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- xXShadowstormXx, on 10/10/2007, -3/+68Lol, sorry, but the iPhone will not change the world.
- WiseWeasel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+51Meh, not too visionary... Seems more like a list of most buzzword-compliant products currently on the market. No mention of printable thin-film solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells, supercapacitors, superconducting power line 'supergrid', linux and open source on everything, ad-hoc wireless networking, advanced AI and robotics, obsolescence of the internal combustion engine, bioengineered crops and livestock, and a bunch more truly game-changing technologies currently coming to the forefront.
- Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36Very, very doubtable.
First off: iPhone. I know it may seem like the FSM rested his noodly appendage on this Apple product, but I swear to god - it's just a phone. The only way the iPhone could change the world is if you can zap someone remotely with it.
The Wii: It's a gaming system, with a waggly stick instead of a static button-box. It may be a more easily accessible environment for people unfamiliar with gaming, but it isn't going to cure cancer. Unless the next Trauma Center game introduces Chemotherapy.
HD Movies: So you're saying instead of watching 480p movies, somehow watching 1080p movies will somehow change the world? Nanotechnology has got some competition here, what good is being able to make machines out of proteins if I can't make out whether the hair on Jack Nicholsons' mole is really gray or not on a regular movie size. - macfanboi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Obviously they added the iPhone so this would hit front page of Digg.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Sponsored by Best Buy!
- dvavasour, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13What about websites which render properly in browsers other than IE?
- GNiMeLF, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12This is like spam on a slide show!
- bfdonnelly, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Products are not technologies. The technologies underlying the products might change the world, but that's not the same thing.
So, motion-sensing might change the world, multi-touch might change the world (probably not), but if the technologies get tied too tightly to the products through lock-in the products might actually _keep_ the technologies from being influential. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8WORST ***** LIST EVER. Anyone who knows technology will simply laugh their ass of at this.
- dunderballer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Missed:
1) VoIP
2)WiMax/wireless broadband
Agree with Wiseweasel above. - ncloverbrown, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6the most ***** list ever. OMG. the iPhone will change our lives? THE WII?? lcd tvs? rough and tumble laptops??? WTF are they serious? the only two that items that really would are the space race and solar power. Buried for being the stupidest thing i've seen on the tubes in a Very long time.
- krayzee911, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Seriously? Panasonic ToughBooks and the iPhone will change our lives forever? I think the people at ABCnews just opened a computer store flyer, or googled "Technology pictures" and built an article on it. Buried as lame.
- bossywalker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Umm... this isn't a list of technoligies per say and I doubt if any of them will truly change the world in any significant way except maybe for solar power. This is a load of crap. Bury
- viserov, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Someone add flying rocket cars to the list.
- brister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This is the most pathetic list i have ever seen
- Radnad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4this list is pathetic
- elvisjulep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4If anything is indicative of the hubris of consumerism, it's this list. The idea that a bunch of non-essential gadgets will change the world is ridiculous as a premise. And these are not technologies for the most part. They're products. The Wii? Google Apps? The Vizio? The frickin iPhone? Let's go for Propel Fitness Water and Windows Vista while we're throwing around brand names. Technologies that will change the world are things like ways to bring clean water to poor residents of the third world or cheap, clean energy. Buried.
- KJoy82, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5BURRIED for being absolutely ridiculous! 10 items, 9 of them will be bettered or replaced in a year. 9 of them that have absolutely no impact on "changing the world." The only one with any sort of revolutionary inspiration to it is the increased advancement of solar powered energy...
- jojamo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5The iPhone is great and all, but how can it change the world?
oh wait, this is ABC News. Steve Jobs practically owns Disney which owns ABC. They show an iBook in there too. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3What a bunch of hooey! The Wii will change the world? The success of Vizio making LCD TVs will change the world? Watching HD movies on a stinking 17" computer monitor will change the world??
- Aero1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3No Fios? fiber to the home is a god send.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Dugg for the reference to our lord. RAmen.
- NessTheHero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I extremely disagree with the Google Apps thing. I simply do not see the benefit of online based office software, and I certainly don't feel comfortable not having files on my own computer. Until internet speeds reach the same speed and consistency as the speed between my harddrives, I'm going to store all my files in my My Documents folder, not on some google server.
- adooga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Why did I keep expecting to see a timeshare condo in there somewhere?
- solecize, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3not one even one entry from the biotech sector? While biotech is out curing cancer they are lauding games, phones, and websites.
- trer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Actually the time machine I'm working on is the only technology that will really "change" the world".
- weave2k0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3buried for sponsoring amazon.
- dunderballer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3This list is a great example of the low publication standards and lack of depth we are getting from the media. Dugg to expose the incompetence of the mainstream journalism.
- Yooree, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3If I see that top 10 list one more time...
- case116, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Wow, are you kidding or really just a giant tool? I can't decide.
