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"Over the last five years, technology has been rapidly changing and expanding in every field imaginable. Smart phones are now capable of acting as standalone computer devices that can take pictures, search the Internet, send emails and text messages and yes, they even make phone calls. While it might seem that the technology of today has reached its limits, it is still actually spreading its proverbial wings. Only twenty or so years ago, personal computers were becoming small enough and affordable enough for families to buy them for home use. Since then, the world of technology has shown no signs of slowing down and practically every device available today is somehow tied to computer technology. It seems hard these days to fathom the original size of computers and how small they have become in the last ten years, but within the last five years they have become even smaller and somehow more powerful and faster than ever before! The Internet allows people to connect with family, friends, and work colleagues from across the globe in the push of a button. Communication options have literally exploded in the instant avenues of text and video based chat as well as the near instantaneous method of email. Gone are the days where one had to post a letter and wait a week or more for a response and long distance phone calls are unnecessary for anyone with a computer, a webcam, and a speedy Internet connection. Automobiles are now being manufactured with standard GPS and emergency call features for the convenience and safety of drivers and their passengers, making the days of carrying a map completely unnecessary and improving the peace of mind of anyone who must travel the roads alone or at night. Computerized cars are now potentially at risk in much the same fashion as a personal computer as a moderately skilled hacker can theoretically take over basic functions of a vehicle - including its engine. Yes, technological advancement has changed our lives completely, and not al

"We do know that whatever computing device we use will be far more powerful than the computers we use today by mid-century, just as today's machines greatly overshadow their predecessors." Using quantum computers could make computers faster and more powerful.

"Computing has developed at an amazing pace over the last few decades, but even today's computers are essentially glorified calculators" This site is useful because it shares very interesting information about the future of computers acting and thinking like humans. This site is reliable because it is on a news website backed by facts.

"Many scientists believe the exponential growth in computing power leads inevitably to a future moment when computers will attain human-level intelligence: an event known as the "singularity"." I find this site very useful because it gives insight from many different perspectives about different possibilities for the future of the computer. It talks about how computers will possibly be capable of out thinking humans. On the contrary, the source talks about how computers may not be capable of outperforming humans. I believe this source is reliable because it contains quotes from many respected scientists, including Michio Kaku.

"What will computers look like in 30 years? Trick question. You won't see them at all." This source is insightful because it predicts the possibility of micro-sized computer chips being in one's body. I will use this site to help me with my themes of the future computer. This site is reliable because it correlates with many other predictions that have been made.

"However, it is fast becoming time to reckon with what the future holds for our computers - and technology in general." This site is useful to me because it leaves open any possibility about computers of the future. It talks about how computer technology can only improve. I will use this website to help improve my predictions. This website is reliable because it goes along with a lot of predictions about future computing devices.

"In this future, computers have become so small and pervasive that they are in practically everything." This source is useful because it goes with the prediction that we could have computing devices in everything. I will use this site to learn more about touch screen technology being integrated into all parts of our everyday lives. This source is reliable because it is similar to other predictions about future technology of the computer.

"Helping the blind get around could involve less help from canines and more help from computers in the future"This site is useful because it explains a lot about the future of blind people "seeing", and about how the computer can help with that. This site is relaible because I looked it up on easybib.

"Rather than being programmed to anticipate every possible answer or action needed to perform a function or set of tasks, cognitive computing systems are trained using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms to sense, predict, infer and, in some ways, think." This source provides a method for the bottom-up approach to AI, which is letting the computer learn like an infant instead of teaching it how to respond to certain cases. Cognitive computing will most likely be mentioned in our project when we talk about the technological singularity. This article is trustworthy because it is written by IBM, one of the world innovators in technology and computing.

"A computed tomography (CT) scan uses X-rays to make detailed pictures of structures inside of the body. During the test, you will lie on a table that is attached to the CT scanner, which is a large doughnut-shaped machine. The CT scanner sends X-rays through the body area being studied. Each rotation of the scanner provides a picture of a thin slice of the organ or area. All of the pictures are saved as a group on a computer. They also can be printed. In some cases, a dye called contrast material may be used. It may be put in a vein (IV) in your arm, or it may be placed into other parts of your body (such as the rectum or a joint) to see those areas better. For some types of CT scans you drink the dye. The dye makes structures and organs easier to see on the CT pictures. A CT scan can be used to study all parts of your body, such as the chest, belly, pelvis, or an arm or leg. It can take pictures of body organs, such as the liver, pancreas, intestines, kidneys, bladder, adrenal glands, lungs, and heart. It also can study blood vessels, bones, and the spinal cord. Fluoroscopy CT is a special test that is not widely available. It uses a steady beam of X-rays to look at movement within the body. It allows the doctor to see your organs move or to guide a biopsy needle or other instrument into the right place inside your body." This talks about the CAT (CT) scan. It tells how it is preformed.

