Your Cell Phone Will Project Holograms in 5 Years

Mobile phones will be able to project 3D holograms in 2015, allowing people to video-chat with virtual images of their friends, say scientists at IBM. In their annual list of tech predictions, the scientists also say:

• Today's lithium-ion batteries will be replaced with those that run on air and last 10 times longer. Some small electronic devices won't need batteries at all.
• We'll get personalized commuter reports that predict when and where traffic jams will happen on our routes.

• "Citizen scientists" will collect environmental data via sensors in their cars, phones, and wallets that can then be transferred to scientists.
• Computer and data centers will get better at recycling the energy used to run them, generating power that could help run cities.

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