Probable Tomorrows: How Science and Technology Will Transform Our Lives in the Next Twenty YearsA fascinating look at near-future advances, inventions, products, services, and everyday conveniences that will change how we live and work. Marvin Cetron and Owen Davies explore these changes and the impact they will have on everyday life. For example, by the year 2010: |
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... area - costs $ .26 for the first minute and $ .24 a minute thereafter . Using the Internet , a conversation with someone in Greenfield costs $ .005 per minute . So does a conver- sation with someone in London , Paris , Moscow , or New ...
... area - costs $ .26 for the first minute and $ .24 a minute thereafter . Using the Internet , a conversation with someone in Greenfield costs $ .005 per minute . So does a conver- sation with someone in London , Paris , Moscow , or New ...
... : Bring one number from external memory into the processor ; bring in another number ; move one of them from its temporary storage register into the number - crunching area ; add the other number to it ; move the answer into 6 PR W S E M T.
... areas are etched with acid to create the basic circuit , coated with metal to form conductive areas , and treated with a variety of other materials that alter the silicon's electrical characteristics . A single chip can contain as many ...
... area , we see only two major innovations that are likely to pay off in the early twenty - first century . One is a child of the 1960s . The other has an even longer history . Object - oriented programming ( OOP ) systems are the Lego ...
Contents
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Bricks for the HighTech Future | 63 |
Engineering One Atom at a Time | 85 |
You Can Get There from Here | 105 |
The Long Climb Back to Space | 132 |
Energy Without Tears | 151 |
Nursing an Injured Planet | 174 |
Medicine for the New Millennium | 197 |
A Timetable for the Future | 229 |
Index | 285 |
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Probable Tomorrows: How Science and Technology Will Transform Our Lives in ... Marvin Cetron,Owen Davies No preview available - 1997 |