If Stanford University's research into a new plastic polymer bears fruit, though, our scratched-up phones and tablets are more likely to become distantmemories.
On the economic front, weakness from the financial crisis following the peso devaluation in late 1994 and the relative hiccup from the 1998 Asian crisis are now distantmemories.
Instead of just searching local networks and familiar territory, creativity requires the system to scour distant corners, odd memories, long forgotten jokes.