For the past five years, IBM has come up with a list of five innovations it believes will become popular within the next five years. In this, the sixth year, IBM revealed to the public a list of mind-boggling and unbelievable innovations that it believes will gain traction to change the way people work, live and play.
"At IBM, we are bridging the gap between science fiction and science fact on a daily basis," said Lope Doromal, chief technologist of IBM Philippines.
Hold on to your sci-fi novels, because some of these are pretty far out there. And some of them, well, I wish we had them today to help us change the future of this planet:
On the power that can be generated to power a home, IBM explained that anything that moves or produces heat has the potential to create energy that can be captured. From walking, jogging, bicycling to the water flowing through the pipes has energy. Advances in renewable energy technology will allow individuals to collect this kinetic energy, which now goes to waste, and use it to help power homes, workplaces and cities.
On the claim that password will not be necessary anymore, IBM said that the biological makeup is the key to individual’s identity, and soon, it will become the key to safeguarding it. Nobody will again need to create, track or remember multiple passwords for various log-ins.
On their observation that mind reading will no longer be a thing in science fiction literature, IBM scientists are currently researching how to link a brain to devices, such as a computer or a smartphone.
On their prediction that the digital divide will cease to exist, IBM explained that the global society, growth and wealth of economies are increasingly decided by the level of access to information. And in five years, the gap between information haves and have-nots will narrow considerably due to advances in mobile technology.
Incredulously, IBM also thinks that junk mail will become priority mail because unsolicited advertisements may feel so personalized and relevant it may seem spam is dead. At the same time, spam filters will be so precise nobody will ever be bothered by unwanted sales pitches again.
"Trends #4 and #5 are especially relevant to the Filipinos because of the prevalent use of smartphones and gadgets. In addition, the Philippines is considered the most social media-addicted market globally according to comScore.com," Doromal added.
However, how good IBM predictions really are? Well, their track record of predictions over the past five years has been somewhat mixed. For instance, in 2006 they predicted that everyone will be able to access health care remotely, from just about anywhere in the world; there will be a 3D Internet and mobile phones will start to read minds.
At this time, we all know that remote health care is a reality, but real-time speech translation is, well, not quite as real. Also, we still waiting for the 3D Internet, but those mobile phones are becoming awfully smart.
"At IBM, we are bridging the gap between science fiction and science fact on a daily basis," said Lope Doromal, chief technologist of IBM Philippines.
Hold on to your sci-fi novels, because some of these are pretty far out there. And some of them, well, I wish we had them today to help us change the future of this planet:
- Anybody can power their homes with the energy that they created themselves.
- Nobody will ever need a password again.
- Mind reading is no longer science fiction.
- The digital divide will cease to exist.
- Junk mail will become priority mail.
On the power that can be generated to power a home, IBM explained that anything that moves or produces heat has the potential to create energy that can be captured. From walking, jogging, bicycling to the water flowing through the pipes has energy. Advances in renewable energy technology will allow individuals to collect this kinetic energy, which now goes to waste, and use it to help power homes, workplaces and cities.
On the claim that password will not be necessary anymore, IBM said that the biological makeup is the key to individual’s identity, and soon, it will become the key to safeguarding it. Nobody will again need to create, track or remember multiple passwords for various log-ins.
On their observation that mind reading will no longer be a thing in science fiction literature, IBM scientists are currently researching how to link a brain to devices, such as a computer or a smartphone.
On their prediction that the digital divide will cease to exist, IBM explained that the global society, growth and wealth of economies are increasingly decided by the level of access to information. And in five years, the gap between information haves and have-nots will narrow considerably due to advances in mobile technology.
Incredulously, IBM also thinks that junk mail will become priority mail because unsolicited advertisements may feel so personalized and relevant it may seem spam is dead. At the same time, spam filters will be so precise nobody will ever be bothered by unwanted sales pitches again.
"Trends #4 and #5 are especially relevant to the Filipinos because of the prevalent use of smartphones and gadgets. In addition, the Philippines is considered the most social media-addicted market globally according to comScore.com," Doromal added.
However, how good IBM predictions really are? Well, their track record of predictions over the past five years has been somewhat mixed. For instance, in 2006 they predicted that everyone will be able to access health care remotely, from just about anywhere in the world; there will be a 3D Internet and mobile phones will start to read minds.
At this time, we all know that remote health care is a reality, but real-time speech translation is, well, not quite as real. Also, we still waiting for the 3D Internet, but those mobile phones are becoming awfully smart.
IBM the first one i guess. the main of computer born. In near i believe technology become hologram :)
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