It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 2024

You send a command from your smartphone and your house automatically decorates itself with a holographic Christmas tree complete with decorations and a suitably conifer-like smell. Sound like science fiction? Maybe, but this is among the predictions by the authors of a new book that looks at how technology is changing our lives and how we do business. Here are some more of their views on what Christmas might look like in ten years time. As customization capabilities become more sophisticated we'll see more and more things like clothes and shoes being tailor made for the individual. And it could… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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