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Abstract: By 2020, micro p rocessors will likely be as cheap and plentiful as scrap paper,
s c a t t e red by the millions into the environment, allowing us to place
intelligent systems eve ry w h e re. This will change eve rything around us,
including the nature of commerce, the wealth of nations, and the way we
communicate, work, play, and live. This will give us smart homes, cars, T V s ,
j e we l l e ry, and money. We will speak to our appliances, and they will speak back.
Scientists also expect the In t e rnet will wire up the entire planet and evo l ve into
a membrane consisting of millions of computer networks, creating an
“intelligent planet.” The In t e rnet will eventually become a “Magic Mi r ro r” that
appears in fairy tales, able to speak with the wisdom of the human ra c e .
Michio Kaku, Visions: How Science Will Re vo l u t i o n i ze the Twe n t y - Fi r s t
C e n t u ry, 1998
If the semantic web needed a symbol, a good one to use would be a Na va h o
d ream-catcher: a small we b, lovingly hand-crafted, [easy] to look at, and
ru m o red to catch dreams; but really more of a symbol than a re a l i t y.
Pat Ha yes, Catching the Dreams, 2002
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