Where do you think technology is going to be by 2015?

I honestly think that things are going to be quite different 5 years from now in 2015.

Just take a look at how mobile phones have changed in 5 years. Back in 2005 it was pretty much unthinkable for the regular consumer to own a smart phone, nor did such smart phones really do much. Now in 2010 half of my Facebook friends (250+) all have iPhones. That's instant access to information, and with the iPhone 4 almost at 1Ghz speeds.

Looking at how my CPU and motherboard have changed in 5 years is ridiculous as well. I believe I owned a dual core 1.4Ghz athlon in 2005. Now I own a quad-core 3.4Ghz athlon with 8GB Ram. That's just crazy.

I think if we can harness the power and speed of transmitting data with light, we'll be able to reach speeds of about 50Ghz by 2015; easily applied to mobile hardware. I can't wait!

I saw a video about the "Nokia Morph" phone, which, while not real, some of it's features, like charging by being in the sun or changing shape, may be real by around 2015.

There's also the fact that AI is getting smarter. Take a look at Natal (Kinect, now, but I'll always call it Natal), and the Milo software. There's also the PlayStation Move, and Eye.

I believe that small nuclear reactors will be marketed to towns and mid-sized cities. Coal, natural gas, and wind energy are not enough, too dirty, or too inefficient and unreliable.

Once they figure out quantum computing, if they haven't already, everything will accelerate. I think nano technology will continue to change our world each and every year... So many breakthroughs...it is such a wonderful time to be alive amidst all this technology!

I don't think we'll be *that* much further, but at the current rate it's excelling, I wouldn't be surprised if we have a car that can drive us safely to locations by simply inputting the desired location.

Several primary forces will still be at loggerheads in 5 years.
1. Moore's Law will still be in effect, processor speeds will be incredibly fast and storage will become cheaper and cheaper.
2. Software will be written to take advantage of those processor speeds and more features will be added. Thus, software won't "seem" that much faster.
3. More and more information will be stored "in the cloud" and not on hard drives. And the lines of ownership and "possession" of information will be blurred.
4. The economic clout of the "big networks" in America (Verizon, ATT and Comcast) will do everything in their power to milk every last dime out of consumers. Sadly, "net neutrality" will be dead and gone.
6. All of this technology will evolve WELL past human beings ability to act like human beings and not like prisoners of this technology (or rude robots themselves)

In short, it will be a mixed bag of the exciting and the not so great. And no, we still won't have a car that can drive itself. Still no damn flying cars.... where's my flying car? I was promised a flying car!