Technological Predictions for 2014

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

What are yours....I'm seeing more wide spread use/acceptance of cloud computing...Not sure what Google/Apple/Microsoft etc have behind the curtain tho...

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

WTB teleportation and a lightsaber.

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

If back to the future was accurate, hoverboards

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Just saw a good prediction....smartphones and tablets are gonna be compromised with malware and viruses on the same scale/level as PCs and laptops...

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Tasdik wrote:

WTB teleportation and a lightsaber.

You might have to wait a long time. lulz

Bartic · **Posted:** Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:56 pm

*BlackFox wrote:

Tasdik wrote:

WTB teleportation and a lightsaber.

You might have to wait a long time. lulz

More like forever.

omier · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 5985 **Location:** ...

Yeah, teleportation and time travel would be nice.

TheDrop · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 7150 **Location:** uefa2012

50$ 500gb SSD plys

XMoshe · **Posted:** Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:14 pm

BuDo wrote:

Just saw a good prediction....smartphones and tablets are gonna be compromised with malware and viruses on the same scale/level as PCs and laptops...

I dont see any feasible method to get to a big group tbh, unless they can hack a phonetower or something.

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

BuDo wrote:

Just saw a good prediction....smartphones and tablets are gonna be compromised with malware and viruses on the same scale/level as PCs and laptops...

Least interesting prediction ever.

Nothing special will happen this year, just more phablets.

Ganja · **Joined:** Sep 2009 **Posts:** 1494 **Location:**

I just want that 1TB thumb drive to be released.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Ganja wrote:

I just want that 1TB thumb drive to be released.

That would indeed be awesome...

Vaya · **Joined:** May 2009 **Posts:** 1848 **Location:**

phone battery that lasts more than a day or two, phones have seen great improvement in everything except for battery life, can't we get a battery that needs to be charged every month, or doesn't need to be charged at all?

Bartic · **Posted:** Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:51 pm

Vaya wrote:

phone battery that lasts more than a day or two, phones have seen great improvement in everything except for battery life, can't we get a battery that needs to be charged every month, or doesn't need to be charged at all?

No.

But yeah, that would be really good.

XMoshe · **Posted:** Sat Dec 28, 2013 7:58 pm

Vaya wrote:

phone battery that lasts more than a day or two, phones have seen great improvement in everything except for battery life, can't we get a battery that needs to be charged every month, or doesn't need to be charged at all?

We've been using the same technology for phone batteries since their invention almost. The battery in modern day phones like the iphone's, galaxy's, xperia's or lumia's use nearly the same battery a nokia 3310 had. I remember reading about a more efficient working battery a long time ago but I have no idea if that has been developed into something promising by now. It sure would be nice.

On the other hand, if people weren't so phone dependent we wouldn't need better batteries. I have a galaxy s3 and when I didn't use it much (even with daily traveling) I probably had to charge every 5 or so days. Nowadays it's either every day or every other day depending on how active I've been because I too fell victim to the phone generation even though I try to fight it as hard as I can

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Battery life Just ain't quite what you'd want it to be!
Well, maybe we could go skip.... all these "fancy new features" xD

DarkJackal · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 6119 **Location:** A den~

I'm hopin for a holodeck, but i'd settle for battery improvments. I wanna fly a tiny RC helicopter for more then 5 mins.

omier · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 5985 **Location:** ...

XMoshe wrote:

On the other hand, if people weren't so phone dependent we wouldn't need better batteries. I have a galaxy s3 and when I didn't use it much (even with daily traveling) I probably had to charge every 5 or so days. Nowadays it's either every day or every other day depending on how active I've been because I too fell victim to the phone generation even though I try to fight it as hard as I can

I actually try to embrace the phone generation because I hate not having a smartphone. Ofc I wouldn't use half the apps and shit on there but still I would like to have a lot of the stuff a smartphone provides.

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

2014 - iPhone 6
2015 - iPhone 6s
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2024 - iPhone 11

XMoshe · **Posted:** Sun Dec 29, 2013 12:51 pm

Sanktum wrote:

XMoshe wrote:

On the other hand, if people weren't so phone dependent we wouldn't need better batteries. I have a galaxy s3 and when I didn't use it much (even with daily traveling) I probably had to charge every 5 or so days. Nowadays it's either every day or every other day depending on how active I've been because I too fell victim to the phone generation even though I try to fight it as hard as I can

I actually try to embrace the phone generation because I hate not having a smartphone. Ofc I wouldn't use half the apps and shit on there but still I would like to have a lot of the stuff a smartphone provides.

I didn't make my point clear. Ofcourse I embrace the wonders of my smartphone, being able to look up where I need to go while I'm out (and lost) is great. I mainly meant it that when you're at a family gathering (or friends gathering) and 50-90% of the people are looking at their screen almost constantly something, somewhere went terribly wrong.

omier · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 5985 **Location:** ...

XMoshe wrote:

Sanktum wrote:

XMoshe wrote:

On the other hand, if people weren't so phone dependent we wouldn't need better batteries. I have a galaxy s3 and when I didn't use it much (even with daily traveling) I probably had to charge every 5 or so days. Nowadays it's either every day or every other day depending on how active I've been because I too fell victim to the phone generation even though I try to fight it as hard as I can

I actually try to embrace the phone generation because I hate not having a smartphone. Ofc I wouldn't use half the apps and shit on there but still I would like to have a lot of the stuff a smartphone provides.

I didn't make my point clear. Ofcourse I embrace the wonders of my smartphone, being able to look up where I need to go while I'm out (and lost) is great. I mainly meant it that when you're at a family gathering (or friends gathering) and 50-90% of the people are looking at their screen almost constantly something, somewhere went terribly wrong.

The thing is, I wouldn't have anything to do in my phone if I popped it out every 2 seconds.

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Sanktum wrote:

I hate not having a smartphone

Me neither! But.. I don't hate it. xD

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