Hey! have you guys ever thought about what might things would become withing the next 10 years. Well! Every time when I see a new idea, gadget, software or something that is one of the things I think ... what will this become in the next few years to come. Some stuff makes me feels like Boooo!  it is going to be a dead end for that. But some makes me feel like ... 'Jeeze', 'dang! that's awesome', 'wow!', 'unbelievable!', 'now! ... that is an invention' etc etc.

So where would all these take us? Few things/areas which I thought about.

Computers
Now this is something which is really unpredictable to think about. Can't even imagine how computers will be in another 10 years. But I'm sure there will be significant enhancements in processor speed. Few days ago I found that 500 Gig processor is invented. Now that is a unbelievable speed jump compared to the processor speeds we have today. Anyways I think future will be more towards parallel processors. Currently we have dual core and quad core in the market. Soon it will be with many cores. Display will be without a doubt virtual thin air displays. Well! I'm not dreaming because the technology (named heliodisplay) is already available @ IO2Technology. And they are already doing commercial production. For Hard disks future is doubtful. I think hard disks will be an obsolete thing. High speed memories will be the winner. some laptops are already in markets with several gigs of flash ROM memories. Hell! And USB Drives ... About 4 years back I never thought that I'll be carrying a 1 Gig thumb drive around my neck. So without a doubt we'll be able to carry many Gigs or perhaps terabytes in a small thumb drive.

Mobiles
Mobile phones will be a kick ass area. I'm sure we'll have to find a better name for it. Because making phone calls will be just a tiny feature. Phones with 5.x mp digital cameras are already on the coming soon list. I'm sure the cameras will be significantly enhanced in the near future. Phones built in memories will go to many gigs without a doubt. Week or two earlier few card memory manufacturers introduced 2 and 4 gig memory cards. Mobile processor speed will have awesome speed enhancements because now Intel has stepped into the arena. Coolest for mobiles will be keyboard and screens will be old school I guess. Some manufacturers have already applied for patent for the projected virtual keyboard and screen projectors on the phones. It's amazing. How cool it will be when you come to office only with your mobile phone ... place it standing on your desk ... press one button .. and your keyboard is projected on to the table, and a small size (may be 19") screen is projected to the wall. Well! how the hell is a mobile devise going to power up a projector lamp. I think battery life is one biggest areas which many researches are working on, because every mobile device (not only phones) is facing the same problem ... batteries! I think the future will be liquid fuel based batteries/devices which we can refill. Some laptop manufacturers are already working on the release a fuel powered laptop, I herd that it will first hit the market late 2007.

Broadband
Hmm! for those who are in developed countries this doesn't apply, because dudes .. you already have super fast connections. In Sri Lanka I think, I hope things will get better in this and we all will have true high speed broadband connections. All IT guys who are waaaaaaaaiting for current 'slow' broadband to come to your homes .. lets wish for this.

Internet & Blogging
Four years ago there were no such thing called bloggin. But not it has taken the entire flow of information into a new dimension. Who knows what new will come out in the next couple of years. More and more people are moving into rich experience based web applications. I'm doing some R&D work on AJAX/Atlas technologies/tools. It feels awesome.

May be I'm nuts, anyways I'm glad to be born in a cool time like this.

And me ...
Dang! me will be old in 10 years, and also all my buddies.