self-assembly (bottom-up approach) to
social impact of
Resurrecting extinct life-forms
Resveratrol
Richter, Ronald
Robotics/AI
ASIMO robot, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
bodily enhancements
brain science and
Cave Man Principle and, 2.1, 2.2
common sense and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
consciousness and, 2.1, 2.2
driverless cars
emotional robots
expert systems and
far future (2070)
friendly AI
history of
human job market and
human-robot merger
human-robot social interaction, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
immediate recognition and
medicine and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
midcentury (2030)
mind control of robots by humans
modular robots, 2.1, 4.1
musical robots
nanobots, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
near future (present to 2030)
pattern recognition and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
remote-controlled and autonomous robots
reverse engineering the brain for
self-replicating robots, 2.1, 8.1, 8.2
singularity and
software limitations on
soldier robots
space travel and, 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
surrogates and avatars
“takeover” threat posed by robots, 2.1, 2.2
top-down and bottom-up approaches to, 2.1, 2.2
Rohrer, Heinrich
Rose, Michael
RP-6 mobile robot
Rubin, Gerry
Rutan, Burt, 6.1, 6.2
Sagan, Carl, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2
Scanning tunneling microscope
Schentag, Jerome
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Schrödinger, Erwin
Schultz, Tanja
Schuster, Stephan C.
Schwabl, Mike
Schwartz, Peter
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Second Life (Website)
Self-assembly
Self-awareness
Self-replicating robots, 2.1, 8.1, 8.2
Sen, Ayusman
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
Shakespeare, William
Shape-shifting technology
Shaw, George Bernard
Shen, Weimin
Shopping in 2100, 9.1, 9.2
Shostak, Seth
Silicon chips, limitations of, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1
Silva, Alcino
Simon, Herbert
Simon, Julian
Simonyi, Charles
Sinclair, David, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Singapore
Singularity
Sirtuins
SixthSense project
6th Day, The (movie)
Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind (Condorcet)
Slingatron
Smalley, Richard, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Smart dust
Smith, Adam
Smith, Gerald
Social robotics
Solar power
Solar sail propulsion system
Sonograms
Sonoluminescence
Space elevator
SpaceShip spacecraft, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Space solar power (SSP)
Space travel, itr.1, 6.1
asteroid landing
big bang research
booster-rocket technologies
cost of
Europa exploration
far future (2070)
genetic engineering of humans for
human-robot merger and
life in space, search for, 6.1, 8.1
Mars landing/colonization
Martian moon landing
midcentury (2030)
moon landing/colonization, 6.1, 6.2
nanotechnology and, 6.1, 6.2
near future (present to 2030)
planets outside the solar system, search for
private initiatives
robotics and, 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
space elevator
tourism
water in space, search for, 6.1, 6.2
weightlessness problem
See also Starships
Spinal cord injury treatments
Sports and games, 8.1, 9.1
STAIR (Stanford artificial intelligence robot), 2.1, 2.2
Starships
antimatter rocket propulsion system
nanoships
nuclear rocket propulsion system
ramjet fusion propulsion system
solar sail propulsion system
Star Trek series, itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2
Star Wars saga, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 8.1
Steam power
Steffens, John
Stem cell technology
Stewart, Potter
Stock, Greg, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2
Stormer, Horst
Stratton, Mike
Sullivan, Mark
Superconductors
telekinesis and
Surgery
Surrogates
Surrogates (movie), 1.1, 2.1, 2.2
Sussman, Gerald
Swarming behavior, 6.1, 6.2
Tachi, Susumu
Taleyarkhan, Rusi
Taylor, Doris, 3.1, 3.2
Taylor, Theodore
Technologies as utilities
Technology, four stages of
Telekinesis
Telepresence
Telomeres of a cell
Terminator movies, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
Terraforming of Mars
Terrestrial Planet Finder
Tesla Roadster
Test tube babies
Things to Come (movie)
3-D technology
Three Mile Island nuclear accident
Thurow, Lester, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Tidman, Derek
Time Machine, The (Wells)
Tissue engineering, 3.1, 3.2
Toffler, Alvin and Heidi
Total Recall (movie)
Tour, James
Tourism industry
Tourism in space
Trains, maglev
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (movie)
Transistors, 1.1, 4.1
Tsien, Joseph
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin
Tundra, melting of
Turing, Alan
Twister (movie)
2001 (movie)
Type 0-IV civilizations. See Civilizations
Ulam, Stanislaw
Ultracentrifuges
United States, economic future of
Universal translators
Utopias
Vacations in 2100
Venter, J. Craig
Verne, Jules, itr.1, 6.1
Victoria, Queen of England
Vinge, Vernor, 2.1, 2.2
Virgin Galactic spacecraft
Virtual reality
Virtual retinal display (VRD)
Viruses, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1
Volcano vents
Von Neumann probes, 8.1, 8.2
Wall-E (movie)
Wall screens
Wanamaker, John
War, changing nature of
Warner, Harry M.
Water as utility, 7.1, 7.2
Water in space, search for, 6.1, 6.2
Watson, James, 3.1, 3.2
Watson, Thomas
Wealth. See Economics
Weightlessness problem in space
Weiser, Mark, 1.1, 1.2
Wells, H. G., 3.1, 3.2
Westphal, Christoph
What Is Life? (Schrödinger)
Wilde, Oscar
Wilmut, Ian
Wilson, E. O
.
Wind power
Wisdom
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)
Work life in 2100
X-Men movies
X Prize, 6.1, 6.2
X-ray lithography
X-ray vision
Yoshida, Hiroshi
Young, Larry
Youth preservation
Yucca Mountain waste-disposal center
Yudkowsky, Eliezer
Zhang, Jin
Zhang, Pei
Zubrin, Robert
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1.2 Jeffrey L. Ward
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2.1, Lower Left Courtesy of Professor Ashutosh Saxena
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6.1 Jeffrey L. Ward
6.2 Jeffrey L. Ward
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MICHIO KAKU is a professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York; cofounder of string field theory; and the bestselling author of several widely acclaimed science books, including Hyperspace and Physics of the Impossible—the basis for his Science Channel TV show Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible—and the host of two radio programs, Explorations and Science Fantastic, broadcasting to over 140 radio stations.
ALSO BY THE AUTHOR
Physics of the Impossible
Parallel Worlds
Hyperspace
Visions
Einstein’s Cosmos
Beyond Einstein
Table of Contents
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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: Predicting the Next 100 Years
FUTURE OF THE COMPUTER: Mind over Matter
FUTURE OF AI: Rise of the Machines
FUTURE OF MEDICINE: Perfection and Beyond
NANOTECHNOLOGY: Everything from Nothing?
FUTURE OF ENERGY: Energy from the Stars
FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL: To the Stars
FUTURE OF WEALTH: Winners and Losers
FUTURE OF HUMANITY: Planetary Civilization
A DAY IN THE LIFE IN 2100
NOTES
RECOMMENDED READING
INDEX
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
About the Author
Other Books by This Author
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