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Predictions for 2017 | |
Number | 2936 |
Broadcast Date | DECEMBER 30, 2016 |
Episode Length | 1:05:26 |
Hosts | Tom Merritt |
Guests | Patrick Beja, Scott Johnson, Justin Robert Young, Darren Kitchen, Len Peralta, Shannon Morse |
The DTNS crew make their best guesses at what to expect from technology in 2017.
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SCOTT JOHNSON PREDICTIONS
- This will be the year Nintendo comes back riding on the popularity of the Switch game console.
- By July or August will have sold 10 million Nintendo Switches.
- New Pokemon franchise plus bringing the full Nintendo game IP for the Switch. Possible Mario pack-in game.
- Won't increase 3rd party game support.
- Tech companies will butt heads with the Trump administration.
- DTNS will rock in 2017. (Shannon agrees)
PATRICK BEJA PREDICTIONS
- Valve or Oculus will announce a 2nd generation headset but not necessarily release.
- Apple will not release a connected AR product including an SDK.
SHANNON MORSE PREDICTIONS
- We see hits to large online and data privacy and security. Net neutrality and privacy regulations (USA Freedom Act) will be stripped away.
- Mirai or variations of it will cause people and industry to take a closer look at IoT products. Consumer focused software (like nmap) to check to see if your IoT products and vulnerable.
- DTNS will rock in 2017. (Scott agrees)
DARREN KITCHEN PREDICTIONS
- Will see a war on cryptography like legal regulation for backdoors.
- Wearables will hit a slump in 2017 until there's a huge leap in battery or sensor technology.
- Emergence of the ubiquitous selfie drone. Be the next wave of drone craze. And could see the banning of the selfie drone.
JUSTIN ROBERT YOUNG PREDICTIONS
- YES OR NO, no partial credit
- The 1st ticket to Mars will be sold by SpaceX. Customer will probably be an industrialist or large company.
- Jonny Ive will resign from Apple.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will make more than $652 million. Making it the highest grossing Marvel movie of all time. 4th all time highest.
LEN PERALTA PREDICTIONS
- See a push towards internet accreditation as a reaction to fake news. Possibly integrated into a web browser to highlight a sites that are accredited or not.
- Adobe will produce a full featured Photoshop for the iPad.
- Apple will introduce a Cintiq killer.
TOM MERRITT PREDICTIONS
- End of 2017 an autonomous car service will launch out of testing somewhere in the world. Will still require an attendent. Neutomony, Uber or Alphabet.
- IoT will market itself on AI and collaboration with other IoTs.
- Hololens will launch and will sell better than any of the VR headsets.
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Preceded by: "2016 Predictions results show" |
Predictions for 2017 |
Followed by: "First Show of 2017!" |