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FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY

Technology is growing by leaps and bounds. Proper use of technology holds a bright future for us. So, how can technology shape up the future in a better way? Let’s take a look!

Clean Energy

Global energy consumption is increasing and we will face a shortage of fossil fuels in the Corning decades. However, technology is helping us deal with this problem by developing clean energy. Development in the field of solar power technology has drastically reduced the cost of solar cells. Generation of electricity through wind turbines has also grown rapidly in the recent years. So, in the near future, technology can help us do away with dependence on fossil fuels and embrace clean and green energy Solutions.

Virtual Reality (VR)

Remember Pokemon Go? Well, that was one of the earliest examples of Virtual reality. Tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Nokia are spending a huge amount of money to make VR experience better for the customers. However, with time and further developments, VR can be used for communication through holograms, for interacting with 3-D objects and other useful and educational purposes.

Flying cars

This sounds straight out of a movie, but flying cars might soon be mainstream. Amazon has already started delivering goods with the help of its drones, and Google is working on building its own powerful drones. A couple of start-ups are also working on building flying cars. A flying car for all intents and purposes is a drone that is capable of carrying people. There are already a handful of flying vehicle prototypes: Terrafugia has TF-X; Pal-V has the Pal-V1; I-TEC has the Maverick LSA “Flying Car”; and lastly AeroMobil s.r.o. has the AeroMobil 3.0.

These are just a few of the amazing technologies that we will have in the corning years. And what’s next? Teleporting? Anything is possible!

A. Match the words or phrases with their meanings.

1. by leaps and bounds 2. do away with 3. embrace 4. hologram 5. mainstream 6. drone 7. start-up 8. prototype

a. completely accept b. considered normal and used by most people c. a company that is just beginning to operate d. very quickly e. an aircraft without a pilot, controlled from the ground f. the first model of something new g. a three-dimensional image h. put an end to