
520 | CHAPTER 29 Emerging Technologies and the Generation of Knowledge
1. The kind of computer interface used in the film Minority Report: no
mouse, no keyboard, just gesture-based interactions with virtual images
projected into a vertical space at head height.
2. Ubiquity of computational devices to the extent that conversation and dis-
cussion of these devices will disappear from everyday social interactions;
the technology will be transparent or invisible.
3. The ability to access information when and where it is wanted or needed, ir-
respective of modality, thereby maximizing mobility and other personal re-
sources. This may lead to cell phones bec ...