A thing of the past in the future. Other technology is, could revolutionize our world. Welcome to tomorrow to day. The d. W. Science magazine, 5310000000 people use smartphones, meaning that 2 thirds of the worlds population rely on their devices in their everyday lives. We use them for shopping into acting in social networks, filming things, and playing games. And sometimes even for making calls live without a smartphone, is barely imaginable, but it may soon be a realistic prospect. Our love affair with the smartphone could soon be over. So say the boss is sony, apple, facebook and others. Samsung exact d j co gives them another 4 years for now. Digital expert Christiane Scheffler is still a smartphone junkie. Lang, when he al stated money i, when i get out on slot, the 1st thing i look at is my smartphone, the stuff and wakes me up with the im tired, its the 1st thing i pick up. And the last thing i put down talk, ill stand gabriel. But he also thinks theyre well past their zenith. For this any up on in be tapes with the citizens economists tell us that technologies have a product lifecycle get the smartphone. The smartphone has been somewhat high up in terms of the Product Life Cycle for years. Its gonzalez went from few, you might not have bought a new smartphone for 5 years. And then you do, and you realize not much has changed his tagami skin that and those are all signs at the smartphone is reaching the end of the road as a smartphone, quasi invisalign, ouse entry, click that is the smartphone to meet the same fate as old style tvs rotary, dial telephones, wireless radios, and walk mans. And if so, whats next . Digital ethics expert 0 should be come on, says Silicon Valley has a clear vision of whats to come as, as good notation of flushed. I dont think when ideas of course, quite dominant in the tech world, papa permanently having a Voice Assistant in your ear who does everything for you as as 10 miles for i knew the name as con, like we saw this vision as a future in the film her and song, im a kind little guy, bob. There are alpha glasses like a smart glasses. Google went to nailed that, let you take an avatar with you on this flight. You might have configured in a Virtual World and then it, it has beneath you with a Voice Assistant action. So what about if our brain could directly communicate with the Digital World without shaping swiping more voice commands . Recently, a so called brain computer interface was launched that enables users to control programs with their minds a corporate video from the company. Next, mine shows people playing video games, making music and using household devices all with the power of their thoughts. It sounds like Science Fiction. I so we got hold of a test device to try it out. Christiane doesnt have a chip implanted instead. Sensors on the back of his head are supposed to register what hes thinking. I only have one on the in the many digital devices i have time, ive never controlled any of them with my new outlet. Im very curious as to if it works at all back up the super helpful. And yet, the brain computer interface or b c, i measures the brain waves in our visual cortex. When our eyes focus on a certain point, the sensors pick up this information and send a corresponding digital signal to the computer. Montanas caliber, he and i get the sonic and calibrated and then theres a scale from one to 5 eyes. This one is the worst and 5 the best best. And had the 1st several times i used it. I only got one out of 5, so nothing at all. I was just athens of garnished and now im starting the calibration. Hell doesnt, hes in there, the 3 line i and if i do it well, 3, a come together to form a triangle for being. Lets see, lam guy, egg on his microphone. With chris john succeed this time in controlling his brain waves so that a triangle is formed. Is it really as easy as the corporate video say it is . While christiane tries to connect his brain to the interface, we ask andreas chima from the tech company, huawei, what he thinks will replace the smartphone the smartphone built kyle mart phones will have a central role in the way that they do now be busy, whole different devices will show different functions and ill be able to just move things back and forth between them, depending on what situation and im, im of pushing on here, hold, and they havent con enough Team Investment is it . What if im on the sofa and have a big screen in front of me and gotten, i can take a video called there, you call even of them go smoothly, can be a name. And many times when i say, if ive got to go home, for example, to another room, i can just transfer it in there when they finish, even if i want to leave my apartment to me, i can take the video call with me on my smart phone line and my wearable i submit for 2 of us at the end of the day, its about the devices adjusting to the user and not the other way around the neutral and passing on the mac. Next up, more about what a future without smartphones might leblanc but how did it all begin . In 1994, the i b m. Simon was the 1st device to feed to a touch screen. It was followed in 1996 by the nokia communicator the sensational development because it could send emails and faxes another 3 years later. The 1st cell phones with cameras hit the market to see both come is, for example, had a modest resolution of 0 point one mega pixel, 2007. So the birth of the smartphone, as we know it today, when the 1st i phone was unveiled. But all that could soon be history. Tech firms are working on the replacement for the smartphone. Google hopes to make touch screens redundant with projects solely. It aimed to track our every move using a tiny radar chip. Like a bat, it sends out short signals and interprets the echoes that come back. These are then transformed into digital signals. This would make touch screen superfluous. So maybe one day well be able to control our kitchen appliances, cars, computers, and Consumer