25 things you need to know about the future
By: Christopher Barnatt
Publisher: Constable
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9781849016971
Subjects: Twenty-first century; Forecasts; Social prediction; Technological innovations
Other titles: Twenty five things you need to know about the future
Description: This is the essential book for understanding the challenges and technologies that will shape the next few decades. How will we live in the future? And what will the human race become? Will we nurture designer babies, be served by intelligent robots, have personal 3D printers, and grow products on the vine using synthetic biology? Or will shortages of oil, fresh water and other natural resources constrain our lifestyles and lead to industrial decline? In this fascinating guide, futurist Christopher Barnatt examines 25 known challenges and technologies that will help shape the next few decades. From Peak Water to vertical farms, nanotechnology to augmented reality, and electric cars to space travel, a startling picture is painted of future possibilities that no individual or business will be able to ignore. Highlighting life-changing research and innovation from over 250 companies, universities and non-profit organizations around the globe, 25 Things You Need to Know About the Future is a startling, frightening and powerful blueprint for anybody who wants to future gaze or future shape.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I The End of the Age of Plenty; title: ch. 1 Peak Oil; title: ch. 2 Climate Change; title: ch. 3 Peak Water; title: ch. 4 Food Shortages; title: ch. 5 Resource Depletion; title: pt. II The Next Industrial Wave; title: ch. 6 3D Printing; title: ch. 7 Nanotechnology; title: ch. 8 Genetic Modification; title: ch. 9 Synthetic Biology; title: ch. 10 Vertical Farming; title: pt. III Fuelling the Third Millennium; title: ch. 11 Electric Vehicles; title: ch. 12 Wind, Wave and Kinetic Power; title: ch. 13 Solar Energy; title: ch. 14 Nuclear Fusion; title: ch. 15 Space Travel; title: pt. IV Computing and Inorganic Life; title: ch. 16 Cloud Computing; title: ch. 17 Artificial Intelligence; title: ch. 18 Augmented Reality; title: ch. 19 Quantum Computing; title: ch. 20 Robots; title: pt. V Humanity 2.0; title: ch. 21 Genetic Medicine; title: ch. 22 Bioprinting; title: ch. 23 Cybernetic Enhancement; title: ch. 24 Life Extension; title: ch. 25 Transhumanism.