Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 (68 page)

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