Electronics gadgets, designed and developed by electronics engineers, will make this possible. In another sweeping change there is a renewed, grass-roots interest in research in primary engineering areas. Research is what enables fundamental gains in electronics. A savvy researcher in the early 1990s figured out a clever way to locate resources along the Internet highway to explode this technology and accelerate adoption. In the future, home appliances will offer features and capabilities unheard of today.
Television screens are still clunky and unwieldy.
Soon, LCDs or plasma monitors the size of a large mirror will replace the tube at an affordable price. This bright outlook should be viewed with caution, however. To successfully manage an organization of telecommuters is no easy feat. The current process of communication must change to a more formalized approach. The days of hallway conversations to work out design specifications of an electronics component are drawing to a close.