Technological Singularity

A while back I had stumbled upon a rather interesting read: http://www.futuretimeline.net/. It basically lies out a future based on trends within recent statistics so it actually seems to be a pretty plausible future. Within the next 50 years it is expected that we will hit the technological singularity. This would be a major event in human history because computer intelligence will have surpassed our own human intelligence. At this point people will have to start getting cybernetic augmentations in order to keep up with computer intelligence. This will lead to an exponential growth in human technology and advancement because our knowledge and intellect will grow at ever increasing rates. It will be a cycle of developing even better intelligence for ourselves while then applying that new intelligence to develop even greater yet intellect. At this point it is expected that our technology will be so great that we will become more cybernetic than biological(think Deus Ex); because of this it is expected that humans will achieve practical immortality. With ever expanding knowledge and no more time constraints, humanity is suppose to spread through the cosmos growing ever more technologically advanced. It seemed to be very far fetched at first but a couple things lead me to believe this could actually happen in the near future. Think back 100 years - humanity had no cars, no computers, no airplanes. We had barely begun to harass electricity and life expectancy was a fraction of what it is now. We have seen in recent years that technology continues to advance faster and faster. It only seems practical that this trend will continue. Especially if we reach a breaking point where we can control our own intellectual growth via cybernetic means, technology will continue to accelerate even faster. It really makes one wonder just where humanity will be in 50 or 100 years and what we will be capable of.