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

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by Michio Kaku

parallel processing

  physics of computer revolution

  quantum computers

  quantum dot computers

  quantum theory and, 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

  scrap computers

  self-assembly and

  silicon chips, limitations of, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1

  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 (Orwel
l)

  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

 

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