Paperless wallets. Art displayed on flat-paneled screens hanging on walls. Cars that can display documents and do face-to-face, on-the-go teleconferencing. In 10 years, they’ll all be commonplace.
Predictor: Gates, Bill
Prediction, in context:A Houston Chronicle article about Bill Gates’ speech at the 16th fall meeting of the computer trade show Comdex, held Nov. 14, 1994 in Las Vegas, says: ”Paperless wallets. Art displayed on flat-paneled screens hanging on walls. Cars that can display documents and do face-to-face, on-the-go teleconferencing. In 10 years, they’ll all be commonplace, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told a packed Aladdin theater audience Monday at the 16th fall edition of the world’s largest computer trade show, Comdex. Gates also said Monday the software giant plans to launch its much-anticipated online network next year as part of its Windows 95 operating system upgrade. The Microsoft Network, as the new service will be known, will differ from existing online services such as Compuserve, Prodigy and America Online in that it will act as a platform for independent content and service providers, who will offer their own pricing options.”
Biography:Bill Gates, the most influential technology entrepreneur of the late 20th century, was the primary author of the prediction-packed 1995 book “The Road Ahead” and is the founder and CEO of Microsoft Corporation. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: November 14, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Internet Appliances
Name of publication: Houston Chronicle
Title, headline, chapter name: Microsoft’s Own Online Service Near; Comdex Hears Gates’ Predictions
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=46ad460e5eaef32129341d7823b94bad
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Heiskell, Abbey K.