[roadcat]

And speaking of email, the first time I heard that word was Ross Perot talking about it on Larry King Live.

Email goes back a long way, invented by Ray Tomlinson in 1971 (first internet-based email). 3-D printers, although gone mainstream recently in their current configurations, have been around a while also based on 2-D printers (1984). They're about where PC's were in the late 1970's. Going to be a big deal in a few years, particularly in building human body parts.

[uncommonsense]

"3-D printers, although gone mainstream recently in their current configurations, have been around a while also based on 2-D printers (1984). They're about where PC's were in the late 1970's."

Commodore PET CIRCA '77 versus today's high end multicore, over-clocked gamming PC's of today - Yeah Ha! Let the physical innovations begin!

I can foresee nano deposition, mult-material printers coming into production within 5 to 10 years - able to produce a broad range of objects based on a combination of plastics, ceramics, metals (materials available now), culminating with bio-materials...

This will an amazing ride of creativity!