How computers will change the world by 2056
Computers with superhuman intelligence, machines that can react beyond their inputs and the prospect of robotic helpers will be with us by 2056, leading scientists have predicted.
To mark 50 years of New Scientist magazine, the world?s most eminent scientists were invited to gaze into their crystal balls to see what the next half century will bring planet Earth.
ICT advances were tipped to enhance our understanding in a range of areas, to eventually prove extraterrestrial life forms, eradicate sexual violence and offer an endless supply of human limbs.
In total, 70 scientists cast a critical eye over the future, and though some forecasts may sound overoptimistic, ?we probably have not even thought up the exciting advances that lay ahead,? NS said.
In the realm of technology, and if the scientists are right, within the next 50 years humans will use devices to detect and interpret the emotions of animals, causing a global revolution.
