TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE

Clay and I were talking the other day about how we're both probably going to attend the National Order of the Arrow Conference during August 2015 in Michigan. We're sort of basically veterans of the conference scene (attended in 2009 and 2012) so we know what we're doing. It's a fun way to do anthropology on a small scale. Let's look back at the technological advancements that were developed and used each year that we have attended.

2009:
Usage of an SMS system to alert people to events
Twitter feed
Wi-Fi in rooms
Online social network (I think it's closed now)

2012:
Instagram Feed
Special Twitter hashtag
Munzee (That weird QR code thing that everyone was doing back in 2011. With a point system)
YouTube
Not allowed to bring large items into the basketball stadium

But what about 2015? There's absolutely going to be something stupid that we're all going to use. Here are my guesses:

Google Glass: Clay suggested this to me initially, and it's probably fairly likely. People think that people want to see what's going on from their face. So I expect to see quite a few Google Glasses there.
Something like Vine but better because Vine looks like it's dying: Videos of more than like 7 seconds are for the old and stupid. We'll be able to see someone pan over the entirety of the basketball stadium with their iPhone or maybe like some jokes about boy scouts or something.
Memes:
Introducing the new line of memes from me:
Douchebag Patch guy- Probably some old guy or something who won't trade patches (Patch trading is like pin trading at Disneyworld basically except with only Boy Scouts who do it) Sample text:

WANTS TO TRADE

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ONLY WANTS HIS LODGE

HAS PATCH FROM DR. WHO

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ISN'T EVEN A WHOVIAN

  Cool Dad - A middle aged dad lookin' guy. He's cool with everything cool. Sample text:

BRINGS LAPTOP

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WATCHES SHERLOCK ON NETFLIX AT THE CAFETERIA

10:30 PM

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TACO BELL RUN

Those are just two and there will be more to make you laugh out loud.

Some sort of app that lets people trade patches:

People are really serious about it and it would probably be fairly beneficial actually. I don't know how it would work, but then again, I'm not developing it.

Hoverboards:

If they exist, and then if a lot of people have them, a Boy Scouts convention is absolutely the place that I would expect to see a bunch of people using them and then probably getting them stolen

Angry Human Interaction: This will never go out of style

Friendster: YOU CAN'T KILL FRIENDSTER

Oculous Rift (or however you spell the name of that new virutal boy looking thing): I'm not sure how they'll integrate it, but where there's a will, there's a way. 

Those shoes with the toes in them: I knew a number of people with those at the last one I went to, but I assume it'll be a huge thing by then.

Something entirely different that I would never think of in 2013: If you had told me to do this back in 2009, I wouldn't have guessed that there would be so many smartphones even amongst younger kids. What's amazing about technology is the fact that it's always going to progress beyond any logical speculation.