When the internet becomes obsolete

We may skip Web 3.0 altogether.

How does this grab you: "Holographic Video Conferencing?"

“Projects like the grid will bring huge changes in business and society as well as science,” said Professor Tony Doyle, technical director of the grid project, the latest from the Cern, the particle physics center that created the internet.

Imagine a data transmission system 10,000 times faster than the fastest broadband internet connection. The developments from Cern signal not only the obsolescence of the web, but the desktop computer as well. “The history of the internet shows you cannot predict its real impacts but we know they will be huge,” said Doyle.

"Huge." I think this may be understated. Other descriptive terms that come to mind include, "watershed," "breakthrough," "revolutionary," I think you get my drift.

“With this kind of computing power, future generations will have the ability to collaborate and communicate in ways older people like me cannot even imagine,” he said.The power of the grid will become apparent this summer after what scientists at Cern have termed their “red button” day - the switching-on of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the new particle accelerator built to probe the origin of the universe. The grid will be activated at the same time to capture the data it generates.

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