Abstract :
Computer examines the advance of RF-powered computing, social learning in software engineering, speech-recognition technologies, solid-state memories, and population informatics through big data. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/B3VhjioNAH0 is an audio recording of the EIC message, in which Ron Vetter discusses Computer\´s annual "Outlook" issue and how it highlights emerging technologies that promise to have a major impact on computing in both the near and distant futures.