By Aniya Leopold
used only for gaming, but I predict that over time they'll be used for all sorts of activities. We will see them in 3-D objects, too.
T echnology in ten to twenty years will be advanced beyond what we know today, as shown in the film Repo Man . I think it'll get so advanced that you will be able to buy artificial organs to extend people lives (which is what happened in Repo Man) . Self-driving cars already exist in 2019, and they are safer than human-driven cars in most conditions. In the next three to five years they'll get even safer and will eventually go mainstream. I also think that cars will communicate with each other to avoid accidents and traffic jams. People will be able to spend time on other activities instead of driving, like work, education, and socializing. There are hopeful signs that clean energy could soon be reaching a tipping point. For example, in some states, there are now more EV (electric vehicle) charging stations than actual gas stations. On the gaming side, people think VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) will be
Development can come from many sources. The GPS (Global Positioning System) started out as military technology, but it is now used to hail taxis, get mapping directions, and hunt Pokémon. Likewise, drones started out as military technology, too, but are now increasingly being used for a wide range of consumer and commercial applications. I imagine future phones relying more on integrating our physical lives with our digital lives. They probably won't resemble the handsets we're used to now. They'll be built into other devices and products. Imagine a pair of glasses that can display a digital overlay on top of your physical surroundings. We might even see the phone parts of a phone disappear.
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