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Name: Terry Ritchie
From: Ohio
Bio: Computer Science Teacher
Area of Expertise: Technology Developer/Administrator
Topic: Technology
Headline: Waves of Information and Fear
Nutshell: An invisible spiderweb of radio waves beaming our daily lives overhead.
Vision:The wires will disappear leaving only the wireless to prevail. All citizens will be connected in some way to the net every day of their lives. Financial and shopping transactions will be performed on your behalf by you simply being there.
The net will be feared by an increasing population of citizens crying out for their privacy.
Those who embrace this frontier and use it wisely will become wealthy, those who do not will suffer.
Government regulation and bureaucracy will make the net a more orderly, yet more tedious experience.
Date Submitted: November 11, 2004
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