Future of the Internet

After seeing videos of the future of the Internet by my lecturer in class, I cannot help but wonder, what will the Internet be like 10, 50, 100 years down the road? I did a little more research on my own and found that the future of the Internet is a major European initiative as seen in the video below:

Future Internet from KMi on Vimeo.

"More than 1 billion users of mobile phones already have access to the Internet and this number will grow to 4 billion in the next few years" In the future, I see the whole world being interconnected via mobile devices. In the future, everyone, even those in rural areas, would have access to the mobile phone as that would be the primary device through which we communicate and carry out tasks on a daily basis.

"... As the Internet becomes the fundamental economic instrument"
In the future, consumers and businesses rely strongly on the Internet to function. Without the Internet network system, the world would not be able to function. Consumers will buy their daily necessities online and have them delievered to their doorstep daily via a sophisticated delivery system, operated by the Internet. Businesses would become ultra efficient with the future Internet and there might be no need for 5-day work weeks in the offices anymore due to flexible work arrangements made possible with Internet mobile technology.

"We are preparing for a web of things. All electronic devices will be active participants in the future Internet"
In the future, every single device would be connected with one another. Think of how your refrigerator would be connected with your bank account such that payment for goods and services becomes super speedy. Or how about cars and machines being monitored directly via the Internet? That would be a major benefit for companies!

"User genereated information will grow significantly and will be a driving force in the future Internet"
In the future, there would be no more Web 2.0. In the future, the semantic Web takes over. There will be fewer barriers for businesses, social networking and other activities on the Internet. Every single one would be activitely participating in the future Internet.

"We must imagine future Internet as a service. Mobile, ubiquitous and pervasive"
In the future, networks will be re-engineered in order to make all devices connected with one another, which increases the efficiency of the Internet for businesses and other services available. The future Internet will be 24/7, we would use the Internet more than we are using it now and it will become an indispensable part of our daily lives.

"Secure... efficient... interoperable, coherent, consistent, scalable, pervaise and reliable, these services will be networked together in the future of the Internet."
In the future, the Internet will be amazing. All these services will be networked together to provide all users around the globe with a strong network to base their activities on.

"Our future of the Internet relies on a global collaborative effort" In the future, no one gets left behind. There would be no more digital divide across the globe. In the future, everyone's lives would be improved because of the advancement of the Internet.

How long would this vision take to come true? We can only wait and see but I am surely excited to witness the advancements of the Internet in the years to come!