Electronics with gestures using augmented reality glasses like microsofts hollow lens, its already possible to work with holograms in a Virtual Reality world. Cell phones barely play a role here any more. De sconces one on each on the common consumer consumer belie thing is and consumer ready yet a garbage that theyre still working on as a foster. Hey, it says the pillar out. Of course you can imagine in say, hey, get psyched. Ill put on the glasses a tour and be able to check the temperature in my field of view in more small city me off. And when i have to go somewhere, can i, i wont need to look at a matter which ever, instead not a fallen arrow wherever the sadness sends me, does have i. So clearly uses exist and whats the long held of a smart world is getting closer to becoming reality. But what happens to the huge amounts of data which these things collect about us . Thats more and more personal medical Data Movement files, buying behavior and emotional states. Isnt there a huge potential for miss use . The internet of things. Lets check firms read each one of us like a book right down to the chinese details. Are we marching towards dystopian blade runner type society . Does it so confidence . Yes i miss future thats been felt as my cell cut valley visionaries like eli mosque and coal will lead a straight to a dark place fact. And i dont good come on. Thats a star explicitly dark Science Fiction that jackson and its dark sy fy. Theyve grown up with this is kind of is no longer a world in which i have friends or pets or a yard where people, me jam, munsey, swift. I know everyone sits in, in a close to purchase space of to and the home with that. Now thats darker journalist and digital expert Christiane Schiffer doesnt have such a negative view of the Digital World. Here hes trying to connect his laptop to his brain sorta sorta best. This is the best result today to chicago taking tie, i think ill get a 3 outside shot a too, too bad. Yeah, i did better at home and you could see that most of the time it wasnt a triangle, but 2 out of 5, not the heads. 5 good enough to play games, colonel eyes, right. And so we could try brig breaker for exam breaker, awful young classes and saw can he control the paddle using the power of thought alone . Ah, i mean any size does ita i by if i try talking at the same time, i forget it. And you really have to concentrate the ab health konstantin. Next up, around of jump and run. A pa plaza says hes a phase in the clinton. You see that health constance. And now i have to concentrate again and try to move it out of the way. My, my, my n. Austin picks up the we can use the touchpad to control the green, but he had the sc a shockey. I had done it, but i also need to show her blog under it. But uh she ah, infant ta ta fast in ye and he had naked ah, that is totally fascinating in gusto. Id never have thought i could control anything with my mind as i would sobriety as a super thats quite an epiphany as this exploded him really strenuous, extremely slow food and you always have the feeling that it just might not work on the same kind of when he foster and so i cant imagine this will play a role like 5 years on the or in the coming years at all now, hard of fear floors max, you factor, but tech billionaire you learn must, is certain that it will work one day. Hes experimenting with brain computer interface or b c i implants, which he believes will be how people will communicate with the Digital World in future. So it might one day be possible to upload your thoughts to the cloud, or connect yourself to the internet. Like Smart Devices already do people could be directly connected with robots, enabling them to master tough tasks, or explore faraway places together. But thats all in the distant future. Back to the present. So what exactly will life be like in the post smartphone error . Mr. Mazetti her doesnt im quite sure well be talking a lot via head fashioned via and there be a lot of competition that just like there was with smartphones to start this cover for saturday were Walking Around with many computers in our pockets, many but i can imagine his future will have the constant sound of many computers and our ears. Smart earbuds, a our glasses, smart homes, and maybe even mind controlled devices quicken because im sure that in 10 years, at the latest, most New Buildings would be a, i support it. When the a i knows which actions to carry out, why do you need a smartphone or to cover your slot for the tech giant. Envision that in the near future will be fully integrated into a virtual parallel world in which we work, travel, and play. So we need to lay down legal and ethical rules for this brave new world. Now, because even if smartphones are on their way out, our growing dependence on technology will continue the measure. This is an integrated network of 3 d Virtual Worlds augmented mixed and Virtual Reality. But experts say that building it is expected to take another 20 years because it requires so much more computational capacity than whats currently available. And how exactly will it work . The measure, this is a virtual space populated by peoples avatars. The next generation internet, basically where you can enjoy immersive into active environments and experiences, entertainment, games, crypto currencies and Everything Else you can currently find on the internet. And not just fantasy worlds, but duplicated real life environments to forget shopping on websites. This Virtual World enables you to actually visit the store. Its designed to be fun, but useful to you can meet up with friends and colleagues who are far away in the real world. Thats the promise of them is diverse. It all sounds very exciting, but can you really imagine living in a parallel, Digital World like the meta verse . Thats what we asked me was on d. W. Social media channels. Maxima, rob last thinks its pure fantasy. He writes, reality is always superior. The