If You're Curious About These Questions...
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- What if you could access the entire sum of human knowledge just by blinking, using nothing more than a pair of high-tech contact lenses?
- Have you ever wondered how close we are to a future where doctors can simply 'print' a replacement for a failing human organ using your own DNA?
- Are you curious about why our ancient 'caveman' instincts might be the biggest hurdle—or the ultimate guide—to how we build the world of the year 2100?
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Key Takeaways from Physics of the Future
- Learn how to predict the timeline of future technologies, like universal translators, by tracking the exponential growth of computing power through Moore's Law.
- Discover why the 'Cave Man Principle' dictates that new technologies will only achieve mainstream success if they enhance a user's social status.
- Understand how computer chips are following the historical trajectory of paper, transforming from scarce luxury items into cheap, ubiquitous components of everyday objects.
- Find out how unified interfaces, such as computerized contact lenses, will allow you to seamlessly interact with a world filled with responsive, smart environments.
- Explore how augmented reality systems will empower your daily consumer choices by beaming instant, crowdsourced product reviews directly into your field of vision.
Physics of the Future — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Understanding what we consider socially valuable will help us predict which future technologies will succeed.
Chapter 3: Computers will reshape even mundane products, transforming every aspect of our daily lives.
Chapter 4: Augmented reality technologies will give consumers unprecedented power and information.
Chapter 5: By century’s end, genetic breakthroughs could consign cancer to history.
Chapter 6: Computers will continuously track our health, transforming how we receive medical care.
Chapter 7: Genetic advances and stem-cell breakthroughs could massively lengthen human life.
Chapter 8: Humanity’s survival depends on solving our mounting environmental and structural crises.
Chapter 9: Magnetic forces will power the next generation of transportation.
Chapter 10: Decoding the brain will usher in a transformative age of artificial intelligence.
Chapter 11: Mind-controlled technology will let us command computers using pure thought.
Chapter 12: Creating genuine artificial intelligence will require us to share the world with new life-forms.
Chapter 13: Being perpetually plugged into digital realms will erase the boundary between virtual and real.
Physics of the Future Summary & Overview
Physics of the Future (2011) lays out predictions of future technology based on the works and opinions of experts on the cutting edge of physics, genetics, biology and computer science. The author explores some of the hurdles we will have to overcome in order to develop these future technologies, and what fundamental changes we can expect their presence to make on our society.
Who Should Listen to Physics of the Future?
- Anyone interested in cutting-edge science
- Anyone interested in future technologies
- Anyone interested in the future of humanity
- Anyone with a great imagination
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