At the end of each year, IBM examines market and societal trends expected to transform our lives, as well as emerging technologies from IBM's global labs, to develop a multi-year forecast called The Next 5 in 5.
IBM predicts that over the next five years technology innovations will change the way we work, live and play in the following ways:
1. People will power electrical devices using everything from the water flowing through the pipes in their house, to their running shoes and bike spokes.
2. Passwords will be eliminated and replaced with biometric scanning.
3. Your brain will be linked to your digital devices. In other words, when you think about calling someone, it happens.
4. The digital divide will be eliminated, thanks to mobile devices that will be able to power remote health care and mobile commerce.
5. Junk mail won’t exist, since analytics will allow marketers to send only the information recipients are really interested in.
