Man or Machine?

"Bill Gates, who built his fortune equipping the personal computer, predicts that the keyboard and mouse will soon become relics.

Gates said the "first digital decade", centred on the keyboard and the mouse, was over. "The second digital decade will be more focused on connecting people," he said, predicting it would also feature progress in training machines to react as people do, with "natural user interfaces" responsive to speech and touch.

The founder of Microsoft Corp spelt out a vision of a “digital decade” of telephones, televisions and cars that respond to voice and touch. “This is the area that people underestimate the most,” he said. Gates predicted that high-definition video “will be everywhere” from TV to wall projections to screens built into desks. Users will be able to roam in 3-D through virtual worlds when they shop or interact online with friends. Devices will connect seamlessly so that data is transferred automatically from computer to mobile phone, for instance. “When you take a photo, it will show up where you want it to show up,” he said. "

Amongst all these technological revolution, are we forgetting the good old Human Being, his aspirations, feelings? I wonder!!