man-like there will be man-machine marriages. Wearable Computers- Tomorrow's computer-human interface will be wearable. Computers worn on smart glasses will broadcast information into a person's eyes. Applic-ations for smart glasses might start in an industrial area like car repair shops, where the goggles would allow a mechanic to see a diagram of a car with all of its parts identified. This would allow a bedridden, retired person with a lot of experience to direct a younger person without experience, and the two would act as a single entity to perform a job, byusing a wearable computing device and a wireless connectionWay Out There- Evolving from the wearable computer. Thinkers at the MIT Media Lab are working on a system where you and the backplane are one. They figure you can deliver about 100,000 bits per second through your skeletal and nerve structure.Implantable and Injectable Computers- In a recent experiment at Atlanta's EmoryUniversity, a tiny device designed to amplify brain signals and send them to special comp-uters through a small antenna implanted in the skull of a stroke victim who was both para-lized and mute. The procedure gave the patient the ability to communicate by moving a cursor across a computer screen using just his thoughts. A direct brain-to-computer con-nection (sans surgery) maybe possible in the next 10 years. In Conclusion In the future, when you look back at today's personal computers, your grandchildren will hear the stories about your computer that "couldn't listen, couldn't talk, or couldn't see." ...
