **Reply #14 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:24:17 PM »

Hmm, true, 2020 is a bit close for the kind of stuff I was thinking of. That's more of a prediction for the latter part of the century, I guess.

mgz · « **Reply #15 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:36:46 PM »

Quote from: Freedom Kira on April 05, 2011, 03:25:45 PM

I wouldn't say it's not possible, but impractical maybe. Just because you don't see a power source doesn't mean there isn't one.

Quote from: mgz on April 05, 2011, 05:28:39 AM
My cowon s9 has gorilla glass and sure enough i managed to scratch it

Heh, good job. What did you use?

BTW the "scratch" could be residue from the scratching material.

nope its a physical scratch you catch your nail on it if you run it across the screen slowly.

I forgot i had it in my pocket with my knife and stepped on pants in the morning

Hrak · « **Reply #16 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:45:17 PM »

If I think about the past 2 decades than the highest impact (beside of computers) came with the use of cellphones and the changes that influence our social/cultural enviroment with easy to use communication.

So, in other words and from my point of view, the most unexpected Tech of the last 20 years boils down to cellphones.

If I try to project that into 2020, I tend to believe that we will see "something" we wont expect while the Tech of today will evolve further at the same time becoming cheaper and easier to use.

On that note; fancy schmancy touchscreens should have some kind of haptic feedback mechanism in 2020...
...but maybe we will see something different as input device.
I dont expect groundbreaking new things concerning tech, at least not for public endcustomer use, but as usual we will see.

Proin Drakenzol · « **Reply #17 on:** April 06, 2011, 12:42:01 AM »

I think we might see some advances in metallurgy, specifically pertaining to rails for railguns.

Beyond that, further miniaturization of existing technology with greater forays into biological and electromechanical integration (cyborgs) as well as newer, faster ways of computing. Energy (and alternative sources for it) have been a hot ticket item for a while, but with the Fukushima... disaster (for lack of a better word) even more alternative power methods may be developed.

pingryanime · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2011, 01:57:18 AM »

Future computer?

What about future ROLLTOP

http://myrolltop.com/

fohfoh · « **Reply #19 on:** April 06, 2011, 03:31:12 AM »

Why is it that no one seems to think projection? Imagine a chip in your body and the rest of the world projects shit for you. Your whole environment = 1 bigass sensor + display for entertainment, phone calls, productivity etc. 2020? I think we'll begin seeing the beginning for this shit.

THINK CLOUD, but the whole fucking world... that's a fucked up thought. I would resist.