Speculations on the next "Age"

In hindsight we have not yet experienced the space age any more than Eric the Red began the Age of Exploration. I believe we will begin to truly explore space over the next hundred years very quickly after some technology is developed, and that will be called the Space Age. The latter half of the 20th century belongs to binary computers.

I think something like a "biotech" age will probably come next. You can see its dawn now, for instance in the DNA data encoder recently or chips that allow parapalegics to control computers through their brain waves. This is where we begin combining the potential of information technologies with biological for advancement. I could easily imagine nanochips that interact with neurons and your retina to allow you to interface with the internet, chat with collegues oversees, etc. As far as the "Space Age" is concerned a think that was a misnomer, we aren't anywhere near capable of beginning the exploration of the vastness of space, and unless we make some ensteinian breakthroughs in physics we probably won't be able to for several centuries to come.

Ubiquitous computing enabled by quantum computing. Ultra low power devices, everywhere.