Homes will come equipped with LANs that link most appliances, so power companies can adjust electrical peak demand and that enable remote diagnostics to run on computer-controlled devices. Internet services will be readily accessible and interworkable with video services. Computer software will help set up teleconference calls from home, support telecommuting – which will be mandated in more states where pollution from commuting has become a major problem – and enable multi-party games.
Predictor: Cerf, Vinton G.
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 Information Week article regarding the future of the Internet, Vinton Cerf answers the question, “Where is the Internet going?” He says: ”It’s likely that homes will come equipped with LANs that link most appliances, so power companies can adjust electrical peak demand and that enable remote diagnostics to run on computer-controlled devices. Internet services will be readily accessible and interworkable with video services. Computer software will help set up teleconference calls from home, support telecommuting – which will be mandated in more states where pollution from commuting has become a major problem – and enable multi-party games.”
Date of prediction: July 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Information Week
Title, headline, chapter name: The Internet – Where’s It All Going?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=7e82f5bf6b616ec51c76b098125d70e0&_docnum=49&wchp=dGLbVzb-lSlAl&_md5=113fd91a11b8fc2a6b0d1f2abaf5d4ba
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