The future is awesome

[bipper]

Wow, Hallmark is tha .

Too bad this will be the last great achievement mankind makes before the black hole eats us alive

[I Don't Need A Name]

the futures orange...

[Big D]

I remember hearing about the early days of E Ink quite a few years ago, I *think* back when I was still in high school. I'm glad it's finally coming to fruition. I can't stand the idea of reading a novel off a computer screen, but downloading onto an E Ink reader would be great. It is, after all, a reflective surface rather than a light source - just like real paper, rather than a computer screen.

It's exciting just how fast 'new' technologies are spreading and being integrated into daily life - cellphones, the internet, etc - but the dependence on these rather fallible technologies is a worry. Not because I think it's all going to spontaneously fail, but if people get too accustomed to it then they're rather helpless in those situations where they don't have their favourite gizmo on hand.

Hmm... E Ink + technology that reacts to human thought = Psychic Paper. Oh yes!

For me, the most exciting new technologies are genetic medicine and nanotechnology. There are entirely realistic predictions that in due course, every home might have a small 'nanomachine factory' appliance. You download a pattern for something from the internet, and an army of miscroscopic robots build it for you. Sounds fanciful, but they're getting there - and it'd completely revolutionise manufacturing and consumer culture.

[Jessweeee♪]

Wha...WHAT IS THIS TRICKERY?!