[Grovenet] Predicting Technology...

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

January is the *big* month for techno-gadgets with the Consumer Electronics
Show (CES) in Las Vegas and Apple's private show. 

It's been nine years since I last attended CES representing one of the
companies promoting the technology of the future and I can tell you that the
hype has little to do with the reality of the future. Some things take off
while others....... 

Today I noted this item in the BBC news:

"In the mid-1980s, it was predicted that by 2000 there would be 900,000
mobile phones worldwide. That year came, and 900,000 phones were sold every
19 hours."

So what's the future going to look like 20 years hence? 

Not a clue. Not a clue...

Ron D'Eau Claire