What does the future hold for us? Are we going to have flying cars and human propelled around by rocket packs? Probably not, but it does hold many mysteries. One of the biggest unknowns that we come closer to every day is the progression of technology. With how far we have already come, how much farther can we continue to go? Just because a computer was able to beat a person in Jeperdary doesn’t mean that computers are smarter than us. It simply means that the people programing the computers are smarter than us.
One of the best examples of humans interacting with space and technology to create the future is the recent release of the Xbox kinect and the way people have been able to manipulate its functions. The best thing about the kinect is that it uses a current technology system. Many ideas for the future are based on an intangible object or idea that is impossible to know if it will be successful in the future. We don’t currently know to make people fly or even if it would be useful however we do know that we can use a camera to make another system or body perform a certain task.
Personally, I love this system but maybe that’s just because I’m a computer science major. Without the experience in programing, I would be scared to even open the program. Its complications show the unorganized yet progressive nature of the system. No one knows exactly how these “hacks” can be implemented into the real world yet they hold ideas into how we can progress into the future. My realization is that the future will be based on movement in time and space. No, we will not all be carrying kinect’s around our necks however I feel they will be used more for retail stores and advertisements of all kinds. As long as we live, we will be part of the future so it is important that we continue to innovate and use our minds to progress into the future.
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