Which technology will internetize society next?

[Chaos' lil bro Order]

Ok, that title is very crude I admit it. By internetize, I mean which new technology will be the next revolutionary technology to severly impact society.

Here is a brief list of my opinion of the most impacting technologies in roughly the last century.

Cars
Radios
TVs
Computers
Internet
?
?
?

So, will quantum computing be next? Before nanotechnology has mainstream applications? Before fusion power? I know this post is asking a lot of you to predict an uncertain future, but is there any guidance in the scientific community that predicts when such technologies will reach early adopters?

 

[Mephisto]

i think if we discover room temperature (and reasonable pressure! for those who are up to news) superconductors, it will open up a huge array of applications, from much faster computers, to much better forms of transportation. it seems like some great work is done in the field, and I can't wait for it to happen. it would change everything.

 

[americanforest]

i think if we discover room temperature (and reasonable pressure! for those who are up to news) superconductors, it will open up a huge array of applications, from much faster computers, to much better forms of transportation. it seems like some great work is done in the field, and I can't wait for it to happen. it would change everything.

For those not "up to news", I believe http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news3.19a.html" summarizes what Mephisto was referring to.

 

[bassplayer142]

Wow, that would be a huge breakthrough if cheap superconducting wires would come out. If so, couldn't they cut out AC current entirely considering that telephone wires wouldn't lose current? I believe you forgot to add cell phones to your list also.