15 Hot New Technologies That Will Change Everything

The Next Big thing? The memristor, a microscopic component that can "remember" electrical states even when turned off. It's expected to be far cheaper and faster than flash storage. 

A theoretical concept since 1971, it has now been built in labs and is already starting to revolutionize everything we know about computing, possibly making flash memory, RAM, and even hard drives obsolete within a decade.
The memristor is just one of the incredible technological advances sending shock waves through the world of computing. Other innovations in the works are more down-to-earth, but they also carry watershed significance. From the technologies that finally make paperless offices a reality to those that deliver wireless power, these advances should make your humble PC a far different beast come the turn of the decade.
In the following sections, we outline the basics of 15 upcoming technologies, with predictions on what may come of them. Some are breathing down our necks; some advances are still just out of reach. And all have to be reckoned with.

    Memristor: A Groundbreaking New Circuit
    32-Core CPUs From Intel and AMD
    Nehalem and Swift Chips Spell the End of Stand-Alone Graphics Boards
    USB 3.0 Speeds Up Performance on External Devices
    Wireless Power Transmission
    64-Bit Computing Allows for More RAM
    Windows 7: It's Inevitable
    Google's Desktop OS
    Gesture-Based Remote Control
    Radical Simplification Hits the TV Business
    Curtains for DRM
    Use Any Phone on Any Wireless Network
    Your Fingers Do Even More Walking
    Cell Phones Are the New Paper
    Where You At? Ask Your Phone, Not Your Friend
    25 Years of Predictions