I have placed three links to sites that will allow for the exploration of some of these issues.The list of some sites, by no means comprehensive, can be found below:

1 Advanced Computer Technology website
2 WebOpedia
3 Cybermaze

In an effort to address the many aspects that make up such a topic as "computers in the future" you will find a list of terms and definitions to assist future investigations into computers in our future.

Issues For Further
Consideration

• Hardware
• Software
• Networking
• Internet
• Ethics
• Legal
• Economy
• Political
• Travel
• Society
• Environment

Nanocomputers:

A computer with circuitry so small that it can only be seen through a microscope. Nanocomputers can be electronic
(where nanolithography is used to create microscopic circuits), biochemical or organic (such as DNA computers),or quantum. (pcwebopedia.com, 2004)

Quantum Computing

While traditional computers encode information into bits using binary numbers, either a 0 or 1, a quantum computer can do an arbitrary reversible classical computation on all the numbers simultaneously, which a binary system cannot do. (pcwebopedia.com, 2004)

Grid Computing

A form of networking. Unlike conventional networks that focus on communication among devices, grid computing
harnesses unused processing cycles of all computers in a network for solving problems too intensive for any
stand-alone machine. A well-known grid computing project is the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
@Home project, in which PC users worldwide donate unused processor cycles to help the search for signs of
extraterrestrial life.(pcwebopedia.com, 2004)

Artificial Intelligence

The branch of computer science concerned with making computers behave like humans. The greatest advances have occurred in the field of games playing. The best computer chess programs are now capable of beating humans. (pcwebopedia.com, 2004)

Neural Network

Rather than using a digital model, in which all computations manipulate zeros and ones, a neural network works by
creating connections between processing elements, the computer equivalent of neurons.(pcwebopedia.com, 2004)

High Performance Computing

A branch of computer science that concentrates on developing supercomputers and software to run on supercomputers.
A main area of this discipline is developing parallel processing algorithms and software: programs that can be divided
into little pieces so that each piece can be executed simultaneously by separate processors (pcwebopedia.com, 2004)

Interesting fact 1

"Making your desktop computer used up to 10 times its weight in fossil fuels and chemicals...By comparison, making a car or a refrigerator used up to twice its weight in resources (ABC.Net, 2004)