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Probabilistic Robotics (think the Darpa Car Races)

• axiom 19y ago
  That's one that I definitely had in mind! Some of the work done in computer vision in particular is pretty incredible. The SIFT result by Lowe for example has just barely started to become applied (take a look at Photosynth by Microsoft - that's entirely made possible through SIFT.) Particle filters in their various forms will become more and more widespread as computation becomes cheaper (the Condensation algorithm is a good example.) All of this is just now starting to add up to allow people to create truly intelligent systems that can interact with the world.
• jfoutz 19y ago
  This is the one. No more big rigs, ups drivers, fed ex drivers, taxi drivers, pizza drivers. The tech seems extensible to store shelf stocking, so a pretty big chunk of all transportation of goods should be automated. It's easy to envision a retailer that has automated delivery from the factory floor to the store shelf. This will be huge.