What We Imagined for 2013 -- 10 Years Ago

What We Imagined for 2013 -- 10 Years Ago
A model displays a prototype model of NTT DoCoMo's smartphone with at a telecommunications exhibition in Tokyo on May 30, 2012. The smartphone is equipped with a 2.4-inch sized transparent touchscreen which can be used on both sides. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GettyImages)
A model displays a prototype model of NTT DoCoMo's smartphone with at a telecommunications exhibition in Tokyo on May 30, 2012. The smartphone is equipped with a 2.4-inch sized transparent touchscreen which can be used on both sides. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GettyImages)

Predicting the future is hard, but that doesn’t stop us from trying. We’re Wired, after all.

Ten years ago, we boldly declared that we’d be living with phones on our wrists, data-driven goggles on our eyes and gadgets that would safety-test our food for us. Turns out, a lot of the things Sonia Zjawinski conceptualized in our “Living in 2013” feature way back in 2003 were remarkably close to what we’ve seen. We even got the iPhone right (sort of).

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