Siapa tak kenal Thomas Alva Edison. Inovator besar AS ini adalah orang yang menemukan kamera, bohlam lampu, dan pembangkit listrik arus searah. Pada 1911 Edison sempat diwawancarai oleh Miami Metropolis, dan diminta memprediksi bagaimana kondisi 100 tahun ke depan, yakni pada tahun 2011.

Seperti dikutip oleh Washington Post, Edison mengatakan bahwa di tahun 2011 tenaga listrik akan menggantikan tenaga uap untuk menggerakan kereta api. Selain itu, ia juga memprediksi bahwa penerbangan udara akan menjadi moda transportasi sehari-hari. Hal lainnya, Edison juga mengatakan bahwa baja akan semakin murah dan ini membuatnya akan menjadi bahan baku yang jamak bagi konstruksi bangunan. Semua hal yang ia ramalkan tadi, kini memang telah terbukti.

Tapi, nubuat Edison yang paling menggemparkan adalah ramalannya tentang sebuah alat yang mirip e-book reader atau iPad. “Nanti, akan ada buku yang tebalnya hanya dua inci, namun bisa memuat 40 ribu halaman, atau setara dengan seratus jilid buku,” kata Edison.

Faktanya, sebuah e-book reader seperti Amazon Kindle mampu menyimpan data yang setara dengan sekitar 3.500 buku elektronik. Walau demikian, memang tebakan Edison tidak tepat 100 persen. Saat itu, Edison juga memprediksi, bahwa sekarang manusia telah menemukan cara untuk mengubah besi menjadi emas. Oleh karena itu, kata Edison, manusia bisa ‘menyulap’ taksi menjadi mobil emas. Sayangnya, sampai kini hal ini masih belum bisa dilakukan oleh manusia.

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All-New Personality+ Enables Players to Behave and Perform as True Individuals

Electronic Arts today revealed that its top-selling franchise from EA SPORTS will redefine player authenticity when FIFA 11 launches this Fall on the PlayStation(r)3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360(r) videogame and entertainment system. FIFA 11 reinvents player authenticity - on and off the ball - for every player and at every position on the pitch with Personality+, an all-new feature that sees individual abilities reflected in game, enabling clear differentiation for every player.

"Personality+ is the evolution of individual distinctiveness that sees a footballer's abilities on the pitch mirrored authentically in our game, creating individual personalities in FIFA 11," said Executive Producer Kaz Makita. "We have reached a level of sophistication within our game engine where footballers in our game will behave and perform as true individuals."

Personality+ distinguishes individual footballers from one another by utilizing a database that evaluates and grades each player's skill-set over 36 attributes and 57 traits. The EA SPORTS FIFA franchise utilizes a network of 1700 scouts, editors and reviewers positioned around the world to evaluate each player, creating one of the world's most comprehensive databases to drive its market-leading football engine. Personality+ plus will be integrated everywhere in-game. Elite players are now empowered to showcase their world class skills. Real Madrid's Kaka will deliver crisp, creative passes, Barcelona's Andres Iniesta will utilize tighter turns and close control to dribble through defenses, Manchester United's Wayne Rooney will hold off defenders and strike shots from distance with pace, and top-flight defenders like Giorgio Chiellini of Juventus will anticipate, predict and react to offensive players to win back possession. New body types and player models will further distinguish each player on the pitch. In addition, goalkeepers have also been injected with Personality+. The real-life personality of the keeper, whether acrobatic or traditional, will dictate his style in game. Dive attributes will determine the keepers with the ability to reach for further shots while reflex attributes determine reaction times, so a keeper like Petr Cech of Chelsea FC will be able to showcase world-class skills.

FIFA 11 introduces new Pro Passing where pass accuracy is determined by a gamer's ability on the control pad, and player skill, situation and urgency on the pitch, yielding a deeply rewarding passing system. Poor decisions or over/under striking the ball will mean error-prone outcomes. New types of passes such as swerve passes will enable players to make a safer and more effective play.

Building on FIFA 10 gameplay that won 50 sports game of the year awards, FIFA 11 continues to listen to its growing legion of FIFA fans around the world to refine gameplay in ways that matter most to fans. Visit http://www.facebook.com/easportsfifa to join the FIFA group to express feedback directly to game developers and receive exclusive content. New game modes and innovations will be revealed in the coming months along with features on other platforms.

FIFA 11 will be available in stores world-wide this Fall for the PlayStation3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS, PSP (PlayStation Portable) system and mobile. It is developed under the EA SPORTS brand by EA Canada in Burnaby, B.C. The game has not yet been rated.