PBS attempted to predict the internet of 2016 in 2006.

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/222/internet-future.html

Seems to be pretty accurate except for bathroom computers. No need when you have a smartphone. I always put the year at around 2008 when I think the internet really became what it is today. Maybe it was 2006, since they got the trends pretty good.

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At first glance these amateur videos seem to be crude in quality, but these memes are in fact the first real taste of the "global village" first envisioned by Marshall McLuhan in the 1960's.

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Man. Internet memes were dumb. WTF Mate?

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In some of the restrooms I've worked on (super high end bars and hotels), there have been some LCD screens on the back of the doors for individual toilets. There have also been other monitors behind mirrors that allow the screen to shine through when lit, otherwise they are hidden.

While not a full "computer" in the sense that we normally would use them. They can have certain aspects of usability that basically function like a mini computer.

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PBS attempted to predict the internet of 2016 in 2006. (Off-Topic)

PBS attempted to predict the internet of 2016 in 2006.

I definitely lolled at one of those.

What's your definition of a computer?

Where if I say "it's a computer" nobody would argue.