Particle accelerator physicists have developed a new Internet called "The Grid" that supposedly is 10,000 times faster than the current Internet platform. (Al Gore has already taken credit.) They said that kind of speed will allow us to download huge quantities of data in seconds, transmit 3-D holographic images, bring Africa into the world's economy and dramatically improve human productivity.
Yeah right. It really just means we'll be able to pass along fart jokes, Nigerian scam emails, and let Russian hackers spam us 10,000 times faster.
Seriously though, it's fun to imagine how this could change our lives.
Yeah right. It really just means we'll be able to pass along fart jokes, Nigerian scam emails, and let Russian hackers spam us 10,000 times faster.
Seriously though, it's fun to imagine how this could change our lives.
- Could The Grid allow instant translation into any language?
- Could it allow for massive online demonstrations with millions of people?
- Could billions of people take video of every waking moment of their lives and upload it into a massive online history?
- Could it facilitate gigantic, online churches with millions of parishioners?
- When an Amber alert is triggered, could every nearby resident's cell phone instantly go off with a picture of the missing child?
- One day, could you remotely "log in" to the thoughts of other people using mind sensors?