Virtual World will not supercede the real one, but its something louis sample can imagine. Humans, he says, are known for their ability to adapt. So it wont be any different when it comes to a constantly evolving Digital World. For may more the metaphors doesnt make any sense in terms of the perspective experience. Although it might be interesting from a shopping fashion and beauty. Perspective. Victoria is fenmont compares the to taking drugs to escape reality. But at some point, you have to return to your real life career cant imagine any benefit from living in a Virtual World and prefers the real one draw lima reckons its going to cause problems across society for those who are exposed to these technologies and grow up with them, it will affect an entire generation social and communication skills and thank you for your comments. Ah, the societal problems caused by the multiverse that joe lima mentioned in his post, already evident in smartphone use. For many teenagers, their smartphones are given in germany 96 percent of all 16 to 18 year olds used one among 10 to 12 year olds, the figures 86 percent, and 21 percent of 6 to 9 year olds already have a smartphone 3 years ago. Researchers at London University conducted a study covering Young Children and teenagers. 23 percent exhibited problematic signs of excess of use, which can lead to depression and stress. Did you know that using a smartphone has an impact on your brain on our phones help us navigate. Remember birthdays look up info and capture special moments that did you know that relying on them heavily could be harming your memory . To study, show, let, taking lots of photos can make us remember things less seeing the world dryer. Phones distracts us from many details around us. How something feels smells, sounds. Our brain links this info to create stronger long term memories. But smartphones shift our focus. Research even suggests that when we capture a moment with the intention of sharing it, we are more likely to remember it as it was captured, not as we experienced it. We look at our lives from the outside. There is one upside. Our visual memories could be getting stronger in a steady Museum Visitors who took photos noticed more visual details and looked at more objects than those who didnt. But what about those fun facts . The museum guide shared . Many had forgotten them. Another problem is cognitive offloading. We dont feel the need to remember something when our devices are already doing the job. We use them as our brains external hard drive. But like a muscle, the memory storage of our brain. The hippocampus, literally grows. When we train it, do you know any numbers by heart . Can you find your way without your phone . Why not try it for a day . Oh. If i was let is read why i gave you a. Do you have a science related question . Then send it in if we feature it in our show, well send you a little surprise as the thank you. Come on just on you can see our postal address at the end of the show, but you can also find us online at d, w dot com slash science or on twitter. This garage is said to be the birthplace of what eventually became the apple cooperation. Many of todays tech jones had humble beginnings. Now they influence the everyday lives of millions of uses. How will the Digital World of the future luck . One of todays young inventors wants to help the visually impaired to navigate their way through every day. Situations on the street with rush can ahead clar, loaded by charles rudolph. Peacock mayor is almost completely blind, but he can still identify objects around him. Thanks to an invention that gives him a heads up to marsh nish wants to help people with visual impairments and came up with a device where around your neck of, of am good. As on a chemical for both of a device, has a camera link to a computer come on and the camera records images that are analyzed using artificial intelligence, the father to identify potential danger, like a car and sensors measure how far away the obstacles are federal to jimenez mist rudolph is testing the invention on his daily walks through. Regensburg here from the doug, id like obstacles to be flagged well in advance for a Pedestrian Crossing thats not adapted for the visually impaired. It should tell me if the lights green or red, if i can walk or not agree without orders working through the least navigation aids for people with visual impairments is an expanding market. Tomasz who just finished high school, wanted his device to respond to the challenges posed by road traffic. He built a small computer that uses sensors and a camera to analyze the surroundings in real time. Yeah, the color is the cameras, the green ship here. It records 30 image is a 2nd of the road traffic and sends it to the a i system, gets flight up. The system can recognize objects and people and identify whether theyre potential obstacles. Thomas train the a i system using a database of 60000 images. Teaching it to differentiate between 10 different types of objects. Is every on some by a bit of foreseeing loaded. Pedestrian nodded. Its cars, as you can see here, would also i suppose, the motorbike or chairs benches, trash cans. When Pedestrian Crossing lansing an x test have shown that my a i system is about 75 percent accurate hyphen thats right in the middle of the performance range for object Recognition Networks is vos heights object there between about 70 to 80 percent accurate descriptions of social axes put, st. Thomas also wrote his own Software Program for the device. The result is a new kind of navigational aid that can identify obstacles in the surrounding area and inform the user through headphones. Act warnings, can pedestrian ahead . Lets take a look at how that works in practice. Well hear the information that rudolph is hearing, and see what the camera shows. The color box is show what the a i system is identifying. But not every object should trigger a warning