Ten years from now: What we will do, have, and not have

This morning I appeared on Channel 7’s The Morning Show talking about the world 10 years from now.

A few of the things I mentioned in the interview include:

Customised medicines: Doctors will use our DNA profiles to create a drug specifically for us.

Thought interfaces: We will be able to control our computers (to a limited degree) with our thoughts, and some will choose to get implants to do it better.

Battery change stations: The gas stations of today will also provide battery exchange for electric cars, so we can switch batteries instead of filling up with petrol.

Video glasses: We will commonly wear glasses that provide us with information about what we are looking at (including the names and profiles of people we are speaking to), and play movies when we’re commuting.

Newspapers: I am on the record as saying “news-on-paper” will be irrelevant in Australia by 2022. The economics won’t add up and digital paper will be far better than dead-tree paper.

Computer mouse and remote control: The mouse is well over 40 years and already past its retirement date, as is the remote control. It will be replaced by voice, gesture and gaze control that is far easier and more intuitive.

Oversharing: We are at just the beginning of sharing far more than we can even imagine today.

Education: One of the key trends is the rise of “gamification”, where in education as well as work games are at the center of how we learn.