This document discusses how science fiction from the past has become reality. It provides examples of concepts from books like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Brave New World, 1984 that envisioned technologies like scuba gear, test tube babies, cable TV that now exist. The document emphasizes that understanding the future is important because jobs and technologies of the future cannot be predicted. It discusses trends like the consumerization of innovation, emerging markets, cloud computing, and social media that will impact the future. It predicts that connectivity will continue accelerating and transforming personal computing experiences.

1. The Future
With ….
Phil McKinney

2. It’s staggering
how much of
what we do
today is last
generations
science fiction!
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3. Scuba
“20,000 Leagues Under The Sea”
By Jules Verne, 1875
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4. Test Tube
Babies
“Brave New World”
By Aldous Huxley,
1932
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5. Robots
“Rossum’s Universal Robot”
By Karel Capek, 1920
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6. Cable TV
“1984”
By George Orwell, 1949
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7. Screen Saver
“Stanger In A Strange Land”
By Robert Heinlein, 1961
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8. Internet
“London Times of 1904”
By Mark Twain, 1898
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9. Why Is
Understanding
The Future
Important?

10. … The top 10 in-demand jobs for 2010
did not exist in 2004 …
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11. … we are currently preparing students
for jobs that do not yet exist
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12. … for technologies that
have not yet been
invented
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13. … in order to solve problems we
don’t even know are
problems yet!
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14. What Are You To
Do?

15. It’s not
about
having
the
answer ..

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19. What Trends Will
Impact the
Future?

20. Megatrends
Eight trends that will change personal systems over the next 5 years
1. Consumer Driven 3. Emerging Markets
2. Acceleration to a 4. Cloud Computing
Innovation Driving Fundamental
Connected World
Shifts
5. Evolution of 6. Redefinition of 7. Visual Technologies 8. Social Media
Personal Computing Content Experiences Transform Media & Fundamentally Transform
to New Form Factors Collaboration Business
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21. Prediction:
Acceleration To
A Connected
World

22. WINNING: IMAGINATION
Personal Wireless Hub concept

23. WINNING: IMAGINATION
Thin-client computing delivers a more seamless personal experience

26. In Conclusion . . .

27. For More Information:
Blog: www.philmckinney.com
Podcast: www.killerinnovations.com
Twitter: philmckinney
Email: philip.mckinney@hp.com
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