Week 8: The Future of All Things Mobile

Thing #22 You become the computer!

Okay, bio implants may sound creepy to you, but there are some people who are totally into it. (http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2012/11/04/perpetually-connected-are-wearable-computers-and-bio-implants-the-future-of-mobile/).

If computers can be worn inside us and controlled by our brains, what does this mean for the potential of personal information getting out? Think about it. Warner Bros. even made a whole digital TV series on YouTube called "H+" that addresses this very issue.

But it might not be all bad . . . . Here's is Google's sunny view of what the technology might look like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4&feature=player_embedded Makes me wonder how computer classes will be taught if people are the computers!

Thing #23 To infinity and beyond! Here are some things on the horizon for the foreseeable future:

http://mashable.com/2013/01/04/mobile-2013/ -- e-wallets, bendable phones, and again with the wearable computers

http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2012/11/29/mobile-technology-and-the-future-of-higher-education-5-predictions/ -- Mobile tech in higher education

http://www.gizmag.com/future-mobile-technology/17554/ -- Check out The Body as Interface and Programmable matter. Whoa. They can already make a self-folding piece of paper, and this same technology could be applied to computers and robots. Recently, Stephanie said that the main things you need to know in life are how to follow directions and how to fold stuff -- you better get on board, people!

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43015182/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/reasons-will-be-awesome-year/ -- Your life in the year 2020!

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/five-new-technologies-that-will-change-your-life-in-10 -- Holograms, and other "Star Trek" technologies we will soon have.

What are your ideas for what you’d like to see in the future? Be as creative and crazy as you want! How do you envision the future, and what things would help you personally? Invent new technologies, talk about robots, consider dystopia or defenestration – the sky is the limit!