Part of I of II. 1996/1997 presented for Gov School at Monmouth University

1. Where do you plan to spend
the rest of your life?
Raman Kannan
DNA Laboratory, Monmouth University
http://www.monmouth.edu/monmouth/academic/dna

2. Obviously...in the future..
“The future belongs to those who believe in
their dreams.” -- E.R.
• What will it be like?
• Can you make it happen?
• What holds you back?
• Success Stories
• Failure Stories
• How to think beyond?
• Algorithm/Heuristics
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3. What makes America?
Our ability to shape the future!
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Innovation in every dimension of life!
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Risk taking and questioning staus quo
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Freedom of thought and imagination
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4. Top Ten Future Trends
High Density Energy Sources Genetic Revolution
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Digital High Definition TV Super Materials
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Smart Manufacturing Miniaturization
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Targeted drug-delivery systems Anti-Aging
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Hybrid-fuel vehicles Edutainment
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-- CIO Special Issue 1995
A Generalist List and it is too old (1995). Almost...
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5. My Exotic List
• Anatomical Artifacts • Machines that can think and learn
• Digital Economy • Global Communication Mechanisms
• Nanotechnology • Human Augmenting Technologies
• Space Technologies • Small Planet Technologies
• Virtual Reality • Brain Related ....
I/T Skewed .... Higher Order Assistive Computing
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6. Anatomical Artifacts
By 2010 prototypes
for artificial eyes..
Understanding images
regardless of background
motion, orientation,
stability etc ... are some
key areas that are being
addressed....
IEEE Spectrum May 1996
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7. Nanotechnologies
Big Blue Experiment to position individual atoms..
There are numerous web sites on NanoTechnology
Entirely new artifacts are possible ... smart drugs,
different kind of computers
...
Moving bits without moving electrons.... etc...
http://www.ubiquitous.com/nanotech/images/..
http://reality.sgi.com/whitaker/EnginesOfCreation/EOC_TOC.html
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8. Combine the two....
Memory patches ...
Analytical patches/tattoos
Where are we headed?
Now let us wait a minute...
Key to leveraging the future
is not to fear risk ...
as we will see in part II
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