I agree that smartphones will be seen as quaint... people will be using small wearable comms devices that are speech activated and have small HUD type screens in a pair of discrete glasses.
However I agree that books will never die. Reading from an LED screen (or the new OLED ones) will damage your eyes over time... besides, I like to have something physical in my hands. Something I can hold.
Everything will be seen as quaint, not in function, but in design. I can't see, say, people not using smartphones in 2023. They'll have a different design, but with the same functions we use now. I do hope that cars, as we have them now, will be old technology by 2023.
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JeffLee
Anything that's analogue...and made by Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi or Sharp.
smartacus
Smartphones, Facebook, Twitter
Serrano
Smartphones.
gaijinfo
Organized, civilized society.
Laguna
Stuff you actually have to touch to make it do what you want.
lwsydney
Our respitory systems. Ok, maybe not, but I wish
Probie
3D tvs and movies.
nath
Watches.
Ah_so
Cash.
Ah_so
I think you are a decade late with that resonse!
Serrano
Carry-oki.
Frungy
Keyboards, touch screens and other manual input devices. Has anyone seen the LEAP? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6KuiuteIA
Just wave your hands around in front of your computer/tv/etc. ... be careful when rubbing your eyes or you may delete your OS ;)
Thunderbird2
I agree that smartphones will be seen as quaint... people will be using small wearable comms devices that are speech activated and have small HUD type screens in a pair of discrete glasses.
However I agree that books will never die. Reading from an LED screen (or the new OLED ones) will damage your eyes over time... besides, I like to have something physical in my hands. Something I can hold.
LostinNagoya
Everything will be seen as quaint, not in function, but in design. I can't see, say, people not using smartphones in 2023. They'll have a different design, but with the same functions we use now. I do hope that cars, as we have them now, will be old technology by 2023.
sidesmile
Toilet paper, opposable thumbs and eyelids.