LOL Just what I was thinking. And a laser rifle. *ZAP*
Posted on 01/23/2005 1:48:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
By the year 2015, robots will be doing most of the household chores, and by 2025, seismologists will be able to detect huge earthquakes before they strike, according to predictions made by about 2,600 leading experts and scientists in the country.
About 4,200 scientists, university professors, engineers at private companies and researchers at independent administrative corporations were asked by the Education, Science and Technology Ministry to make predictions about what new technologies might be invented within 30 years.
About 2,600 of those polled answered 860 questions, including positing a timetable for each technical innovation and another for when the nation might see widespread use of such technology. The questions were asked of those working in about 13 fields, including electronics.
According to the answers collected by the ministry, most of the experts said that between 2011 and 2015, game software would be developed that could defeat shogi (Japanese chess) masters, and every household would have a robot doing chores such as cleaning and laundering. They predicted that in the next decade, cancer treatments derived by applying an increased understanding of the cancer-causing mechanism would be available, the officials said.
They also said that between 2011 and 2015, telephones capable of simultaneously translating one language to another would be widely used, effective weight-loss medications would be available and a cure for AIDS would be found, ministry officials said.
Between 2016 and 2025, they predicted technology would be developed to detect earthquakes stronger than magnitude 7, leading to a reduction in fatalities and injuries, while a cure for Alzheimer's also would be found, the officials said.
Men always go slow.
LOL Just what I was thinking. And a laser rifle. *ZAP*
A vacuuming robot has already been out for years now. I'm saving up for one due to my cats' hair-shedding habits, so I can cut down my "real" vacuuming to once a week or so.
http://www.irobot.com/consumer/
It shouldn't be long for other kinds of cleaning robots to come out now.
I can't thank you enough for that pork and sauerkraut recipe you gave me. My wife keeps asking me to make it again. I've already made it twice so I guess its becoming a family tradition...thanks again.
We gave one as a wedding gift to a brother who got married and received a very enthusiatic Thank You from the bride.
They have gotten smarter since the first models. Now they retire to their feeding trough by themselves. Charging Station, that is.
A little late:
Well I love my Roomba robot vac, so I'm all for the rest of the housecleaning lineup!!
My wife has one of them now...me. A nice Italian boy.
My daughter got a robot vacuum cleaner for Christmas.
She was initially sceptical but IT WORKS. She named it Sunni and says it is male.
I think she's in love.
The dog barks at it though.
When you get a robot, you'll be busier than you are now.
Some chicks already have robot for that.
Too slow.
"By the year 2015, robots will be doing most of the household chores..."
You mean I have to wait another 10 years? It's just not fair. I want my Rosie, NOW!
I really really want my flying car NOW!!!
Me too, and I hope they do windows. rofl!
I am not sure what the household chores will be by then, but I am sure that we guys will have come up with all kinds of high tech reasons to put them off till later...
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