In the last 50 years, the advent of the computer has radically changed our daily routines and habits. From huge, roomy, terribly expensive and rather useless machines, computers have managed to become quite the opposite of all the above, seeing an exponential growth in the number of units sold and, stunningly, usability as well.

If all of this happened in the first 50 years of computer history, what will happen in the next 5 decades?

Moore’s Law is an empirical formula describing the evolution of computer microprocessors which is often cited to predict future progress in the field, as it’s been proved quite accurate in the past: it states that the transistor [...]