It's funny how some predictions that sound outlandish have come fairly close to the mark in less sexy ways. Kurzweil's defense of "computers commonly embedded in clothing and jewelry" as applying to iPod Nanos embedded in pockets is a bit of a stretch, but in practicality not far at all.<p>Though I think anyone with a sense for usability could have told you in 1999 that speech recognition, despite its eventual technological maturity, wouldn't be anywhere near the primary mode of text entry a decade later. Ultimately, I'd chalk that up to Kurzweil understanding technology somewhat better than he understands humans.