Technology in the Next 100 Years the Futurologist’s View
2/6/13
Technology in the next 100 years: the futurologist’s view
ComputerWeekly.com
Technology in the next 100 years: the futurologist’s view
Futurologist Ian Pearson discussed technologies of the future to more than 200 IT, security and finance delegates on the Aurora cruise ship. He spoke of IT security threats from smart bacteria, gadgets which are installed in the skin, the soaring of tax rates precipitating the emigration of graduates to low-tax economies, oil at 30 dollars a barrel, and the reversal of globalization. Gadgets of the future Electronics in the human body will record holiday and other experiences - bungee-jumping for example - and replay them into your nervous system, or someone else's. They will be able to feel the same sensations you did on holiday. This would surpass showing holiday snaps to friends and family. Games headsets are already recording some simple thought processes. Pearson also referred to "active skin". Tattoos would be applied to the skin to provide interactive, touchsensitive video displays. One drawback: hackers may try to access your nervous system, though this threat will not deter all. Pearson referred to the "digital mirror" in which you see yourself as you want to, not as you are. And you could use "active makeup" to change your look during the day. Smart bacteria - the biggest IT security threat to mankind? Pearson said that smart bacteria could be the biggest security threat known to mankind by 2025. They may land on keyboards and work out passwords. "Even before [your password] signals reach the PC and get decoded by the software, they [smart bacteria] are already taking money out of your bank account." He told anyone in the audience who is working in IT security and is less than say 40-years-old: "change your career". He referred to bacteria linked via infrared that form sophisticated self-organising circuits. Robots will replace IT workers - the human-machine convergence Pearson referred to an optical brain
Technology in the next 100 years: the futurologist’s view
ComputerWeekly.com
Technology in the next 100 years: the futurologist’s view
Futurologist Ian Pearson discussed technologies of the future to more than 200 IT, security and finance delegates on the Aurora cruise ship. He spoke of IT security threats from smart bacteria, gadgets which are installed in the skin, the soaring of tax rates precipitating the emigration of graduates to low-tax economies, oil at 30 dollars a barrel, and the reversal of globalization. Gadgets of the future Electronics in the human body will record holiday and other experiences - bungee-jumping for example - and replay them into your nervous system, or someone else's. They will be able to feel the same sensations you did on holiday. This would surpass showing holiday snaps to friends and family. Games headsets are already recording some simple thought processes. Pearson also referred to "active skin". Tattoos would be applied to the skin to provide interactive, touchsensitive video displays. One drawback: hackers may try to access your nervous system, though this threat will not deter all. Pearson referred to the "digital mirror" in which you see yourself as you want to, not as you are. And you could use "active makeup" to change your look during the day. Smart bacteria - the biggest IT security threat to mankind? Pearson said that smart bacteria could be the biggest security threat known to mankind by 2025. They may land on keyboards and work out passwords. "Even before [your password] signals reach the PC and get decoded by the software, they [smart bacteria] are already taking money out of your bank account." He told anyone in the audience who is working in IT security and is less than say 40-years-old: "change your career". He referred to bacteria linked via infrared that form sophisticated self-organising circuits. Robots will replace IT workers - the human-machine convergence Pearson referred to an optical brain