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The Beauty and Joy of The Beauty and Joy of Computing Computing Lectur Lecture #25 e #25 Summary & Far Summary & Farewell ewell UC Berkeley EECS UC Berkeley EECS Sr Lectur Sr Lecturer SOE er SOE Dan Garcia Dan Gar cia Google’s “Project Glass” hopes to bring all services from Android to a display you carry with you on your glasses. Next big thing?

Exciting Future Implications § Need to revisit chronic unsolved problem ú Parallel programming!! § Implications for applications: ú Computing power available >>> (choose your favorite supercomputer from a decade ago) on an economical die inside your watch, cell phone or PDA  On your body health monitoring  Google + library of congress on your PDA § As devices continue to shrink… ú The need for great HCI (human-computer interfaces) is as critical as ever! (voice, gesture, etc) Garcia Gar cia UC Berkeley “The Beauty and Joy of Computing” : Summary & Farewell UC Berkeley “The Beauty and Joy of Computing” : Summary & Farewell (2) (2)

Peer Instruction Opinion § “Forget cloning. Forget TVs on your wrist watch. The biggest invention of the next 100 years will be the ability to directly connect your brain to a machine, aka wet computing.” – Dan Garcia ú A macaque monkey at Duke University can already control a robotic arm with thought. ú DARPA interested for mind-control robots & flying ú Virtual Reality achieved with proper I/O interfacing… Garcia Gar cia UC Berkeley “The Beauty and Joy of Computing” : Summary & Farewell UC Berkeley “The Beauty and Joy of Computing” : Summary & Farewell (3) (3)

The Future for Future BJC Alumni § What’s The Future? § New Millennium ú Ubiquitous & Quantum Computing, Nanotechnology, 10 M “volunteer” CPUs, the Parallel revolution... ú Rapid Changes in Technology (e.g., voice input!) ú World’s 2nd Best Education ú Never Give Up! “The best way to predict the future is to invent it” – Alan Kay The Future is up to you! Garcia Gar cia UC Berkeley “The Beauty and Joy of Computing” : Summary & Farewell UC Berkeley “The Beauty and Joy of Computing” : Summary & Farewell (4) (4)