Essay On The Future Of Computers

Technology is always changing to meet our needs. As a society that relies on technology everyday it is safe to say that from twenty years from now computers will be an even larger part of our lives. Computers have followed a concept called Moore's law, which states that computer speed will double every eighteen months. This means that computers available now are about twice as fast as the fastest ones available eighteen months ago. If computers follow this law, in about twenty years computers will be far superior to modern ones. Computers will be cost efficient, smaller, and more widespread. In the future more devices will connect to the internet and people will hardly be offline.

In 1964 what started out as machines used for calculating complex problems turned into technology that can be more accessible to the public when Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI). The computer was created to solve a serious number-crunching crisis. By 1880 the U.S. population had grown so large that it took more than seven years to calculate the U.S. Census. The government required a faster way to get the job done, which led to the creation of punch card computers which were as large as an entire room. (livescience) The computer has come a long way in the past 40 years. In 1976 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers, but it wouldn't be until 1983 that Apple would release a computer with a GUI(graphical user interface). A GUI uses windows, icons, and text that can be manipulated by a person to communicate to the computer. Two years later Microsoft launched Windows, which is their response to Apple.

In 1993 the Pentium microprocessor is released which integrates th...

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...iguring out how to measure a person's brainwaves. This technology has been seen in toys right now by using a wired hat. This could be used to wirelessly transmit brainwaves to a computer.

Computers have seen a lot of advancement over the years, and there has been no sign of slowing. With processors getting smaller and smaller the capacity for small computers is increasing. Smart phones, tablets, and notebook laptops have taken over the desktop and with new quantum technology transistors will become obsolete, thus rendering modern processors a thing of the past. Also computers will not need to be controlled by a mouse and keyboard, but with brainwaves, speech, and touch. Touch has already changed the world of computers and speech programs are already in development. It is safe to say that in the next twenty years people will see huge leaps in the field of computers.