What will happen in the future is not for sure and no one can know for certain, but it is fun to guess and dream. With all the new advances in technology out there, it’s hard to say what will or even what could happen. The internet is one of those technologies that changes rapidly, ever increasing in speed and content. What will the internet be like in 75 years?
When we look back 75 years ago, the internet in 1933 was non-existent. It wasn’t until the 1960s that the internet first started to be created and used. The internet has only be around for almost 50 years, so when thinking about 75 years from now it’s hard to even imagine what could be. But there are some new technologies and hints about what’s to come. One of those hints is Google Chrome. It’s Google’s new web browser and operating system which surpassed all other operating systems. (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/andrew-keen-on-new-media-googles-tenth-birthday-present-to-itself-ndash-the-age-of-chrome-is-here-922371.html) By doing this, other companies will have to upgrade their own operating systems so they won’t fall behind. This is the pattern of the internet. Upgrade, update, and improve constantly so that you don’t get behind. And with this in mind, it’s hard to see, but easy to predict that the technologies that are available now are only going to get faster and more reliable. For example, look at all the updates that are available for faster and improved technologies. www.download.com is a websites specifically for downloading updates and service packs and files that improve the technologies that you already have.
Another fascinating idea that is taking place is called the Grid. In an article on www.wired.com, we learn that the grid is a massive database and a supercharged internet. (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/03/42230) It will standardize everything and organize all of the technologies out there. They will now run at super high speeds and be able to be used by your every day Joe. It will allow for file sharing and transferring like now, but the Grid will make everything run faster and better. Like other technologies, the Grid will be an improvement of what is there and a small glimpse of what is to come.
In another 75 years, there will be so many new technologies that we aren’t even able to dream about yet. Back when the internet started, they had no idea that today, we would be able to talk to someone in another country and half way across the world via webcam and instantly be able to see them and hear them. They didn’t know about e-mail and www.facebook.com and www.google.com, and would have never dreamed of such things. So it’s hard to say what will come of the internet in the next 75 years. But we do know that the internet will only be improved and expanded with new websites and new technologies, more and more people will be connected to each other faster and faster, and the internet itself will not be more and more demanded by consumers.
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The Internet’s Future
What will happen in the future is not for sure and no one can know for certain, but it is fun to guess and dream. With all the new advances in technology out there, it’s hard to say what will or even what could happen. The internet is one of those technologies that changes rapidly, ever increasing in speed and content. What will the internet be like in 75 years?
When we look back 75 years ago, the internet in 1933 was non-existent. It wasn’t until the 1960s that the internet first started to be created and used. The internet has only be around for almost 50 years, so when thinking about 75 years from now it’s hard to even imagine what could be. But there are some new technologies and hints about what’s to come. One of those hints is Google Chrome. It’s Google’s new web browser and operating system which surpassed all other operating systems. (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/andrew-keen-on-new-media-googles-tenth-birthday-present-to-itself-ndash-the-age-of-chrome-is-here-922371.html) By doing this, other companies will have to upgrade their own operating systems so they won’t fall behind. This is the pattern of the internet. Upgrade, update, and improve constantly so that you don’t get behind. And with this in mind, it’s hard to see, but easy to predict that the technologies that are available now are only going to get faster and more reliable. For example, look at all the updates that are available for faster and improved technologies. www.download.com is a websites specifically for downloading updates and service packs and files that improve the technologies that you already have.
Another fascinating idea that is taking place is called the Grid. In an article on www.wired.com, we learn that the grid is a massive database and a supercharged internet. (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/03/42230) It will standardize everything and organize all of the technologies out there. They will now run at super high speeds and be able to be used by your every day Joe. It will allow for file sharing and transferring like now, but the Grid will make everything run faster and better. Like other technologies, the Grid will be an improvement of what is there and a small glimpse of what is to come.
In another 75 years, there will be so many new technologies that we aren’t even able to dream about yet. Back when the internet started, they had no idea that today, we would be able to talk to someone in another country and half way across the world via webcam and instantly be able to see them and hear them. They didn’t know about e-mail and www.facebook.com and www.google.com, and would have never dreamed of such things. So it’s hard to say what will come of the internet in the next 75 years. But we do know that the internet will only be improved and expanded with new websites and new technologies, more and more people will be connected to each other faster and faster, and the internet itself will not be more and more demanded by consumers.
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