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When language learning CDs and mp3s are produced in the future, will they break them up into chunks, so that it is easy and convenient to skip back and listen to a small selection of vocabulary again? Some already do this, but some seem to still think they are making audio cassettes for use with a rewind button. (Presumably it won\u2019t be long until CDs don\u2019t figure into the equation any longer anyway).<\/div>\n
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When will we be able to interface between any device we have (laptop, netbook, tablet, iPad, phone) and a projector in a classroom via Bluetooth or other wireless method, without needing to be tied (quite literally!) to the front of the room?<\/div>\n
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Will black and white, slow eInk be a vague memory like black and white TV is today?<\/div>\n

Will Blogger ever get its spam filter set up well enough to recognize a deliberate spam attack?<\/p>\n

Will the paper mills and printing industry be the next major area to suffer the traumas of changing technology, akin to what the coal miners went through?<\/p>\n

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