Navegando en la maravillosa Internet, encontré la edición de un informe de un tal Ian Neild, su tocayo Ian Pearson, Matt Bross y compañía, en donde se encargaban de enunciar lo que podría pasar con la tecnología en el mundo de acá a unos años. La verdad que me entretuvo bastante leer lo que estos ñatos escribieron. Cito unos párrafos del comienzo:

"...Many of the items may seem like science fiction, but as the great scientist Arthur C Clarke said: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Profiles of The Future, 1961 (Clarke's third law). The majority of the feedback we receive on the timeline is positive, but we do receive some criticism. But just because you don't agree with us now, don't worry, in 10 years’ time you may change your mind. Human technology has moved from the first flight to flying to the moon in around 60 years - which was a remarkable achievement. In the past 60 years we have gone from Colossus - a machine the size of a room used to crack supposedly unbreakable codes during a war - to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 - machines that bring virtual war into a room. These games machines have the processing power of super computers just 10 years ago yet are now used for entertainment. In the next 60 years we will see nanotechnology and biotechnology making impacts on our life that might seem like magic to us but will be quite normal to our children's children. The world is speeding up as each generation learns from their kids, and through knowledge sharing via the Internet, so who knows what the next 60 years will bring? Our timeline can only cover a small sample of what is coming..."

Si querés leerlo entero, podés elegir entre una versión en formato PDF o una versión interactiva. A mi me gustaron las dos.


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