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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... created computer chips that can be linked directly to nerve cells ; yet that neural interface is a lot farther off than many optimistic engineers recognize . Before they can usefully wire a computer into our nervous systems , scientists ...
... through a mask onto a wafer of silicon , which is coated with a material called a photoresist . The mask is a simple black - and - white picture of the circuit being created . ( Today's masks 8 P R S B A B W E M O R R I.
... created . ( Today's masks are made of chro- mium deposited on quartz . ) Wherever light penetrates the negative , the ... create the basic circuit , coated with metal to form conductive areas , and treated with a variety of other ...
... create the 40 - bit computer of their dreams . We doubt that they will produce a reliable general - purpose quantum computer for at least a decade thereafter . It could take much longer than twenty years . In sharp contrast , optical ...
... create the kind of heritage of reusable parts that mechanical engineers and architects rely on . If a new project ... creating the entire project from a blank page , the programmer need only write the links between these objects and ...
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 |