Apr

Information Immersion

As storage capacity increases [1],[2] and becomes even less expensive, managing the life cycle of information, and the archiving of all information so that it does not become lost or inaccessible due to it’s storage medium will become very possible.

Indexing of this information along with search capabilities will make almost all information instantly available. Virtually unlimited storage should also provide for identifying the age and usefulness or value of information.

Couple these advancements with HCI [3] and sprinkle with wireless and geosynchronous satellites, fold in the concept of pervasive and ubiquitous computing, top off with neuroprosthetics [4], [5] and you have (within 10 - 20 years) an always on, extremely broadband connection to everything!

[1] - Breakthrough Nanotechnology Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Digital Data Storage Disks, http://www.physorg.com/news785.html

[2] - World’s First Holographic Drive Prototype, http://www.physorg.com/news3719.html

[3] - http://www.hcibib.org/

[4] - http://donoghue.neuro.brown.edu/

[5] -http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/www.wired.com
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