As we may think

Technology is more and more embedded in everyday life, but it hasn't always been this way. Only 50 years ago people regarded technology as something only scientists and technicians dealt with. 40 years ago reaching the Moon was just becoming a reality. 30 years ago just a few people had access to a computer. 20 years ago programming was something just a few could understand. 10 years ago we were just learning how to use the Internet. 5 years ago no one knew what wikis and blogs were, nor how to use them. And so it goes. We can choose to ignore it, we can try and keep up-to-date, but there is no escaping it.

The fact that Vannevar Bush could foresee many of the major developments in technology and the way we would use them is still a huge achievement. Many of the actual developments can be tracked to this article, "As we may think", and its place in technology and history is remarkable. We can't undrstand the future if we don't look back and try and understand the past.

What are some of the technologies envisioned in this article, and how is that vision different to today's version of it? Why? What do you think, or expect, the future will bring?