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A vision for the future

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Name: Jennifer

From: California

Bio: Fascinated with the internet since 1997, learned HTML that year, have not stopped using it since

Area of Expertise: Advocate/Voice of the People

Topic: Community/Culture

Headline: Long-distance relationships a problem no more

Nutshell: Relationships will no longer be constrained to distance; with networking technology, partners will even touch each other from thousands of miles away.

Vision:

I’m already doing webcam stuff with my man. I thought this was very "Back to the Future"-esque, but it’s here! At some point, couples will be able to happily coexist miles away from each other. They will be able to kiss, conjugate, and hold face-to-face conversations with each other (through virtual-reality technology and networking)! YAY!

Date Submitted: April 15, 2005

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