ABSTRACT
Forget the fanciful props of popular science fiction. Instead, extrapolate from current technology trends to envision the world of 2005, 2010 and beyond. It seems reasonable to suppose that most electronics will be linked via digital networks. Your wearable computer will provide access to a current inventory of items on your kitchen shelves. Likewise, it will let you start your dishwasher or adjust your home climate control after you have left the house. There will be a fusion of technologies. Your television, stereo and home computer will be merged and you will make on-demand selections of programming from libraries containing an endless breadth of recorded media. This will require a simple download that will occur within seconds, if not fractions of a second. Here is only a sampling. The intent has been to portray a world where nearly every facet of our lives has been interconnected through digital networks.
