Talking Web, memory assistants and solar-powered cell phones headed mainstream, IBM says


	Talking Web, memory assistants and solar-powered cell phones headed mainstream, IBM says

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12-1-2008 5:38 PM

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IBM's 'Next Five in Five' predicts innovations that will change our lives

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   years, <A href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/ibm.html" linkindex="138">IBM</A> predicts in its third annual Next Five in Five list, detailing innovations that could change our lives in the next half-decade.
</p> <P>The other predictions: We will all have digital shopping assistants and, separately, "crystal balls" to predict our future
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</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/112608-predictions.html?hpg1=bn"><P>"The Next Five in Five is based on market and societal trends expected to transform our lives, as well as emerging technologies
   from IBM's Labs around the world that can make these innovations possible," IBM <A href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/26170.wss" linkindex="140">says</A>.  (See last year's list <A href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/020507-ibm-labs-research.html" linkindex="141">here</A>.) 
</p> <P>Here's a look at IBM's five predictions announced this week:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/112608-predictions.html?hpg1=bn"><B>1. <A href="http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/panorama/2008/020608pan-greenesthost.html" linkindex="155" set="yes">Solar power</A>  will be built into</B> asphalt sidewalks, driveways, siding, paint, rooftops and windows. New <A href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/112508-e3-2008-renewable-energy.html" linkindex="156" set="yes">thin-film solar cells</A>  will be cost-effective and incredibly thin, allowing them to be applied just about anywhere.
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