Archive for the ‘Future Tech’ Category

Six Technologies That Will Change Your Life

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

In the next decade, we might not whiz around in jet cars or own personal robot servants, but we will whiz around in 3D virtual worlds and have access to the Internet from everywhere. (A version of this story appeared in the March/April issue of Consumer Digest magazine, which has no ...

Auto Tech: Same Gear, New Services

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

For this year's cars, personal navigation and search services will be in the driver's seat. (This entry originally appeared in my Gadget Freak column in the February 2008 issue of PC World. Washingtonpost.com also ran it -- and this time they managed to include my byline.) by Dan Tynan You may drive ...

Remains of the Day: Bit by Bit

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

(A version of this story originally appeared in the March 08 issue of PC World magazine.) by Dan Tynan We have met big brother, and he is us. Incredibly small cameras and wireless Net connections may herald an era of “sous-veillance” -- literally, observation from below – says CRN's Jaime Cascio. ...

A Factory on Every Desk?

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

(A version of this story originally appeared in the March 08 issue of PC World magazine.) By Dan Tynan One day you may order a new coffee pot or clock radio from Amazon and never have to wait for Fed Ex or UPS. Instead, you'll download and build it using a ...

Five Sci-Fi Scenarios That May Actually Happen

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

(A version of this story originally appeared in the March 08 issue of PC World magazine.) by Dan Tynan Sure, it looks great in the movies, but what about inside your living room? DC-based Virtual think tank TechCast polls hundreds of futurists and deep thinkers, then calculates when emerging technologies will ...

The Next 25 Years in Tech

Friday, February 8th, 2008

The Next 25 Years in Tech PCs may disappear from your desk by 2033. But with digital technology showing up everywhere else--including inside your body--computing will only get more personal. Dan Tynan (This story originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of PC World magazine.) The future ain't what it used to be. In ...