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The Ocean Planet 2.0: A Vision for 2025--Justin Manley
Pages 163-165

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From page 163...
... In 2009 much of the developed world has moved to a "data consumer" culture, relying upon myriad networked devices to download music and weather reports while uploading family photos and their latest thoughts to social networking sites. Meanwhile, developing economies are seeing rapid penetration of mobile phones with data services used, for example, to check crop prices at market to determine the best time to ship produce.
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From page 164...
... By 2025 the ocean community will be focused on consumption, and meaningful use, of ocean data rather than simply struggling to collect information. Some likely outcomes of broadly available ocean data include: • Emerging tropical storms will be rapidly detected and continu ally compared to models providing superior warning to coastal communities.
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From page 165...
... Perhaps Google™ will give way to online "goggles" allowing the public to immediately understand the planetary impact of their transportation and consumption choices. Citizens will visit their undersea national parks and monuments through immersive media experiences that will make today's virtual reality look like black and white television does in this age of high definition plasma screens.
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