In time everyone will have one of these in their kitchen, and it will fabricate literally anything you want. Need a new pair of sun glasses? Just make a new pair before you go out. Need a ball point pen. Just make one. These machines will eventually be able to make ANYTHING and EVERYTHING; just tell your "replicator" to go on line and download the blueprint for what ever you want to make. Talk about bringing manufacturing back home... Imagine the year 2020 iTunes online catalog with a section that includes 'objects' you can download and fabricate at home for 99 cents each.

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For a wonderful novel about a world in which 'fabricators' are commonplace, read: Neil Stevenson's "Diamond Age"

If you've been fretting about how quickly you'll get an ultra-fast 'fiber' connection from the internet to your home, it may be time to relax and shift focus. Mobile connectivity may be more important to your future than fixed bandwidth delivered via 'fiber to the home' (FFTH) can ever be. A growing body of communication industry trends and indicators is adding up to a clear picture of our internet supercharged future, a future where the key to personal and professional success lies not how much total bandwidth you have at your desk, but rather in how much practical internet functionality you can take with you everywhere you go. From ultra portable handheld computers like iPhones, Blackberrys and now netbooks, to rapidly evolving high speed wireless protocols like 3g, 4g, LTE and WiMax, all the signs point to 'mobility' as the defining feature of our internet future; a future where 5 Mb/second of bandwidth in your hand may well be worth more to you than 50 Mb/second of bandwidth at your desk.

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