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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... lands . In all the world , smallpox exists only in the refrigerators of two closely guarded research laboratories . Yet cholera , diphtheria , and even the flu kill tens of thousands of people each year . In the United States , polio ...
... lands will take their high - tech arsenals to war only when they have such an overwhelming advantage over relatively backward ad- versaries that the outcome would be certain even if their soldiers were limited to M - 1 rifles . Thus ...
... land con- taminated by salt , flourish in arid climates , and resist insects and plant diseases ; and bacteria that break down polluting chemicals into harmless materials . A good argument could be made for using some of this book's ...
... twentieth century . The late Allen Newell , an influential pioneer of artificial intelligence , likened the future to the land of Faery , a magic place with friendly , if nonhuman , companions on all sides . We see the 26 PR W S E R R M.
... land beyond the computer screen . Our uses of its resources remains fairly prosaic . Even today , far more is possible . In a book called The Virtual Community ( Addison - Wesley , 1993 ) , writer Howard Rheingold recounts his ...
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 |