Voices of the People | Imagining the Internet

Public Predictions Database

This section of Imagining the Internet is a collection of public-submitted predictions from around the world, submitted via an online form directly to the Imagining the Internet project in the decade-long span from 2004 to 2013 by fans of our first collection of expert comments, the Early 1990s Predictions Database, logged from 1990 to 1995.

Here you can read the fascinating foresight statements of nearly a thousand people from around the world who have shared in their contributions to the Imagining the Internet site. You can also do a refined search of the Voices of the People submissions (search for specific topics, the predictors’ area of expertise, the location of predictors or by keyword or date of prediction).

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The Free Global Wireless World : The New "Ether"Net Connects Everything
The huge spread of a global, free internet via satellite will turn everyone and every device into a server and enrich a new concept for connectivity.
Online Music Sharing/Swapping Sites
In the future, music file sharing will become more prevalent; you can't stop inertia.
The Point-of-View Oracle
Enter your stance on some issue (say global warming) into the POVO and the POVO will search internet sources to come up with two columns of information, one supporting that POV and another against that POV.
The Future TV Producers
Just as blogs have allowed average folks to become pseudo journalists...people will start producing their own internet movies and shows with little overhead, little pay for actors, and basic equipment...
Dynamic Net – Endless Boundaries… : )
The future holds many changes in internet browsing as exspansive networks criscrosses the globe...and computers become more complex and connected to our daily lives at work and home.
The Past, the Now and the Internet
The internet will continue to expand and become easier for people all around the globe to communicate and share information, culture and, oh yeah, cool games.
Digital World Could Fail Us
Every person in the world will be connected and major decisions will be made in a digital environment.
Living Machines
Electronics, machines and people continously interlinked through technology.
Anyone, any info, anywhere, anytime
Any one will be able to access high-speed information anywhere, anytime.
Online Dating
Go on a first date with someone on the other side of the world!
WireNET
A vastly distributed wireless Internet network capable of delivering high-speed internet to anyone, anytime, anywhere on the globe.
Internet
Internet connected to every appliance imaginable, connecting every other device to each other as a huge network.
InterWorld Transporter
The internet will be a transportation device.
Continuous ‘Net Bombardment
Technology will be available to enable people to be connected to the net at high-speed from wherever and whenever without the need of computers.
The News Stylus
Newspapers will be replaced by a simple, flat screen with a stylus.
Look Ma No Keys
Input devices of all types will become neural.
My vision
It will surpass all previous means of communicating.
Matrix-like e-learning
CephaNet brain implants download information directly.
Net /communications convergence
The internet will gradually converge more with other communications technologies.
The Internet – it’s everywhere you look and most places you don’t
What we currently know as the internet will be unrecognizable 5 years from now as integration, authentication, utility & usability issues are understood and resolved.

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