Ten things that will change your future - by Nick Galvin

[cousinlucky]

I am familiar with the " One Laptop Per Child " program but everything else on this list is news to me. Some of LinuxForum's younger members might be interested in some of this stuff.

Ten things that will change your future - Technology - smh.com.au

[harner]

I can see Ipods, PDAs, and other mobile devices. However, some of these are very "Myspacey" and will probably get washed out like other fads out there. I guess I'm considered as a younger member here, aging in at 22 and I can't see all of those items taking off any time soon.

[ryokimball]

I looked at the Chumby; I'm curious about whether it will be an internet toy or a personal device, like a PDA and such. Regardless, it's cheaper than the most iPods and high-end cell phones, and is GNU open source (potentially swaying the toy/device either way). And with the free network access (well, bypassing the cost of internet). I would like to see a battery and sleep-mode for more portability; I'm plenty comfortable "behind a keyboard" at home to access the internet, not to mention the power cord would be practically more binding than a wireless keyboard. Also, why only 64 MB? Just adding a little more would make it senseless NOT to have some sort of stand-by/sleep mode... I don't know. It seems like the perfect portable device, but isn't made quite protable enough.

Otherwise, I really like that "guerilla internet" thingy, Meraki. Had I not blown all of my christmas money on my girlfriend already, I might have actually bought one. Although I am reluctant to say I belong to any community (philosophical reasons which I don't feel like elaborating on...), I do believe that helping neighbours is a nice thing to do, not to mention that it sounds like even without internet access, it can be used as a community-wide wireless hub, so I could play Xbox with the neighbours without having to move anything or pay for Xbox Live.

But otherwise it sounds like another person trying to predict the future, or manipulate it.
P.S. I'm 20 -and think that I am much younger. Maybe we should poll people on ages....

[techieMoe]

P.S. I'm 20 -and think that I am much younger. Maybe we should poll people on ages....

What, like this?

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/cof...ll-2008-a.html

[ryokimball]

What, like this?

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/cof...ll-2008-a.html

Exactly like that! Heh....