Technology will merge sci-fi with magic. And we will all become mud-bloods.
After all, technology has always been – and will be – a double-edged sword. To borrow from Harry Potter again, it can turn out to be a special sword that helps the saviour Potter to kill evil Nagini, or may be, vice versa. So, will all developments remain esoteric and in the realm of expectations of the nerds and sci-fi optimists. Not really, as technology will lead to revolutionary developments in medical research that will change how we lead our lives in the near future. The ability to capture critical and crucial medical data due to ongoing wireless innovations will allow the movement of healthcare facilities away from the locations of clinics and hospitals, and nearer to the patients.
Soon, and it’s already happening in a location near you, health checks will be carried out virtually by doctor stationed thousands of kilometres away. Doctors will transmit medical images and data instantly without elaborate equipment to medical institutions, and allow specialists to assist them in diagnosis and treatment. Like virtual social networks, you will be a part of complex medical systems that will guide your health. Taking medical technology to another level may be blood-cell-sized devices, called nanobots, which will be put inside your bloodstreams. Explains Kurzweil, “The University of Rochester and MIT have succeeded in identifying and destroying cancer cells using blood-cell-size devices. In 10-15 years, we’ll overcome all the major diseases that kill 95% of us.” If Kurzweil’s estimates are even partially true, we are walking into a healthy future by exploiting the benefits of technology.
Coming back to middle-class consumers, iPhone has spawned new research into the ever-morphing world of convergence. In the next few years, your device (a mobile or something else) may operate most, even all, your daily-use products. It will act as a common remote for TV, music system, AC, car security system, and house burglar alarm. While firms like Logitech are working on it, real convergence is still some time away. So, in the near future, when Spock meets Potter, they will interact through voice recognition software, use a single device to operate all their machines and gadgets, have working robots who can think and behave intelligently, meet at a far-away planet while remaining on Mars and Earth, respectively, and live several virtual lives in Second Life, Third Life and Fourth Life. And at that stage of technology evolution, Potter’s owl, Hedwig, will well and truly become redundant.
After all, technology has always been – and will be – a double-edged sword. To borrow from Harry Potter again, it can turn out to be a special sword that helps the saviour Potter to kill evil Nagini, or may be, vice versa. So, will all developments remain esoteric and in the realm of expectations of the nerds and sci-fi optimists. Not really, as technology will lead to revolutionary developments in medical research that will change how we lead our lives in the near future. The ability to capture critical and crucial medical data due to ongoing wireless innovations will allow the movement of healthcare facilities away from the locations of clinics and hospitals, and nearer to the patients.
Soon, and it’s already happening in a location near you, health checks will be carried out virtually by doctor stationed thousands of kilometres away. Doctors will transmit medical images and data instantly without elaborate equipment to medical institutions, and allow specialists to assist them in diagnosis and treatment. Like virtual social networks, you will be a part of complex medical systems that will guide your health. Taking medical technology to another level may be blood-cell-sized devices, called nanobots, which will be put inside your bloodstreams. Explains Kurzweil, “The University of Rochester and MIT have succeeded in identifying and destroying cancer cells using blood-cell-size devices. In 10-15 years, we’ll overcome all the major diseases that kill 95% of us.” If Kurzweil’s estimates are even partially true, we are walking into a healthy future by exploiting the benefits of technology.
Coming back to middle-class consumers, iPhone has spawned new research into the ever-morphing world of convergence. In the next few years, your device (a mobile or something else) may operate most, even all, your daily-use products. It will act as a common remote for TV, music system, AC, car security system, and house burglar alarm. While firms like Logitech are working on it, real convergence is still some time away. So, in the near future, when Spock meets Potter, they will interact through voice recognition software, use a single device to operate all their machines and gadgets, have working robots who can think and behave intelligently, meet at a far-away planet while remaining on Mars and Earth, respectively, and live several virtual lives in Second Life, Third Life and Fourth Life. And at that stage of technology evolution, Potter’s owl, Hedwig, will well and truly become redundant.
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