The year is 2040. As every weekday I wake up at 6:30 AM to go to work. I grab a cup of tea, and sit down on the couch. I reach out and get the tablet, open up my favorite news sites. There are no more newspapers, since using paper for printing was banned three years ago. Today me and my wife, she is in the kitchen right now, are planning to go to the movies. I look up the schedule.
- Hey baby what do you think of 7:30?
- OK. - she says.
- Let's pick out the seats!
She grabs the tablet found in the kitchen. The icon of that computer appears on my screen, as she turns it on. The tablets are connected via wireless network. I drag and drop the webpage on the icon, wait a moment until our tablets synchronize, and pick out the seats together.
I'm ready to go, outside it's a little cloudy(mornings are not as clear as they used to be, because of the pollution. As I sit in the car, a pleasant voice asks me:
- Destination?
- Work.
The car computer recognizes my voice print and sets up GPS to the desired destination. As I drive the car doesn't emit polluting gases: it's electrical like all cars nowadays. I see a solar power quad rushing by me.
- Kids...
My car protects me from accidents. All cars have proximity emergency stops, because cities are heavily overcrowded due to the extreme rate of population growth.
The year is 2010. I have a vision of the near future. Will today's technologies be enough to save us?
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