Emerging Technology

When gates was asked about what emerging technology today that he  thinks will cause another big stir for the average consumer in the same way that the home computer did years ago. Gates prompt answer was “Robots, pervasive screens, speech interaction will all change the way we look at "computers". Once seeing, hearing, and reading (including handwriting) work very well you will interact in new ways.”

Gates As Philanthropist

Discussing his philanthropic efforts, many of which are focused on eradicating disease in developing countries, Gates suggested that polio could be eradicated within six years, followed by malaria and measles. Gates also lamented recent violence against vaccinators in Pakistan and Nigeria, but said he was convinced those countries were "committed to finishing the eradication" of diseases like polio, malaria, measles, and HIV/AIDS.”

"(Polio eradication) is the project I spent most of my time on. We should be able to finish by 2018 although that will require raising funds and some great execution. We have some innovations like the way we use satellite maps to find all the villages and GPS tracking to make sure the teams go to every hut that are helping out. Polio is a harder disease than smallpox was, but it is doable," he said.

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