Group items tagged

"However, it is fast becoming time to reckon with what the future holds for our computers - and technology in general." This site is useful to me because it leaves open any possibility about computers of the future. It talks about how computer technology can only improve. I will use this website to help improve my predictions. This website is reliable because it goes along with a lot of predictions about future computing devices.

"The superior energy density of antimatter annihilation has often been pointed to as the ultimate source of energy for propulsion. Unfortunately, the limited capacity and very low efficiency of present-day antiproton production methods suggest that antimatter may be too costly to consider for near-term propulsion applications." Antimatter is not the same thing as dark matter or the lack of matter altogether. A single teaspoon of antimatter can destroy the metropolitan area of New York City. Antimatter is extremely difficult to harness, and prohibitively expensive as of now. However, in the future, antimatter may be able to be used to power rockets into the depths of outer space. This concept was discussed in Physics of the Future.

This website is a basic prediction of what the world will be like in 2100. The predictions are very in-depth of what the population will live like, and how their lives will be sustained. Most of the world will be living in cities or urban areas. Also, there will be a small number of frequently used languages. These predictions and others are very reliable and seem very accurate. The website is the Business Insider, talking about economics and how humanity can and will affect it. This website is reliable because many powerful business leaders look to it for advice. It is a great source to use to see what a day in life will be like for a human in 2100. "Will we be doomed by 2100, or can we make it work? Since we've only got one planet (so far), let's hope for the latter."

I feel this goes quite well with what we have been looking at for main topics. One part that I found particularly interesting was the medical section where the hologram and glass room was used. I feel that this video would be a good insight into future touch technology, computing in the medical field and augmented reality in the small girls field trip.

"Beyond listening for deliberate signals, SETI scientists could conceivably find extraterrestrial transmissions that weren't meant for us, just as our radio and television signals have been leaking into space this century." This pdf gave some very helpful information on SETI. I gained much knowledge about the background of this theme and will definitely be able to use what I have learned while writing my paragraph about this theme. To make sure that this was a reliable source, I did a bit of research on the author. Dr. Steven Garber is the founder of the Washington Institute and is the Scholar-in-Residence of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, leading me to believe that this pdf is a very dependable source. Citations: "Staff." The Washington Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2014.

"So the main danger we face from an advanced civilization is simply that we might get in their way." This is an interview with Michio Kaku, where he talks briefly about SETI. Here, he talks about how silly it would be to "advertise our existence in space" (Kaku) because we might find a civilization that is a million years ahead of us in terms of technology, and would therefore be crushed. Kaku uses examples such as a fruit fly versus Goliath, to compare to what might happen if we were to find such a civilization. This is helpful, as it gives me an idea as to where Kaku stands on the subject. I trust that this is a reliable source, as I found a link to it on Michio Kaku's website.

"The Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) uses a small collection of high sensitivity telescopes (probably 4 large 3.5-meter telescopes) with revolutionary imaging technologies. It will measure the temperature, size, and the orbital parameters of planets as small as our Earth in the habitable zones of distant solar systems. Also, TPF's spectroscopy will allow atmospheric chemists and biologists to use the relative amounts of gases like carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane and ozone to find whether a planet might support life. The launch was to be anticipated between 2012-2015 until NASA's budget cuts." The Terrestrial Planet Finder was discussed in the book Physics of the Future. This object will have better optics and will be approximately 100 times more sensitive than the Hubble Space Telescope. Its infrared sensors will be able to nullify the intense radiation from a star by a million times, revealing planets that have been undiscoverable otherwise. This radiation will even have the power to completely remove a star from the universe, if one ever so desires. The Terrestrial Planet Finder is predicted to be an extremely valuable tool to astronauts and scientists within the next century.

"Dying patients could someday receive a 3D-printed organ made from their own cells rather than wait on long lists for the short supply of organ transplants. Such a futuristic dream remains far from reality, but university labs and private companies have already taken the first careful steps by using 3D-printing technology to build tiny chunks of organs. Regenerative medicine has already implanted lab-grown skin, tracheas and bladders into patients - body parts grown slowly through a combination of artificial scaffolds and living human cells. By comparison, 3D-printing technology offers both greater speed and computer-guided precision in printing living cells layer by layer to make replacement skin, body parts and perhaps eventually organs such as hearts, livers and kidneys."

