Blog 10: Future of Internet

This post marks the end of my journey to learning about Introduction to the Internet. I have certainly enriched my knowledge of Internet and its uses through the course of this module. In addition, i am now more familarised with using a blog and i getting hands-on through the use of Windows Media Player to create a video. It was a good experience writing about what i have learnt each week and to be able to read what my friends' work was certainly additional information learnt.

A big Thank You to Mr Choy for making the class infromative and interesting at times. And also, for being flexible and helpful when i had doubts.

To mark the end of the final blog post, my take on the FUTURE of Internet will be somewhat like this...



Microsoft - Future 2019 - video powered by Metacafe

After viewing the video, i am certainly excited and looking forward to being able to use some of these technologies. In fact some of them are already avaliable in the market now. According to a Pew research done:

-A low-cost global network will be thriving and creating new opportunities in a flattening world.

-Humans will remain in charge of technology, even as more activity is automated and "smart agents" proliferate. However, a significant 42% of survey respondents were pessimistic about humans' ability to control the technology in the future. This significant majority agreed that dangers and dependencies will grow beyond our ability to stay in charge of technology. This was one of the major surprises in the survey.

-Virtual reality will be compelling enough to enhance worker productivity and also spawn new addiction problems.

-Tech "refuseniks" will emerge as a cultural group characterized by their choice to live off the network. Some will do this as a benign way to limit information overload, while others will commit acts of violence and terror against technology-inspired change.

-People will wittingly and unwittingly disclose more about themselves, gaining some benefits in the process even as they lose some privacy.

-English will be a universal language of global communications, but other languages will not be displaced. Indeed, many felt other languages such as Mandarin, would grow in prominence.

With so much anticipation, i believe the new WEB 3.0 will be ...

An Internet of Services: services are ubiquitous

An Internet of Things : in principle every physical object becomes an online addressable resource;

A Mobile Internet : 24/7 seamless connectivity over multiple devices is the norm

Need for semantics : to meet the challenges presented by the dramatic increase in the scale of content and users.

Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2006/The-Future-of-the-Internet-II.aspx