The place to start is the Nasa Institute for Advanced Concepts Some key concepts and work here or which have been available for some time:Magnetic systems that can utilize the solar wind or use a magnetic plasma. Advantages: reasonable power levels, does not require megascale engineeringMagbeam, Magbeam reference and plasma magnet Magbeam can use 3,000t …
RoboticsBerkeley robotic suitJapanese Bionic suitsiRobot Roomba robotsMore on RoombaJapanese robot maker tmsuktmsuk makes a 3.5 meter tall $600,000 rescue robotpictures of other funky japanese robots Diesel Hybrid cars Artificial intelligence at wikipedia Plastic circuits 1000 processors for under $100K Spintronics at wikipediamore on spintronics spintronics and MRAM growing diamondMore on manmade diamond Wikipedia on nuclear …
M5 fiber exists now. It is a “designer” fiber, carefully engineered over a 10-year period. It is currently the strongest bulk fiber. Carbon nanotubes have not been able to translate their full strength. M5 will have about 9.5 GPa of strength about one fifth of what carbon nanotubes could potentially have. A pilot plant should …
Longevity prizeEngineering approach to fixing the damage of time to the body Mighty Mice Regrow Organs and regenerate Gene therapy and gene doping IGene therapy and gene doping IIMore on gene therapy Were athletes already using gene doping in Torino ? Muscle gene therapy Human enhancementSite about the book “More than Human” which is all …
Helping the blind see article oneHelping the blind see article twoSilicon chips implanted to help blind see in 2000, 2005 Nervous system interfaces in 2001Nervous system interfaces more recent Brain neural interfacesBrain gate deviceNon-invasive neural mapping technologyNeural interfaces Artificial neurons Enzyme computer which is implantable Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a …
A Quantum Information Science and Technology Roadmap, Quantum Information Science and Technology Experts Panel, April 2004. Scalable quantum computer chip Dwave systems is a venture funded company Draper Fisher Jurvetsun is the VC They will be rolling out access to a superconducting limited quantum computing capability that will be able to solve large optimization problems. …
These are important recent developments for the future of energy in our world. Mutant Algae Is Hydrogen Factory MIT labs ultracapacitor article 1MIT labs ultracapacitor related article 2 The MIT lab thinks that they can increase the energy density of ultracapacitors up to 60Wh/kg by using the nano-tubes and at the same time achieve a …
Articles aboutthe costs of $890 in 2006 to pass a home or business with a fiber-optic network capable of providing Verizon’s advanced FiOS data and video services. This cost, which includes a blend of aerial and underground deployment, had averaged $1,400 at the start of 2005. Babbio said that at the beginning of 2005 Verizon’s …
Companies hire futurists to spot new media and marketing technologies. Futurists need to be deeply insightful about people, groups, markets, business models and business. New extinction events are arising. My view is that some of these things existed and we just did not know about them. The threat level is not rising by that much, …
Geopolitical data and global demographicsAlmanac onlineworld bank, the world health organization and other agenciesworldwatch – environmentally focused organizationworldwatch global trendsNation Master statisticsCIA World factbook General reference for statistics and moreWikipedia Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 …
Government census and statistics agenciesUS census bureauUS statsStatistics CanadaList of international statistics agencies the Economist magazine, EIU publications and Economist Intelligence Unit Studies on Wealthy people in the world World Wealth Report 2005 by Merrill Lynch and Cap Gemini High-Net-Worth Wealth Grows Strongly at Over 8 Percent, Surpassing $30 Trillion in 2004, According to Merrill …