Most Important Single Development

"The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting." - Dave Barry

Indeed.

With the Internet transforming our lives and society now, it is very difficult for us to refute this point. The Internet is developing still, but the way we operate and do things change with its gradual progress. Like how we chat with our friends or family members via online chats even when we're probably sitting side by side, like how we find out more about our friends without asking them just from Facebook and/or Twitter.

But of course, this may well be just the beginning.

In class we were shown video clips of the future of the Internet such as augmented reality glasses, "StarkHUD 2020". Just putting on that pair of glasses, people can travel to anywhere, anytime. Only they are still in the same location of course. It's their eyes that travel. Within that small pair of glasses, information can be provided and people can even see their own transformation into say, Iron Man.

And this is just one example of what the future of the Internet brings us.

There is even the integration of the Internet into television, as can be seen from the Samsung Smart TV commercial. You can "stream music and movies, connect with friends, and everything else you love".

This could well be just one of the trends. In future, as Mr Abel Choy has predicted, there may even be integration of the Internet into radio, text, news, movies, and photos.

Even the television can act as a control centre of the house, no longer requiring the remote control with extremely small buttons.

The gap between the digital world and the physical world may be bridged as well, such as integrating information to our everyday objects, as introduced by Pranav Mistry. We can pinch information onto just a piece of paper, and later on transferring it to our full screen computers.

Or, as a video clip shows, we can now wake up and even check out the latest news using our mirror while brushing our teeth, or chat with just anybody using a counter top. Or copy directions from a big digital screen onto our own device.

I think the future of the internet is too vast; with our current technology, which is developing still, we can create almost anything we want now. I believe the integration of internet into our daily lives is just the beginning; many more incredulous things that we never thought of may be awaiting us.