(09/09/05)
When we watch football on television, we see a virtual yellow line designating the first down marker.
High schoolers can call each other with phones that can be carried almost anywhere in the country.
And they don't pay for long distance when they call across the country.
People carry around things that look like small walkmans that store 10,000 songs that they can play in any order they please.
Nobody uses encyclopedias anymore.
There are 60" televisions that can hang on walls.
People all over the world can communicate with each other and send pictures, movies, videos, and text instantly over a vast network of computers. This technology is mostly used for the distribution of pornography, though.
Every new car sold has a system that rapidly deploys 2 balloons that provide instant cushioning in the event of a head-on collision. Some of the more expensive ones have them around the sides.
Doctors can cure or reduce near-sightedness with a laser.
Random people with no writing credentials or real experience can publish ramblings on a blue-colored medium for an audience of dozens. But theoretically millions, too.
