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Another 12 Technologies On The Verge of Extinction

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These lists of extinctions come out regularly but I like the way this one plays out. What will be gone by 2020? Will it be one of those extinctions like the big dinosaurs where they went completely away, or will it be one of those extinctions like the dinosaurs that evolved into birds? There’s two kinds, eh – some quite doomed and some survive, albeit a little different.

12 Technologies On The Verge of Extinction

“Twelve teetering technologies: will they survive or die? MaximumPC rounds up its Dirty Dozen techs that they expect to die out by 2020?or at least come close. Here’s who’s on the chopping block.”

The Doomed
1. Pre-recorded Physical Media
2. Stereoscopic (with glasses) 3D TVs
3. eBook Readers
4. Consumer-Level Hard Drives
5. Keys
6. Handheld Gaming Consoles

The Survivors
7. Digital Music/Media Players
8. Landline telephone
9. Internal Combustion Automobile Engine
10. The PC
11. The Computer Keyboard
12. The Computer Mouse

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Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on January 20, 2011 (boomark / email).