By @edent · Doctor Who DrWho predictions · 8 comments · 350 words
You're a big Doctor Who fan, right? If I asked you what the world DALEK meant, you'd probably tell me that it is an anagram of KALED - the original name of their species. You'd be wrong. In 1965, it was clearly established by a canonical source, that the world DALEK stands for: Destroy without […]
Continue reading →By @edent · future near future predictions · 4 comments · 800 words · read ~322 times.
Only fools try to predict the future. You can read my predictions for 2023, or dig deep into my archives and rate me on how foolish I am. So here are my five predictions for 2024 AI Genocide It is obvious that Large Language Models are based on stolen material. I suspect that a lawsuit […]
Continue reading →By @edent · internet predictions web · 7 comments · 700 words · read ~1,440 times.
Way back in 2011, I contributed to an article on The Next Web called "What will the Web be like in 20 years?". Foolishly, I missed the 10 year anniversary, but let's see how we're doing against those predictions a little over halfway through. My prediction for the Web? The same speed. Faster pipes & […]
Continue reading →By @edent · future near future predictions · 6 comments · 1,000 words · read ~330 times.
Only fools try to predict the future. You can read my earlier predictions, or dig deep into my archives and rate me on how foolish I am. I tend to look at technology through the lens of "what do I want to happen?" and then assume the worst. So, here goes! Federation Gets Simpler As […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Book Review future predictions · 2,050 words
This book is outstanding. It is a clear-eyed view of the future as it was seen from 20 years ago. I've never taken so many scribbled notes in the margins of a book. Many of the ideas are ahead of its time - and only a couple of clunkers which never made it. One thing […]
Continue reading →By @edent · future predictions Sci Fi · 3 comments · 800 words · read ~4,746 times.
Exactly a decade ago, I asked "Why Can't Red Dwarf Predict The Future?" That is - sci-fi writers can imagine interstellar travel and sentient computers, but they think the future will still involve developing film photographs, library fines, and 3-pin electrical plugs. At the end of the post, I said: Here are my thoughts on […]
Continue reading →By @edent · near future predictions Tales Of The Algorithm · 2 comments · 850 words · read ~480 times.
As the global demand for safer cars grew, there was a drive for cheaper and more accurate ways to deploy airbags. Thus, car manufacturers turned to MEMS based accelerometers and gyroscopes. Small, accurate, and fast. With increased production, comes increased manufacturing efficiency. So these sensors also became cheap to purchase for everyone. The street finds […]
Continue reading →By @edent · covid19 future MSc predictions wfh · 1 comment · 350 words · read ~670 times.
As part of my MSc, I fell down a research rabbit-hole of 1980s "Office Of THE FUTURE!!" articles. Ultimately, I couldn't find a way to include it in my research - so you're getting my cast offs. So, I present to you some choice predictions from "Technology and the office of the future" by B. […]
Continue reading →By @edent · NaBloPoMo predictions twitter · 7 comments · 1,600 words · read ~237 times.
It's always fun to look back at the predictions ancient man made about life in the future. 11 years ago today, Loïc Le Meur wrote 30 predictions for the future of Twitter (archive.org of the original). This is a non-snarky look at those predictions. Not to ridicule his ideas, but to understand the errors made […]
Continue reading →By @edent · 2013 mobile predictions · 3 comments · 550 words
So, here are my mobile predictions for 2013. Although I work for Telefonica, this blog is personal and my day job doesn't involve any of the products or services listed here. I've deliberately left of the boring predictions. Yes, Android will get bigger. No, iPhone won't release a budget model, etc. BlackBerry 10 I want […]
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