Technology and science has seemed to have made heaps and bounds of progress in the last decade. Every day something is being discovered; new technology being engineered that could possibly change our lives. What’s more interesting is the technology and science in our daily lives that we take for granted, for example the personal home computer, where would we be without it?
Before we take a look at some of the technology of the future, Let take a step back in history to just see how far we have come.
In 1971, the Kenbak-1 is considered by the Computer History Museum and the American Computer Museum to be the first ever personal home computer; it was advertised for $750 in Scientific American. The computer was designed by John V. Blankenbaker using standard medium-scale and small-scale integrated circuits; the Kenbak-1 relied on switches for input and lights for output from its 256-byte memory.
In comparison to the computers and technology we have available to us today, it didn’t really do much; however, none the less it was a turning point in history, and an amazing feat.
Now almost 44 years later we have reaped the benefits of science and innovation, to have available in the majority of our households, computers that are able to do things that Blankenbaker could of only had dreamed of back then.
The question now to think of; can you imagine where will be in another 44 years’ time?
But first of all let’s just hope we do not use advances in technology to create machines such as this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djc8FPHs45o
What could be
I have put together a series of websites that you should take a look at; have a look at what could be possible:
Kinect-like technology turns any surface into a touchscreen
Giant solar plane could stay airborne for 5 years, replace some satellites
10 Upcoming Technology That May Change The World
Trillion-frame-per-second video
Researchers create car that can be steered by thought
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