Predictions revisited, five years later.

摘要

I wrote the following predictions in an article five years ago. It was my attempt to describe what our profession would look like in the "distant" future. Well, that distant future is here, so I'd like to review my predictions and score my accuracy. First, the original predictions from 2006: 1. The debate will still rage-are we "clinical engineering" or "biomedical engineering"? 2. No one will know how to solder (except a few old dinosaurs and a lot of managers). 3. Network certification will be a prerequisite to employment in biomed. 4. Everything will be wireless, except for high-security applications, which will have to be wired for security. 5. Windows 2009-Whizz-Boom-Bang still crashes every week and needs rebooting regularly. 6. Somebody finally builds a keyboard with a CTL-ALT-DEL key.