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 The past millennium saw a miniscule group of organisations, individuals have elitist access to some of the marvels that technology, and medicine could bring. The next 10 years will see a levelling out. The twenty after, will see us more as equals in terms of access to advances in health and technology.
In 1984, a word processing system with 512K of RAM cost around $17,000.oo. Today for less than $5,000.oo, or in real terms, around 10% of the word processor original cost, you can buy a 1,000MHZ PC with 256MB of RAM. At least a 500-fold increase and with more functionality! It therefore does not seem to be an unreasonable thought that the following predictions from some of the world's futurists would be realised.
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2005 - retinal implants linked to external video cameras.
2010 - expert systems will surpass human learning and logic abilities.
2015 - machine use of human-like creativity.
2020 - ubiquitous embedded intelligence.
We want to bring more information about the future, in particular health and the way we will learn. In this month's special feature, we take a snapshot view of what we might expect. It makes for compelling reading, at least the editor and team found it so.
For students, we have commenced with the first in a series of Board of Studies subjects that will provide a centralised point for a wealth of material pertaining to each subject/curricula. Bookmark this as your school assignment or project first reference point.
Enjoy, and feel free to email us at community@we-r1.org to identify your specific interests. Time and opportunities permitting, our outstanding and gifted team will respond as your community resource.
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