From now on I will regularly discuss some interesting predictions that are made about the future. Today I will show you a video from Corning, a company that states the future will be made of glass.Can you imagine organizing your daily schedule with a few touches on your bathroom mirror? Chatting with far-away relatives through interactive video on your kitchen counter? Reading a classic novel on a whisper-thin piece of flexible glass?
Even though this video might look like an imaginary fantasy, the company Corning is currently engaging in research that could bring this alive in the near future. During my lectures of User Interface Design I have seen some other interesting movies about real working applications like this. Therefore, I think this could definitely be made in the future. Moreover, this video shows some fun and useful functions we could definitely use in everyday life or at work.
However, I doubt if within ten years people will seriously live in houses and environments like this. First of all, their whole house needs to be renovated to live a life like this. This will be way too expensive for a normal household. Nevertheless, a house made of glass is not the best place to live with kids or animals, since glass can be broken or scratched easily. Although I do not believe houses like this will be the standard within ten years, I do believe some of the applications you have seen will become reality sooner than you might think.
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Source and more information at: www.corning.com
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