Physics of the Future
telekinesis with
3-D technology
universal translators
virtual reality
wall screens
See also Mind reading; Robotics/AI
Condorcet, Marquis de
Conscious robots, 2.1, 2.2
Constellation Program
COROT satellite, 6.1, 8.1
Crick, Francis
Criminology
Crutzen, Paul
Culture in Type I civilization
Customization of products
Cybertourism, itr.1, itr.2
CYC project
Damasio, Antonio
Dating in 2100, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
Davies, Stephen
Da Vinci robotic system
Dawkins, Richard, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Dawn computer
Dean, Thomas
Decoherence problem
Deep Blue computer, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Delayed gratification
DEMO fusion reactor
Depression treatments
Designer children, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Developing nations, 7.1, 7.2
Diamandis, Peter
Dictatorships
Digital divide
Dinosaur resurrection
Disease, elimination of, 3.1, 8.1
DNA chips
DNA computers
Dog breeds
Donoghue, John, 1.1, 1.2
Dreams, photographing of
Drexler, Eric
Driverless cars
Duell, Charles H.
Dyson, Freeman, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1
Dyson sphere
Ebola virus
Economics
bubbles and crashes
entertainment industry, 7.1, 7.2
far future (2070)
four stages of technology and
fundamental forces of the universe and
job market, 7.1, 7.2
midcentury (2030)
near future (present to 2030)
science and technology as engines of prosperity
Type I civilization and
See also Intellectual capitalism
Edison, Thomas, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Education, itr.1, itr.2, 1.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
EEG (electroencephalogram), 1.1, 1.2
Einstein, Albert, itr.1, itr.2, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1
Eisenhower, Dwight
Ekenstam, Robin
Elbon, John
Electric cars
Electricity as utility
Electromagnetic force, itr.1, 7.1, 7.2
Emergent phenomena
Emotional robots
Energy
carbon nanotubes and
electric cars
far future (2070)
life’s origins and
magnetic energy, 5.1, 9.1
midcentury (2030)
for molecular machines
near future (present to 2030)
nuclear fission
nuclear weapons, dangers of
oil
Planck energy
solar/hydrogen economy
solar power
space solar power
volcano vents as source of
wind power
See also Global warming; Nuclear fusion
English as lingua franca
Entertainment, human need for, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3
Entertainment industry, 7.1, 7.2
Entropy
civilizations and
longevity and
Environmental threats, 8.1. See also Global warming
Environmental understanding
Epic of Gilgamesh, The
Estrogen
Europa exploration
European civilization, rise of, 7.1, 7.2
Expert systems
Extinct life-forms, resurrection of
Fantastic Voyage (movie)
Faraday, Michael
Farnsworth, Philo
Farokhzad, Omid
Fashion industry
Feudalism
Feynman, Richard, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Flash Gordon series
Fleischmann, Martin
Flu virus, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1
Food production, 3.1, 3.2
Forbidden Planet (movie), itr.1, 1.1
Ford, Henry, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1
Fossil fuels
Fountains of Paradise, The (Clarke)
Franklin, Benjamin, 8.1, 8.2
Freedman, Joshua
Freitas, Robert A., Jr.
Freud, Sigmund
Frida (Heinlein)
Friedman, Thomas, 7.1, 7.2
Frisch, Max
From the Earth to the Moon (Verne), itr.1, 6.1
Fuel cell cars
Fusion power. See Nuclear fusion
Future
planning for, 2.1, 2.2
See also Life in 2100; Predicting the future
Gage, Phineas
Galileo, 6.1, 6.2
Gandhi, Mahatma
Gargini, Paolo
Garreau, Joel
Gas gun rockets
Gasparino, Charles
Geim, Andre
Genealogy
Genetic engineering
as global warming remedy
Genetics. See Medicine/biotechnology
George III, King of England
Germ warfare
Gerrish, Harold
Ghost (movie)
Gibson, William
Gilbert, Daniel
Gilbert, Walter
Glaser, Peter
Global warming
carbon dioxide and
consequences of
evidence of
historical perspective on
human activity as cause of, 5.1, 5.2
induced warming on Mars
life in 2100 and
methane gas and
technical fixes for
Goddard, Robert
Goldstein, Seth
Good Will Hunting (movie)
Gordon, John Steele
Government in Type I civilization
GPS systems, 1.1, 1.2
Grant, James
Graphene
Gravity, itr.1, itr.2, 5.1, 7.1
Guarente, Leonard P., 3.1, 3.2
Guitar, atomic
Halley’s comet
Hands, robotic
Hapgood, Fred
Haptic technology
HAR1 region of the genome
Haseltine, William
Hawking, Stephen
Hayflick limit
Hebb’s rule, 2.1, 3.1
Heckler, Richard
Heinlein, Robert
Hendricks, John
Hertzberg, Abraham
Heuristics
HIV/AIDS, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Hobbes, Thomas
Hoffert, Martin
Hofstadter, Douglas, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Holograms
Home life in 2100
Homunculus
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (movie)
Hood, Leroy
Horvitz, Eric
Hubbert, M. King
Human Genome Project
Human growth hormone (HGH)
Hussein, Saddam
Huxley, Aldous
I, Robot (movie)
IKAROS spacecraft
Immediate recognition
Incredible Shrinking Man, The (movie)
Ingalls, John J.
