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My dad doesn't think we are aliens, and he used to listen to music encoded on disks as a kid... Humanity is changing much slower than you may think. The big l
by parallax7d 16y ago
My dad doesn't think we are aliens, and he used to listen to music encoded on disks as a kid...
Humanity is changing much slower than you may think. The big leap was electricity, and that is well behind us. I doubt the next big leap (nanotech) will become widespread for a hundred or more years.
- nivertech 16y ago1. The technological gap between your father and your grandfather was much smaller, than between you and your father. The gap between you and your son in 50 years will be much bigger. Iphone4, Android will be antiquated technology for your son in 50 years. I remember some article about a kid, who found old walkman in his father's closet. It's took him some time to learn how to use it. And he wrote article comparing walkman with iPod ;) 2. Nanotech is much closer, than you think! Toshiba is already working on 16nm semiconductor process. The transistors will be of the size of atoms. Intel Nehalem is already 32nm process, so 16nm is two tic-toc cycles aways. 32 nm — 2010 22 nm — approx. 2011 16 nm — approx. 2013 11 nm — approx. 2015 You will need nanorobots to build chips of the NEAR future. My startup in the nanotech area, so I know what I talking about.
- parallax7d 16y agoYeah I know nanotech has current limited applications. That's why I said "widespread". As in electricity once had limited applications, now it's widespread.