The Future 24. It won't be done until everything is on the Web.
Light switches, pagers, copiers, printers, as well as PCs, benefit from Web connections.
Currently, when we think of accessing the World Wide Web, we think of parking ourselves in front of a PC or a workstation. These devices all have in common that they force the user to focus on a single device, actively access the Internet and have the technical knowledge to perform that access. But most of these are interesting experiments and are not used in everyday work or home life. However, future access to the Web may not always be through desktop computers. Common equipment, like telephones or even toasters, will connect to the Web, and the user may not even be aware of which appliances in the home are actually connected.