Intellectual capitalism, 7.1, 8.1
commodity capitalism, transition from
developing nations and, 7.1, 7.2
digital divide and
global leadership in
job market and
modifications of traditional capitalism
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), 5.1, 5.2
Internet, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, 1.1, 1.2, 7.1, 7.2
economic development and
as instrument of democracy
privacy
concerns
Type I civilization and
Internet glasses and contact lenses, 1.1, 1.2
Invisibility technology
Islamic terrorists
Job market, 7.1, 7.2
Johnson, Les
Johnson, Thomas
Joy, Bill
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)
Jurassic Park (movie)
Justice system
Kanekiyo, Kansuke
Kant, Immanuel
Kapor, Mitch
Kardashev, Nikolai
Kasparov, Gary
Kay, Kendrick
Keller, Helen
Kelley, Shana
Kennedy, Paul
Kepler Mission telescope, 6.1, 8.1
Khan, A. Q.
KISMET robot
Klein, Richard, 3.1, 3.2
Krauss, Michael E.
Kuekes, Philip
Kurzweil, Ray
Lagrange points
LAGR (learning applied to ground robots), 2.1, 2.2
Languages
Lanza, Robert, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Lapp, Ralph
Laser enrichment of uranium
Laser fusion, 5.1, 5.2
LaserMotive group
Laser propulsion systems
LCD displays
LCROSS (lunar crater observation and sensing satellite)
LeCun, Yann
Lee Kuan Yew
Leibniz, Gottfried
Leno, Jay
Leonardo da Vinci
Lie detectors
Life expectancy. See Longevity
Life-forms, artificial creation of
Life in space, search for, 6.1, 8.1
Life in 2100
dating, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
global warming and
godlike power for humans, itr.1, itr.2
home life
longevity questions, 9.1, 9.2
marriage and family life
medical care, 9.1, 9.2
remodeling
shopping, 9.1, 9.2
sports and games
vacations
work life
Life on Mars, artificial establishment of
Life’s origins
Lilienthal, David
LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)
Lloyd, Seth
Locomotive technology
Longevity
aging process
caloric restriction and
entropy and
evolutionary perspective on
genetics of, 3.1, 3.2
metabolism and
methods for life extension
popular interest in
population expansion and
resveratrol and
telomeres of a cell and
in 2100, 9.1, 9.2
youth preservation and
Luria, A. R.
