> programmable devices will become so cheap that we will embed them in the cardboard boxes into which we put other things for storage or shipping. These passive "computers" will be activated as they pass sensors and will be able to both emit and absorb information <- RFID
But some of it's so accurate I wonder if they're being a bit cheeky and describing what was bleeding edge at time of publication in slightly vague terms, then if it catches on they seem visionary further down the line?
Like if I was to have predicted when I first saw eInk at a science museum that one day we'll be instantly buying and reading books on low powered wireless devices. Well yeah, I've just seen eInk! It's only visionary if I predict it before I see the early prototypes.
For example, RFID has been around since at least the 1980s, so it doesn't seem that impressive that Vint predicted its rise in 2000.
But some of it's so accurate I wonder if they're being a bit cheeky and describing what was bleeding edge at time of publication in slightly vague terms, then if it catches on they seem visionary further down the line?
Like if I was to have predicted when I first saw eInk at a science museum that one day we'll be instantly buying and reading books on low powered wireless devices. Well yeah, I've just seen eInk! It's only visionary if I predict it before I see the early prototypes.
For example, RFID has been around since at least the 1980s, so it doesn't seem that impressive that Vint predicted its rise in 2000.