The Net’s next 10 years

Based on Internet2 research, this article in PC magazine speculates the next 10 years of the Internet. Some interesting thoughts on different aspects ranging from healthcare to video-conferencing. I liked the following about mobile-net:

Asked to speculate on how the Internet might advance in the next decade, Van Houweling says, “I think we don’t yet understand the implications of the mobile Net. There is so much activity and risk attached to people when they’re moving around that if you could really make the Net part of that world, it could have an enormous impact. If every vehicle had direct access to the Net and the roads they travel on facilitated inter-vehicle communication, driving could become immensely more safe and vehicles much more reliable.”