From: George Dvorsky (sentdev@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 14:59:46 MST
RAND put out this study last year, but here is the link in case it was
missed:
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1307/
Summary:
Various technologies have the potential for significant and dominant global
effects within the next few decades. This report provides a quick look at
global technology trends in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and materials
technology and their implications for information technology and the world
in 2015.
The Global Technology Revolution:
Bio/Nano/Materials Trends and Their Synergies with Information Technology by
2015
Philip S. Antón, Richard Silberglitt, and James Schneider
Prepared for the National Intelligence Council.
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$20.00 (paperback, 92 pp.)
ISBN: 0-8330-2949-5
MR-1307-NIC, © 2001
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The contents below are html files.
The book is also available as a free, downloadable PDF file.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF.
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Contents
Preface
Figures
Tables
Summary
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Chapter One: INTRODUCTION
The Technology Revolution
Approach
Chapter Two: TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
Genomics
Therapies and Drug Development
Biomedical Engineering
The Process of Materials Engineering
Smart Materials
Self-Assembly
Rapid Prototyping
Buildings
Transportation
Energy Systems
New Materials
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
Integrated Microsystems and MEMS
Molecular Manufacturing and Nanorobots
Chapter Three: DISCUSSION
The Range of Possibilities by 2015
Meta-Technology Trends
Cross-Facilitation of Technology Effects
The Highly Interactive Nature of Trend Effects
The Technology Revolution
The Technology Revolution and Culture
Conclusions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Bibliography
Back Cover Abstract
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George Dvorsky
Vice-President, Toronto Transhumanist Association
http://toronto.transhumanism.com
http://www.sentientdevelopments.com
george@betterhumans.com
"The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation."
-- Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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