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

BOOK: Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
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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

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