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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... accounts . In the long run , quantum computers might turn out to be far smaller and more powerful than anything based on more conventional technologies . Quantum computers remain a long way off , however . 14 P R W S B M O R R A T L.
... remain a long way off , however . In the next ten years , physicists might just 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 ...
... our query went out immediately . It was the following day before he checked for messages , but his reply still arrived within twenty - four hours . To date , the information superhighway remains only a few 32 P R O B W S B L E R M R.
... remains only a few steps above an information cart path . Yet it is already changing for the better the lives of many ordinary Americans . Like us , our friends are relatively new immigrants to the land beyond the computer screen . Our ...
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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 |