I agree with you that Moore's law will still prevail and your idea of devices alerting the owner immediately when they are lost is almost here already. The thought of implants is pretty scary but prosthetic healing sounds like a good thing.

Like your thought about governance and regulation in a cyber world that will be parallel to the real life and obviously, games will always rule :D

In the coming 20 years, the Moore's law is still going to prevail. I think that could be applied to the intelligence of the devices we are going to have. They will know when they are lost and alert the owner immediately. Our personal device will eventually unify into our implants in our body. And no more disabled people! For all could be healed through these devices.

The status of Cyber world will alleviate to a near parallel status to the current world we are in, and a regulatory board is liked to form, regulating the various activities in the cyber world so as to allow people work in the cyber world to earn a living.

Games will be a dominating force on cyber activities.

Yeah, to me, it's never been about the technology. I've seen the best technologies come and go because they did not hit the critical mass. And then we see technologies that doesn't seem very innovative spread like wildfire (NOT talking at Twitter LOL).

Thanks again for your thoughtful comments and all the best to Pepperconn!

what will eventually happen, and hopefully soon, is consolidation. where it's not about the latest applications and gizmos, and all of which aren't converged into a single sign-in or platform. Simplicity is the name of the game and that is one of the key words in your deck. As Seth Godin says : “Over and over again, connecting people with one another is what lasts online. Some folks thought it was about technology, but it's not.“

Great job! :)

Like your take on Mobile where home automation technologies, which are already here today, becomes mainstream through the use of your mobile.

On your idea of seamless-ness, yes I totally agree and can't wait for that day coz my head is about to burst with my 101 passwords! Your idea of :

You are YOU, when people wanna look for YOU, they email YOU, they send YOU text messages, they ping YOU.

sounds like what telnic is trying to achieve with their .tel domains!

For cool IT trends from China to make their way around the world? I already see it happening. For example, the accelerometer in the iPhone? I first saw it in a mobile in a China-made mobile, about 1-2 years before the iPhone came out. There's a lot of other cool technology in China now which they are putting into their mobiles!

Fast – where people can communicate with each other thru amazing connection speeds, and in future we'll have technology that makes picking up your phone and calling someone troublesome and slow.

Light – we've all seen Geekonomics's 400gb thumbdrive, we've seen browsers do amazing stuffs, we've seen the latest Quake Live played directly via a browser with no need for a monster gaming rig. it's exciting to anticipate what will technology give us in future.

Mobile – moving around (in the world) and still connected to everything, with no hassle, been able to do whatever you are doing in the office and at home like fire up the rice cooker or run your laundry. we've all seen that in movies and IT exhibitions but who really has that at home and can afford it? The Future will tell.

Seamless – a world with no passwords and security risks is probably what I would think The Future will be. No need for remembering 101 passwords and security questions. No need to manage your multiple emails. You are YOU, when people wanna look for YOU, they email YOU, they send YOU text messages, they ping YOU.

Sounds bleak….? Ya…but let's hope pockets within the tech community in Singapore will rise to the occassion and churn out trendsetting ideas….just like how our forefathers did at HDB, JTC, SAF, EDB etc etc. when they were faced with a terminal situation. Ok, i'm old enough and have lived through those turbulent periods, so i know…

Look. The future of IT has to one where what we do benefits the economy value-add. If the IT scene in Singapore is confined to geeks lapping up cool gadgets from overseas, then… there's no future in IT:-P.

“Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.”