- yelow, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6hy
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bole
half of those will be forgotten by next year.
life straw ftw though
and the iphone is just a phone.
-Tim - mahdaeng, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Dugg your comment for "hubris of consumerism". Nicely stated.
:^) - mt066, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3"LCD Plasma TV maker Vizio went from no-name to market leader in the space of a year and has now set the standard for LCD TVs; a 42-inch TV can easily be found for about $800."
Whaa?? If their HDTVs are half-decent, I'm getting one. Anything else is over $1k at least - fnaqzna, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What we need, is a Top 10 List of top ten lists.
- jobenly, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah. The iPhone is already out too. What's your point?
- fnaqzna, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow... you seem bitter.
- alansky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Mostly very stupid suggestions. Mobile cell phone payments and cheaper big-screen tv's are going to change the world? Give me a f***ing break!
- FredFredrickson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Haha, iPhone is changing the world huh? Sorry if I didn't notice - but it seems like basically the same phone as all the others, with the addition of a touch screen. Hardly as important to the future as things like solar panels, if you ask me.
- nartvq, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This article must have been written for someone living under a rock for the past 5 years. Except for the Wii, (which put Nintendo back into the spot light and changed the dynamics of gaming), none of these technologies are truly revolutionary.
iPhone? Oh puleeze. Even before this was released, there were plenty of phones out there that offered more functionality for much less. A well packaged piece of crap is still a piece of crap.
Space Tourism? Hey, I'd love this to become common place, but it'll be years before the whole infrastructure is cheap and safe enough before Joe Average can afford such a trip. After considering the cost and risks, do you really want to be working the kinks out on the first few trips up there?
Public vs Private technologies? Nothing new here, move along. Governments have historically subsidized emerging technologies that have later been exploited by private ventures for the good (or ill) of all.
HD and HD-DVDs? Incremental, but hardly revolutionary. Its like the improved Metal/Chrome audio cassette tapes vs the old ferric oxide tapes.
Payments via Mobile Phone? That's been available but largely unimplemented for years. PayPal though, now that was revolutionary. So maybe there are two things worthy of mention.
Online Apps? You want me to store my personal documents online? With no strong encryption? Oh sure, would you like my social security number, mothers maiden name, and name of my pet while your at it? /sarcasm
Rugged electronics? And this is new how?
Better Solar Power? Right. Let me know when the title changes to "Inexpensive Solar Power"
Do I sound bitter? Probably, but hey, I was *promised* a flying car by now, damn it. There were more world changing technologies in the responses than the article. ABC News should post topics and get feedback here first before coming out with such a time wasting article. - Asianwaste, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2What like a PC and X-box game? XD
- NessTheHero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2That's just a new innovative technology for touch response. Certainly won't cause a revolution other than making restaurants pretty awesome to go to.
- mahdaeng, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah - because video games are so important to family unity and therefore help form the bedrock of a solid society.
- ssjasper2003, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Just looks like a fanboys view, iphone, wii, hd movies, google apps. Nothing visionary to speak of other than the virgin space tour, $100 laptop for 3rd world countries & solar panels for energy.
- tdous, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Haha.. dugg down too. You thought people here cared about anything but the things they get to play with and show off to others? ( I dugg you up but it probably won't last ;) )
- mahdaeng, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Change the world? I don't think so. The only two on the list that have a slight chance of impacting the entire world are space tourism and solar power technology. The rest are just entertainment and ease of payments.
- davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm skeptical about H2 fuel cells but supercaps and advances in battery technology yes. Bioengineered crops and livestock are commonplace now, unless you're referring to something different. What other game-changing technologies are coming to the forefront?
- jobenly, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1"Watching HD movies on a stinking 17" computer monitor will change the world??"
The main point was that the content is downloaded. All major content being provided over the internet will change the world. You won't have to buy disc players. You won't have to wire your house for cable or phone (assuming you use wireless networking). You can buy your TV shows a la carte and watch them whenever. You can watch the shows you subscribe to anywhere on Earth as long as you can get fast enough internet access. Add online billing and postal services around the world are obsolete. Anything really important will be shipped.
I agree that the cheap TV entry was pretty lame, though. - jobenly, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1So she spends $1000+ dollars a year on video games then? Did she go out and buy her own Wii? No? I guess your mother didn't even change then.
- zoomflite, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0One day we'll all look back and laugh at this list...that day is today.
- jobenly, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1You're pretty much right, but I think the HD over the Internet category is important. When you add VOIP, podcasts, online billing, and online news, you end up with the internet as the courier of all information. The internet as the primary provider of information will dramatically change all sorts of businesses around the world. Goodbye cable providers as we know them. Goodbye radio stations. Goodbye land lines. Think about that.
Some day you will move and you won't have to notify any companies of your change of address except for your internet provider. You won't have to wire your house for anything other than electricity. -
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