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It may sound unlikoly, but Phil bolieves that some taxi companies will have
introduced robot-controlled taxis before the end of the decade. “It’s going to
happen,” says Phil. “líum ans won’t be driving the taxis of the future. They’ll be
driven hy computers - hy robots - vvhich will respond to electronic signals from
navigation beacons. 1..................There are well over a million industriad robots in
the world already doing things like putting cars together in íactories. It’s only a
matter of time before we see them being used outside the factory as well. By
about 2030, there’ll be more robots than people in developed countries.”

So does Phil think that there won’t be a place for humans in this robot-
controlled future? “No, not at all. 2 ...................For example, I predict that, hy
2015, some TV news reporters will have had microscnsors - tiny cameras -
implanted in their eyes and w e’ll be able to see livc on our TV screens exactly
what they can see. Humans will still be doing jobs like reporting, but there’ll
be incredibly powerful technology to help them .”

“It’s the same with mobile phones.” says Phil. “Twenty years ago no-one
had a mobile. 2 .................. In the not-too-distant future, we won’t want to carry
them around, so w e’ll probably implant thcm somexvhere in the body - maybe
in our teeth or in our shoulders. Scientists are already working on this.”
I wasn’t convinced about implants, so I asked Phil Whicker if anyone had
actually had a microchip implanted in them. “Oh yes! 4 .................... Kevin
Warwick, for examplc, who’s a proĩessor of cybernetics at Reading
University, implanted a chip into his arm to make doors open and turn
machines on. 5 ...................Ile calls himseir “part man, part cyborg”.”

Although I was shuddering a little at the thought of having something
implanted in my body, Phil thinks wo shouldn’t be scared about the future.
“It’s all about making our lives better and easier,” he says. “Take going to a
cashpoint. At the moment, you have to remember to take your cash card
with you, and you also have to remember your PIN number. 6 ................... In a
few years, you’ll just go up to the machine and a sensor will recognise the
unique iris pattcrn in your eye, and know that it’s you. No more bank cards
and PIN numbers. Won’t that be great? It’ll help reduce crime, too.”
“So we will at least still be using money in ten years” tim e.” I suggested
hopetully. “Well, that’s actually an interesting point. 7.................... It will
mainly be digital money. Supermarkets will probably have iris recognition
Systems too, so the money for your groceries will automatically be
translerred from your bank account into the supermarket’s bank account as
you’re standing at the checkout.”

A. Of course it’s still not commonplace, but it has been done.
B. There’ll always bo things for humans to do but w e’ll rely more and more
on technology.
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