R2D2 is coming by 2018
They will have a synthetic mammalian brain chip by 2014 - it will only take 2 years to go commercial from there. So by 2018 we will all be able to make intelligent robots as good as R2D2.
Darpa's goal is a human level memristor based neuromorphic computer that uses as much power as 10 100 watt light bulbs, and is the size of a shoe box.
Tie this in with the forrester report projecting a 100% increase in the annual US IT spend by 2017 - in short a bigger IT boom than the 90's.
Also this boom will extend to China, europe and the developing nations so its way bigger than the 90's boom.
The technologies will be smart utilities, sensor networks, AI web systems - in short the infrastructure to implement robotics universally. But its not being sold as a robotic infrastructure at this point.
That will become apparent once the neuromorphic chips hit the market.
Gareth M Thomas
Serial Entrepreneur
Auckland, New Zealand
Gareth M Thomas
Serial Entrepreneur
Auckland, New Zealand