FUTURE OF THE INTERNET

 

 

What will the Internet of the future be like?

Here are some ideas, either coming, dreamed, or being used on a limited scale.

 

MEDICINE

Doctors will diagnose conditions in patients anywhere in the world.

Surgeons can guide robots to perform remote surgery.

Physicians will communicate via email with patients.

 

TRANSPORTATION

Commercial airlines will be flown without pilots.

Cars will allow for drivers to have hands-free access to the Internet.

 

HOME

Microchips in walls in homes will monitor and adjust room temperatures

and detect motion and call fire and police departments.

Appliances will come automatically linked into a network,

a fridge will detect when milk is getting low and will order more.

 

ENTERTAINMENT

 Tele-immersion technology will be used in restaurants.

A high-bandwidth Internet connection would link a person in a restaurant cubicle

via video to other family members at home, letting them have dinner together.

 

BOOKS

All books could be email books.

Simply download the text and pay the fee--or not.

Libraries may lend books over the Internet.

 

EDUCATION

 Closed-circuit learning might be extended even to grade school kids.

Snow days could become a thing of the past.

 

 

Complied by: Muhammad Ajmal Beig Naz

Pentium Graphics Center & Training Institute

Sanda Kalan, Lahore-54000. Pakistan.

Email: naz54@wol.net.pk

URL: http://www.geocities.com/ajmalbeig