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要了解遥远未来的技术发展,办法只有一个,那就是与全球顶级研究实验室的带头人进行探讨。我们可以去Palo Alto研究中心,在这里,人们发明了许多大有前途的技术,例如以太网和层叠式窗口界面;我们可以去贝尔实验室,在这里,人们发明了晶体管;……。在这些地方,有关计算的伟大设想正在与足以影响我们未来十年后的生活的思想相互碰撞。我们邀请了6个主要研究实验室的主任列出了各自最重要的项目。然后,我们采访了从事这些项目的研究人员。未来确实看起来有些令人难以置信。
There is only one way to understand the technological development in the distant future. It is to discuss with the leaders of the world’s top research laboratories. We can go to the Palo Alto Research Center, where many great technologies have been invented, such as Ethernet and Cascading Window Interfaces; we can go to Bell Labs, where people have invented transistors; .... In these places, the great assumptions about computing are colliding with ideas that affect our life ten years from now. We invited the directors of the six major research laboratories to list the most important projects of their own. Then we interviewed the researchers who worked on these projects. The future does look a bit unbelievable.