Tech Thursday: IBM's "Next Five in Five"

Today, IBM unveiled their latest "Next Five in Five" - 5 innovations you should expect to see in the next 5 years that will change the way you work/play/live. It is their 5th installment (how's that for symmetry?), and they've had a pretty strong record over the previous four issues (as seen after the break). My favorite for this year is the "personalized commute" concept of adaptive traffic systems w/in GPS systems, allowing users to avoid this:

Image via GPS Systems.

IBM has had some good calls:

• 2007: "Your cell phone will be your wallet, your ticket broker, your concierge, your bank, your shopping buddy, and more"
• 2008: "Forgetting will become a distant memory"
• 2009: "Cars and city buses will run on empty"

And some close calls:

• 2006: "There will be a 3-D Internet"
• 2008: "You will have a crystal ball for your health"