Luttwak, Edward
Lutz, Robert
Maes, Pattie
Maglev trains and cars, 5.1, 9.1
Magnetic energy, 5.1, 9.1
Magnetic field to create nuclear fusion
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
as mind-reading technology, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
replicators and
reverse engineering the brain and
Mallouk, Thomas
Malthus, Thomas
Mammoth resurrection
Markram, Henry
Marquess, Ron
Marriage and family life in 2100
Mars landing/colonization
Martel, Sylvain
Martian moon landing
Matrix movies, 2.1, 7.1
Maxwell, James Clerk
McGinnis, Dave
McRae, Hamish, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Medicine/biotechnology
augmented reality and
brain injury treatments
cancer screening
cancer therapies, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 9.1
Cave Man Principle and
cloning, 3.1, 3.2
computers and
creating new life-forms
curing all diseases, 3.1, 8.1
depression treatments
designer children, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
far future (2070), 3.1, 9.1, 9.2
gene therapy, 3.1, 3.2
genetic enhancements
genomic medicine
germ warfare
memory enhancement, 3.1, 3.2
midcentury (2030)
Moore’s law and
muscle disorder treatments
nanotechnology and
near future (present to 2030)
nightmare scenarios
quantum theory and
resurrecting extinct life-forms
robotics and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
side effects of biotech revolution
spinal cord injury treatments
stem cell technology
surgery
three stages of
tissue engineering (organ replacement), 3.1, 3.2
virtual reality and
See also Longevity
Memory enhancement, 3.1, 3.2
Men in Black (movie)
“Merger of Flesh and Machine, The” (Brooks)
Merrill Lynch company
Methane gas, 5.1, 6.1
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), 4.1, 4.2
Middle class, planetary
Miesenböck, Gero
Miller, Webb
Mind-body problem
Mind reading
EEG and MRI technology for
ethics of
Kaku’s brain scan
mini-MRI machines
photographing of dreams
Mining operations on other worlds
Minsky, Marvin, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Mischel, Walter
Modha, Dharmendra
Modular robots, 2.1, 4.1
Mohamad, Mahathir
Moon landing/colonization, 6.1, 6.2
Moore, Gordon, 1.1, 4.1
Moore’s law
computers and, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1
medicine and
nanotechnology and, 4.1, 4.2
Moravec, Hans, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
More, Sir Thomas
Morfoot, Linda
Morphing
Moses, Edward
MRI-MOUSE
Muscle disorder treatments
Musical robots
Music industry
Myrabo, Leik
Najmabadi, Farrokh, 5.1, 5.2
Nanobots, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Nanocars
Nanoparticles, 4.1, 4.2
Nanorods
Nanostarships
Nanotechnology
carbon nanotubes, 4.1, 6.1
commercial applications today
computers and
DNA chips
energy for molecular machines
far future (2070)
manipulation of individual atoms
medicine and
midcentury (2030)
Moore’s law and, 4.1, 4.2
nanomachines in our bodies
near future (present to 2030)
potential of
quantum theory and
shape-shifting technology
space travel and, 6.1, 6.2
See also Replicators
National Ignition Facility (NIF)
Neanderthal resurrection
Neecke, Nikolas
Neumann, John von, 2.1, 2.2
Neural networks
News broadcasting
Newspaper industry
Newton, Isaac, itr.1, 6.1, 7.1
New York Times
Nicolelis, Miguel A. L.
1984 (Orwell)
Nixon, Richard
North Korea
Novoselov, Kostya, 4.1, 4.2
Nuclear fission
Nuclear forces (weak and strong), itr.1, 7.1, 7.2
Nuclear fusion
advantages as power source
energy potential of
/>
hoaxes, frauds, and failures regarding
laser fusion, 5.1, 5.2
magnetic field to create fusion
in nature
tabletop fusion
Nuclear rocket propulsion system
Nuclear waste
Nuclear weapons, dangers of
Obama, Barack, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Ohmae, Kenichi
Oil
OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes)
O’Neill, Gerard
Optical computers
Optogenetics
Organ replacement, 3.1, 3.2
Orion Project
Orwell, George
Ottoman Empire
Ozone depletion
Pääbo, Svante
PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-Nuclei Astrophysics) satellite
Paper
Paperless office, itr.1, itr.2
Parallel processing
Paris in the Twentieth Century (Verne)
Parviz, Babak A., 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Pasquali, Matteo
Pasteur, Louis
Pattern recognition, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 7.1
Peck, Mason
Peek, Kim
Penfield, Wilder
Peopleless city, itr.1, itr.2
Perfect capitalism
Perón, Juan
Picture of Dorian Gray, The (Wilde)
Picture phones, itr.1, itr.2
Planck energy
Planets outside the solar system, search for
Poggio, Tomaso
Pons, Stanley
Popular Mechanics (magazine)
Population expansion
Post, Steven
Postrel, Virginia
Pournelle, Jerry
Predator drones, 2.1, 2.2
Predicting the future
Cave Man Principle and
consciousness and
difficulty of
scientific understanding and
successful examples of, itr.1, 8.1
Principia (Newton)
Printing technology
Privacy concerns
Programmable matter
Prostheses
Qin, Chinese Emperor
Quake, Stephen R.
Quantum computers
Quantum dot computers
Quantum theory
computers and, 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
medicine and
nanotechnology and
superconductors and
Railroad industry
Ramjet fusion propulsion system
Rasputin, Grigori
Rattner, Justin, 4.1, 4.2
Reagan, Ronald
Recession of 2008, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
Reeve, Christopher
Relativity, theory of
Remodeling in 2100
Replicators
Cave Man Principle and, 4.1, 4.2
creation of anything with
feasibility issue
gray-goo scenario
living tissue, creation of
plastic 3-D images, creation of