Ambient Intelligence

Smart watches and fitness trackers are only the first signs of a world that will enfold us in a subtle but ubiquitous web of connectivity. We have digital assistants that can make a restaurant reservation, lock the garage door, or check whether our laundry is dry when asked. We have tablets with cameras that automatically track us as we move around to make our video calls feel more like being there. We even have home automation hubs that use subsonic sound waves to locate us in a room and make their displays more readable from a distance. The next logical step will be not needing to interact deliberately with our devices at all.