Technology, going back...then going forward

I happened to watch this funny video earlier tonight about what the pilot of 24 would’ve been like in 1994…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMLH_QyPTYM]

the file is too big, its about 3 floppies!!

Then later as I was browsing I watched this video of Microsoft’s 2019 Future Vision Montage,

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxVS5nYFnkA]

don’t you want to read your news papers like that?

I often think that one main reason I would want to live beyond the age of 75 was that I want to experience as many technological innovations as possible. Most important of which is my long time favorite “Beam me up. Scotty!”