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In 10 years ...
People will be so connected via the internet that they will be able to create new digital "nations" with other people who share their interests, early internet pioneer David Hughes predicted in a report published by the Pew Research Center's Internet Project.
As a result, Hughes says, traditional countries could have less influence over the people within their geographic boundaries.
University of Michigan associate professor Nicole Ellison predicts that all this connectivity will also make the world a more empathetic place.
Ellison tells the Pew Research Center that the internet will make people living in the developed world more aware of how difficult it is for people living elsewhere to find food, health care, clean water, and education.
As a result, she says, people in developed nations will be inspired to work even harder to help solve these problems.
In 15 years ...
Learning will be easier than ever, predicts Matt Mead, the chief investment officer of Nesta, a UK charity focused on innovation.
In a report published by the accounting firm Grant Thornton, Mead writes that educators will use widespread internet access to teach students more effectively.
He says that teachers will be able to use virtual schools to give students the information they need, and that machine-learning technology will help teachers personalize the lessons on these websites based on students' strengths and weaknesses.
And Earth might not be the only place where the internet will make it easier to obtain information. According to io9's George Dvorsky, there very well could be internet access on Mars by 2030.
While that might sound like something out of science fiction, NASA is planning for interplanetary internet connections right now. In a 2012 test, International Space Station commander Sunita Williams controlled a robot located on the ground in Germany while she was in space.
You can submit your own suggestion for the future of the internet at the Onward, Internet site.
There is no doubt that the Internet has had a massive impact on the lives of everyone who has access to it. It is a truly fascinating phenomenon because if the Internet were to disappear tomorrow, the majority of people would struggle to manage without it.
Here are just a few of the advantages that the Internet brings to our lives. First of all it provides millions of people with information that is updated by the second 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This can play a hugely important role in everything from social networking to worldwide stocks and currencies. And thanks to search engines such as Google, billions of pages of information can be presented to one in less than a second. Now anyone can become a genius.
Secondly, with just the click of a mouse you become connected to someone who is in another city or even halfway across the world. Distance is erased within seconds and spatial boundaries have come crashing down due to instant messaging services such as MSN, emails, video and voice chat programs such as Skype and the webcam. This is important for both social calls between friends and family to conference calls in multi-million dollar companies. The Internet has truly revolutionised the way that the world communicates.
Another advantage is that the Internet has completely changed entertainment. On demand channels now make it possible for you to watch any television programs that you missed, YouTube lets you search for music videos, online newspapers and news websites keep you up to date with the latest global, national and international news and people can now play some their favourite games on the Internet although it has not completely erased the concept of game consoles. Social networking has also changed the way that friends communicate through the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
The data is transmitted through the Internet Protocol, which is known as the IP. Each computer will have a separate identity when it comes to the use of the internet. Though the internet was available, it only became a household word in the year 1996. But at the beginning, the use of the internet was very expensive. Most of the users went to public centers to use the internet for a high price per hour.
As the use became more popular, there was an increase in the speed of the internet and also decrease in cost. Networks were planned, and looking at the money, many service providers entered the market. They made it very simple for all users, and the use of the internet became very cheap. Everyone at home could afford to get a connection, and now most users will have unlimited access as well.
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This has made it possible for many people to benefit. Those who are unable to go out may get opportunities to work from home. Various other doors have been opened to the average human, and everyone has taken advantage of the creation. Almost every individual uses the internet where it is available, irrespective of age groups. This medium caters to the needs for all age groups.
The internet has made a lot of activities very easy. The medium is used for almost all purposes, even with important issues such as education and government organizations. It has come a long way from the use with only scientific organizations and institutes etc. There was a phenomenal growth in the years 1996 and 1997. The growth for the internet has been at around hundred percent per year.
Majority of the users use the English language for the internet, as computer development happened in America in all stages. There are other languages as well, such as French, German, Chinese and Arabic. Internet has also made life easy because we can view through various means.
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