Analysis of a successful prediction

Analysis of a successful prediction
Microsoft surface computer is a successful prediction and currently working today, but very expensive technology. This is the prediction of brining technologies together. For example with this surface technology, one can set their digital camera on this table and it will retrieve all of the pictures taken. Then one can manipulate these pictures and place them on the internet for everyone to see.

They see it currently being used in business to present and manipulate information. Rather than showing a PowerPoint slide within a presentation and having limitations, that surface becomes interactive. I can pull data from the internet, from my desktop and collaborate with others anywhere in the world. These technologies are available today. If we look a few years in the future and how current technologies like the iPhone can be used as a surface computer, the possibilities become endless.

An iPhone type device could be set next to a monitor (LCD) and become our computer. It would hold the operating system and all of the applications. It could project the keyboard onto any surface and the monitor would just allow for larger viewing. Or that iPhone could be used as an everyday television remote control, where the surface of that iPhone displays all of the remote control functions. It could become the entertainment system where the iPhone would record all of the desired movies or television shows, like a TiVo, but it does this all using cell phone technology. It could be the gaming console like the Wii.

Another option could be that that iPhone is integrated with your appliances at home. So as I am driving home, I could tell the air condition to start, that way the home is nice and cool when I get home. When I arrive at home the iPhone could open the garage door, because it is in essence the garage door opener (proximity to my home) . Through the iPhone I could view all the rooms within my home to make sure it is safe before entering.

Additional resources:

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/index.html

http://technology.inc.com/hardware/articles/200804/surface.html

http://on10.net/blogs/larry/first-look-microsoft-surfacing-computing/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4217348.html