Tag: future trends

  • Too Late for the Singularity

    There’s a story about an old man who was forced to accept what was then common in his society, enhanced intelligence. He’d lived a long, full life, was married and had children, but was aware he was near his end, and he was fine with that. As life slowly left him, the knowledge of the…

  • Impressions of Virtual Reality

    Impressions of Virtual Reality Imagine the reaction of someone transported from 1975 to the future now. They would be amazed by all of the advanced technology that we take for granted in 2016. That’s how I felt when I tried the Samsung Gear VR. Although I consider myself to be a technologist, I rarely invest…

  • Wearables: A New Kind of Assisted Living

    The idea of “assisted living” is being redefined. Off on the horizon, and not all that far off, is a robust wearables market for our aging population designed to “assist” independent living for the elderly. Virtually every kind of wearable technology under development or on the market today is applicable to the senior market. From…