I feel that this article gives good insight into ubiquitous computing which would go along well with our topic on wearable technology. Ubiquitous computing for those of you who do not know is basicly that in the future that everything will be computerized and we will be surrounded by computers everywhere in our everyday life.

"As amazing as the last half-century has been, experts tell us that computer technology is still only in its awkward adolescence." This site is useful because it explains what future computing devices can possibly do and explains what they will be like. This site is reliable because it relates to many other predictions about future computers and has opinions from experts.

"Will we still be using keyboards and mice or will we actually live inside a partially digital world?" This site is useful because it really gives detail about the future of the computer. This site is reliable because it has plausible reasons to back the ideas Jonathan Strickland wrote.

This page summarizes Chapter 3 (Future of the Medicine). "Kaku discusses robotic body parts, modular robots, unemployment caused by robots, surrogates and avatars (like their respective movies), and reverse engineering the brain. Kaku goes over the three laws of robotics and their contradictions. He endorses a "chip in robot brains to automatically shut them off if they have murderous thoughts", and believes that the most likely scenario is "friendly AI", in which robots are free to wreak havoc and destruction, but are designed to desire benevolence.[1]"

"Nanotechnology: Everything from Nothing?"

"Unlike conventional chemical rockets which use Newton's third law of motion, solar sails take advantage of radiation pressure from stars. Kaku believes that after sending a gigantic solar sail into orbit, one could install lasers on the moon, which would hit the sail and give it extra momentum. Another alternative is to send thousands of nanoships, of which only a few would reach their destination. "Once arriving on a nearby moon, they could create a factory to make unlimited copies of themselves," says Kaku. Nanoships would require very little fuel to accelerate. They could visit the stellar neighborhood by floating on the magnetic fields of other planets."

"Recent innovations such as the iPad provide an exciting glimpse into the future of computers." This site is useful because it explains different types of technology and what they will be in the future. This site is reliable because I checked it's reliablity on easybib.

"Smartphones, iPads, mobile health (mHealth) apps, remote monitoring devices, cloud-based computing, and other technologic advances are continuing to rewrite the script for healthcare delivery for both patients and physicians, so much so that Forbes already has declared 2013 as the year of digital health. Consider that 60% of physicians accessed health content online using their mobile phones, and 44% turned to tablet computers, according to the 2012 comScore Physician Mobile Survey."

"The growing power of computer vision is a crucial first step for the next generation of computing, robotic and artificial intelligence systems."

"Our world is full of integrated circuits. You find several of them in computers. For example, most people have probably heard about the microprocessor. The microprocessor is an integrated circuit that processes all information in the computer. It keeps track of what keys are pressed and if the mouse has been moved. It counts numbers and runs programs, games and the operating system. Integrated circuits are also found in almost every modern electrical device such as cars, television sets, CD players, cellular phones, etc. But what is an integrated circuit and what is the history behind it?"

"Artificial intelligence (AI) would be the possession of intelligence, or the exercise of thought, by machines such as computers."

"While we don't know what thought or intelligence is, essentially, and while we're very far from agreed on what things do and don't have it, almost everyone agrees that humans think, and agrees with Descartes that our intelligence is amply manifest in our speech. Along these lines, Alan Turing suggested that if computers showed human level conversational abilities we should, by that, be amply assured of their intelligence. Turing proposed a specific conversational test for human-level intelligence, the "Turing test" it has come to be called. Turing himself characterizes this test in terms of an "imitation game"" This seems to be a wonderful source, and I feel that it is reliable because it is an official academic resource, reviewed by many. I plan on using this fantastic source for general information, and specifically the bit I quoted for determining exactly what qualifies as an artificial intelligence. Many computers are considered "thoughtful" but what truly defines AI I play to learn from Turing's Test; an experiment developed by Alan Turing (another facet I would consider researching)

"Mass customization, in marketing, manufacturing, call centres and management, is the use of flexible computer-aided manufacturing systems to produce custom output." The definition of Mass customization is- use of computer aided manufacturing systems.