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In 2040 the net will at the very least be seamlessly integrated into our eye sight though lenses (or even digital eyes for the hardcore geeks Like a science-fi
by sillysaurus 13y ago
In 2040 the net will at the very least be seamlessly integrated into our eye sight though lenses (or even digital eyes for the hardcore geeks
Like a science-fiction writer, one must be careful with predictive dates. The best algorithm seems to be: take your initial guess and triple it. For example, since 1984 was published in 1949, 3x that would yield 2089, which seems a reasonable time frame to move our society from our current status into the complete dystopia the book predicts.
So your digital eyes should be coming out in 2094 or so, shortly after the Ministry of Truth begins erasing words from history books.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoSometimes its take your best guess and half it. We are really bad at predicting the future.
- kristofferR 13y agoI did overestimate it. :) I actually consider it very likely that good visual prostheses/digital eyes will exist already in 2025, 2040 is more than 2x that (2025-2013=12 12*2=24 2013+24=2037) Very primitive digital eyes already exist: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/149106-the-first-real-high-resolution-user-configurable-bionic-eye http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/149106-the-first-real-hig... I think it's quite likely that we're able to improve the technology a lot quite quickly, a lot of projects doing just that is underway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_prosthetic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_prosthetic
- Kiro 13y agoNope, 2040 is much closer to the truth.
- kriro 13y agoYou should add the 3x35 to the original 1949 and not the 1984 (that would be 4x35) arriving at 2054. Given recent events 2x seems far more reasonable i.e. in 2019 it's gg-time ;)