"A PET scan uses a small amount of radioactive material (tracer). The  tracer is given through a vein (IV), most often on the inside of your elbow. The tracer travels through your blood and collects in organs and tissues. This helps the radiologist see certain areas of concern more clearly. You will need to wait nearby as the tracer is absorbed by your body. This takes about 1 hour. Then, you will lie on a narrow table that slides into a large tunnel-shaped scanner. The PET picks up detects signals from the tracer. A computer changes the signals into 3-D pictures. The images are displayed on a monitor for your doctor to read. You must lie still during test. Too much movement can blur images and cause errors. How long the test takes depends on what part of the body is being scanned." This talks about how a PET scan is preformed and other stuff about the PET scan.

"The Matrix is a 1999 American-Australian science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called "the Matrix", created by sentient machines to subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Computer programmer "Neo" learns this truth and is drawn into a rebellion against the machines, which involves other people who have been freed from the "dream world"." This is what I found about "The Matrix". It does not go with Wealth. This should not be a theme.

"A trip to the moon on gossamer strings? A "partial" space elevator that could carry satellites to geosynchronous orbit might be just the ticket." This source gives a great insight on how a space elevator would be created an operated. It has great information on much it may cost, how it would be used, and how it could even be possible. This is a reliable source, as National Geographic is a reliable company. I believe this resource could be very useful for our themes and research.

""We are developing smart drugs that determine which are the cancer cells and which aren't, then selectively kill only the cancer cells."'

"The World in 2030" by Dr. Michio Kaku" This site is useful because it is direct opinions from Michio Kaku about the future. This site is reliable because it is a direct speech from Dr. Kaku.

"In the future rush to get to work, the day's tasks will be checked using a personal robotic butler, the misplaced car keys will be located by entering the word "keys" into a cellphone and getting a call back saying "bedroom." I find this site useful because it gives another insight on what future computers will be like. It gives great examples of what the technology will be like. For example; our phone will be able to command the dishwasher and the laundry machine while we do other activities. This site is reliable because the concept of this site correlates with many other sources about the future of the computer.

"In this future, computers have become so small and pervasive that they are in practically everything." This source is useful because it goes with the prediction that we could have computing devices in everything. I will use this site to learn more about touch screen technology being integrated into all parts of our everyday lives. This source is reliable because it is similar to other predictions about future technology of the computer.

"As amazing as the last half-century has been, experts tell us that computer technology is still only in its awkward adolescence." This site is useful because it explains what future computing devices can possibly do and explains what they will be like. This site is reliable because it relates to many other predictions about future computers and has opinions from experts.

"How can we apply our growing understanding of the biology of cancer to combat the disease? Prevention is always better than cure, and as we have already discussed in the first part of this chapter, many cancers can indeed be prevented-" This website is about the possible ways we might be able to cure cancer in the future. First it describes how cancer works and why it is so hard to cure. Then there is a list of multiple different predictions about how all the forms of cancer may be cured in the future. We can use this website for the "Coexisting with Cancer" theme, it can help us brainstorm our own ideas on how cancer may be cured. I know this source is reliable because all of the information is cited very clearly for the reader.

very knowledgeable in the on the future energy resources.

"Smartphones, iPads, mobile health (mHealth) apps, remote monitoring devices, cloud-based computing, and other technologic advances are continuing to rewrite the script for healthcare delivery for both patients and physicians, so much so that Forbes already has declared 2013 as the year of digital health. Consider that 60% of physicians accessed health content online using their mobile phones, and 44% turned to tablet computers, according to the 2012 comScore Physician Mobile Survey."

"Earnings calls are usually meant to do little more than reassure investors - but in Facebook's most recent call, the day before Halloween, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled something unexpected. Facebook had formed an Artificial Intelligence group, Zuckerberg announced, and the company was acquiring a machine-translation company and hiring the best academic minds in the field. The goal, he told investors, was "to do world-class artificial intelligence research using all of the knowledge that people have shared on Facebook." He teased new products that would be more natural to interact with, and could solve problems beyond the reach of current technology. For anyone on the call, the point was clear: the future of Facebook would be powered by AI."