Here is another update to my March 2006 technology predictions. Prediction: Real-time biomarker tracking and monitoring 2008-2012 Progress: Cheap less than $100 USB gene testerOld mockup of the cheap gene tester. The device is now much smaller than size of a shoe-box (USB stick size) with the optics and supporting electronics filling the space around …
DC-based research and consulting firm Social Technologies released a series of 12 briefs on their top 12 areas for high impact technology innovation through 2025. 1. Personalized medicine [I agree and have covered personal genomics ]2. Distributed energy (DE) [Here I think nuclear energy has more potential]3. Pervasive computing [Fully realizing smart phone and wireless …
digg_url= ‘http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/05/engines-of-creation-predictions-are-not.html’; digg_skin =’compact’;reddit_url=’http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/05/engines-of-creation-predictions-are-not.html’reddit_url=’advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/05/engines-of-creation-predictions-are-not.html’ An updated version of Engines of Creation is online The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN), has an article that points out that the term “molecular nanotechnology” has been associated almost invariably with fantastic notions like bloodstream nanobots, true universal assemblers (“meat machines”), and theoretically ubiquitous “utility fog.” Such concepts admittedly are …
