Technology

What are any good future technology books or how may I learn more about it?

I am really interested in technological advancements and would really like a book to read that mentions about future technologies or current technologies. Therefore I ask if you have read any good books about technology. I've heard a bit about Nicholas Negroprontes book about future technologies but it was written near 15 years ago so it mightn't be so relevant. If not a particular book, how did you get into technology? Thanks in Advance!

Public Comments

1. Popular Science and Popular Electronics are good magazines to read about technology. Discovery Magazine is also good. http://discovermagazine.com/ Go to a good bookstore and browse in the "Technical Magazines" section and I am sure you will find something. Magazines can provide more up to date info than books.
2. Rule number one: Predations about future technology tend to be wrong. http://www.pixelmatic.com.au/2000/ http://northwesthistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/brief-history-of-predicting-future.html http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/29/trout-marketing-predictions-oped-cx_jt_0303trout.html Magazines like Popular Science are a good place to start. There are a number a "Futurologists" who think about such things. Perhaps you could start with: Peter Cochrane Uncommon Sense: Out of the Box Thinking for An In the Box World http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/184112477X/qid=1082668638/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-9743974-8882426?v=glance&s=books http://www.cochrane.org.uk/opinion/articles/silicon/index.php Alvin Toffler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Toffler Raymond Kurzweil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil