Mobile phones that can predict your requests? A 3-D Internet? Health care from a doctor half a world away? These things might become everyday occurrences sooner than you might imagine.

At a recent open house in San Jose, Calif., IBM Labs showed a group of journalists and analysts some of the technologies in which it has invested $100 million, as well as <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2099446,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL030107EOAD\">several key projects the IT giant is currently developing</A> in labs located around the world.