55. that pushes 10 trillion bits per second down one fiber.
56. every second . That’s 1,900 CDs , or 150 million simultaneous phone calls
57. And it’s currently tripling every 6 months and is expected to do so for at least the next 20 years .
58. The fiber is already there, they’re just improving the switches on the ends…
59. which means the marginal cost of these improvements is effectively $0 .
60. The technology exists today to create e-paper , a flat, flexible, electronic surface that mimics real paper and ink, and is predicted to become cheaper than real paper.
61. Over 260 million PCs were shipped worldwide last year…
63. The One Laptop Per Child Project is expecting to ship between 50 to 100 million laptops a year to children in underdeveloped countries at a cost of around $200 / laptop .
64. Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer will be built that exceeds the computation capability of the human brain.
65. By 2023, when today’s 1st-graders begin their (first) careers...
66. it only will take a $1,000 computer to exceed the capabilities of the human brain.
72. Presentation History Original Presentation, August 2006 Karl Fisch, Director of Technology, Arapahoe HS, CO Updated, January 2007 Scott McLeod, Assoc. Professor, Iowa State University Updated, November 2007 & January 2008 Brant Russell, IT Director, ESD 112