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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... miles ( 61 kilometers ) of his birthplace . For New Yorkers , the radius was only 17.5 miles ( 28 kilometers ) , as far as the subway ran . Information from the outside came by newspaper , radio , or word from the traveler's mouth ; it ...
... miles from home , but not in the local calling 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 ...
... miles from home , but not in the local calling 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 ...
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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 |