The Future Of Communications Abridged Version From a news story by January 1, 2000
The year 2000 will bring big changes in communication. Cell phones will be small enough to carry in your pocket. Videophones will let you see the person you are talking to on the phone. Tiny hand size computers will know your favorite subjects. The Internet and email will be everywhere. Also in the near future small wireless boxes will pick up information from satellites. In 5 years, computers won't need to be connected through wires. All of this will be good for rural areas and countries that don't have cable or telephone now. In 20 years you may only need to think about something and the computer will do it. If people use email and the Internet more, it could make people better readers and writers. Some people think the most important part of communication is to make people understand each other better. Will technology make that easier? Some day everything may be connected to the Internet. Your refrigerator will add milk to your Internet grocery list when the date on the carton has passed. Light bulbs will be ordered before they burn out. It's fun to try to guess the future. Usually the predictions are wrong. The one thing we know for sure is that we can't imagine how technology will change.
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