Every year IBM releases a “Next Five in Five” list, a list of innovations that “have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years”. In this third such list, the future is about a talking web and houses that power themselves.

1. Energy saving solar technology will be built into asphalt, paint and windows:
Just about every part of regular architecture will work to conserve energy that will be used to power everything

2. You will have a crystal ball for your health:
Based on DNA research you should be able to predict what ailments could get the better of you and how to prevent them

3. You will talk to the Web… and the Web will talk back:
Various devices on your internet device will remove the needs for a mouse or even looking at the screen

4. You will have your own digital shopping assistants:
Online technology and a variety of devices will assist with your shopping not just on the internet but in the real-world too

5. Forgetting will become a distant memory:
Mainly because remembering everyday things will be done by smart assistants and gadgets and no longer by the human brain