The Future of Social Networking in 2050 By

The Future of Social Networking in 2050 By Alex, Kim, Nicole, Jessie, and David

Mobile Computing: The Way of the Future “Combining social and mobile-- there is a new wave of opportunities coming up, a growth of users, so mobile internet is clearly the next major computing cycle. ” -- Ram Shriram, founding board member of Google Using cell phones on a mobile network is increasingly popular In the future, internet will be global and wireless. Information will be at our fingertips within seconds

Technology as a Sixth Sense Computers will be able to give us information through gestural or more organic means We will be able to get information no matter where we are Majority of information will be delivered before we even have to ask for it or send it Homogenized culture… knowing people before you even meet them, equal access to information to everyone

Technology RFID Tagging (Radio frequency Identification) RFIDs are small, easy to manufacture transponders that can be made as small as a grain of sand Companies like Abercrombie and Fitch are already starting to experiment with this technology to track inventory RFID tags could be implanted into anything, from a sweater to a box of cookies handheld smart phones interact with RFIDs Smart phones would make spontaneous networks between other nearby phones, and gather information about whatever object the transponder is tagging

Technology cont… Arduino Chips Make objects ‘smart’ Small, easy to make computing chips A man has programmed one so that his chair puts a tweet on twitter whenever it senses noxious gases Mean we are delivered information before we even have to look for it • Projected Displays • Wearable computer systems that turn almost any surface into interactive display screen • Develops a sixth sense through technology

Implications Homogenization of culture… unity and acceptance of all walks of life Privacy issues as information becomes more available, controlling who sees it will become more difficult ‘Online’ identities will be controlled through one online profile or email account (like Open. ID) If hacked, this could have disastrous consequences

Implications cont… How will we censor information? How will we control it? Identity theft will be a major concern Quantum computers will replace today's computers, having the ability to break encrypted code in seconds today's computers would take 20 years to break same code Biometrics (finger prints, iris scan, voice recognition) will be highly used to identify individuals DNA theft= theft of the future Even pacemakers could be hacked in future

Project Concept Make a ‘fake’ website that is a news website from the year 2050 Have an article special on online hackers and how to protect identity This will be a good platform to introduce tagging, facerecognition, and other technologies of the future Information contained in articles, video (mock interviews), and possibly some interactive content as a mock guide on how to better regulate privacy settings and prevent identity theft