I've been devoting a lot of my idle brain cycles lately trying to intuit what the next biggest development in technology is going to be. I'm feel we're in a slow slide into information ubiquity. That is a good term for the purposes of this post. We can see the initial vestiges of information ubiquity with the current technology stock, 3G smart phones, wimax, web 2.0, kindle's whispernet, emerging neurological science, and augmented reality developments. The fundamental change is going to emerge with developments not in traditional interfaces, but in radically new ways to receive and send information. One sign that this is the right path to look towards is the queasiness factor for the idea in a normal person. Imagine the general populace's confusion over sending emails instead of regular physical post, then follow a line trailing from that point to the present day, where people of my generation express disgust over the percieved lack of merit in using the latest social networking websites. It is my predilection that truly great ideas often shake societies enough that they are often decried before they can be accepted.
Imagine the braincap idea from Clarke's novel 3001. That is where we are headed in no time flat. With absolutely no research or sources to back up these traits, here is what I predict for the age of information ubiquity.
Imagine the braincap idea from Clarke's novel 3001. That is where we are headed in no time flat. With absolutely no research or sources to back up these traits, here is what I predict for the age of information ubiquity.
- The ability to access information anywhere on the globe at anytime.
- Information access without having to defer from any other task. A retinal implant or direct neurological connection.
- Transmitting information with a direct interface to the brain.
- Context aware delivery information.
- The physical world and electronic world experienced as a singular entity.
