Friday, 9 May 2008

Students' Corner: In fifty years' time...

In fifty years' time there will be many improvements when it comes to transportation. Flying cars will not be trendy by then and they will have to "step aside" to make room for transportation machines which will be coming out to market. Scientists won't have been able to add a heuristic analyzing method into robots, instead they will be converting people into robots by adding electronic modules and microchips into their heads. In fact, people will be controlled by computers that will be part of them. This internal system will be really capable. It will control everything that happens inside us including the beating of our heart. It will include a GPS (Global Positioning System) for an easier tracking of our movements. At first, it will be employed to track delinquents, and if the case is severe enough, "penetrate" their minds, control them, punish them and, finally, kill them. It will seem to be an efficient way of security but, as always, hackers will be very interested in these tempting new possibilities. These people won't content themselves any longer with stealing from our bank accounts, they will have our lives to play with. By that time, I will be retired. I will have been working as a commercial pilot for over thirty-four years. I will be one of the last real flying pilots. After I retire, technology will replace the need for pilots in flight companies but I will have had enough of flying for a lifetime.

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