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Top five terrifying future technologies. Scary future scenarios.Five Scary Future Scenarios

Please do not get the impression that I am using the popular media trend of fear-mongering to try and rally you into a global fight against the evils of technology. I will probably take a nap after this.

It's just that I have a terrible habit of looking forward to a brighter side of the future. So to be fair, I offer you five future technologies that might wipe out humanity (or change it dramatically). Have a great day! Five Terrifying Future Technologies (Flash)

GMO Foods

Nanotubes have slipped into my sunscreen with the stealth of a cloned kitten. Why are products that use nano or bio technologies not clearly labeled?

Labeling the Future

Technology and society

Some of the smartest individuals I know, suddenly remember their kids have soccer practice when I mention the latest tech breakthrough.
Future Technology and Society

They're Just Not That Into Us

Search for extraterrestrials, ET.

SETI projects have scanned the sky for over 40 years looking for an intelligent signal. Could our level of intelligence be unique in the universe? Intelligent life

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Wealthy, Healthy and Wise

Transhuman, transhumanity,posthuman,posthumanity

When they first hit the market, future technologies like memory implants and longevity drugs, may only be affordable to a small percent of the population. What scenarios could lead to human enhancement technologies for all? Transhumanity

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Homework help. Science, biotechnology, chemistry, physics and more

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Nanotechnology risks

Ready or not, here it comes. In the next 20 years, nanotechnology will touch the life of nearly every person on the planet. The potential benefits are mind boggling and brain enhancing. But like many of the great advancements in earth's history, it is not without risk. Here are some of the risks posed to society by nanotech.

Nanotechnology risks

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Smart Homes

Smart Homes

My home is not very smart. It does not know when to start my coffee or how to clean the floor. It has difficulty distinguishing between a roaring grease fire and a steamy shower, which makes it a good thing it can't remember the number to call in an emergency. What can we expect to experience in the smart home of the future? Smart Home

Approaching the Singularity

the singularity

Surfing the web for The Singularity gives me a gnarly headache. No doubt a reaction to asking my brain to find ways of replacing itself. Both intriguing and frightening, my approach to the Singularity is to treat it like a dessert tray--the further it is away, the less I am infatuated by it. The Singularity

Human Like Robots

girl robot life like robot

A life-like robot girl greets visitors at a world expo. To make it easier for us to warm up to a cold machine, future robots will look, feel and act more human. Robotics

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Welcome! Future for All is my personal web site about future technology and its effect on society. Sometimes I write articles, but mainly I post hand-picked links to future technology articles, images and videos. I hope you like my site and find it useful.

I want to start making videos for FutureForAll.org that are funny, interesting, educational or all of the above. This first one is just silly, but I learned a lot about making videos. A BIG thanks to Regan, Dennis, Janine, Jeff and Obeth. I really appreciate all of your help!

It seems that every other tv commercial shown in the U.S. is an advertisement for some new drug, that cures some disease, I didn't even know existed. As a practicing hypochondriac, this really messes with my mind (and sometimes makes me itch). I made this video to poke fun at those ads.

 

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05.21.13 -

Clinical Trial Participant Showed Improvement in Vision from 20/400 to 20/40 Following Treatment - ACT - (Regenerative Medicine)

05.20.13 -

The world of wearable computers - Fortune
CoLab - MIT
OK Google: 'The End of Search as We Know It' - Search Engine Watch

05.19.13 -

Blood hormone restores youthful hearts to old mice - Nature
The Man Behind the Google Brain: Andrew Ng and the Quest for the New AI - Wired
Five trends are primed to shape the world economy profoundly in the decades to come - Merrill Lynch

05.16.13 -

Creating stem cells from skin cells - An easy to read diagram at PhysOrg
Creating stem cells from skin cells is huge. It eliminates the controversy over using embryos. Scientific discovery should not harm. I hope to see the day when computer simulations replace the need for all lab animals.

05.13.13 -

Extracting human DNA with full genetic data in minutes - KurzweilAi.net
Cloud computing modernizes education in China - ZDNet

05.10.13 -

Thanks Eelco! Herb always affects my memory.

05.10.13 -

Hi ffa! Your HERB post links to the wrong article!

05.09.13 -

Space Warps - Help scientists identify rare astronomical objects, Zooniverse

05.08.13 -

HERB - CMU's Home Exploring Robot Butler (the oreo separating robot)
When I first heard of the Orea Separating Robot in a joke by Jay Leno, I thought, what a waste of technology. Sorry, Herb, it all makes sense now. Crumble on. - ffa

05.07.13 -

Researchers develop unique method for creating uniform nanoparticles - PhysOrg
Printable 'bionic' ear melds electronics and biology - Princeton University
Cure for gray hair - Medical Xpress

05.06.13 -

11 technologies that are going to kill us all - techradar
This is the end: Team of experts say humanity faces extinction - Yahoo News

The titles of these articles should read - "11 technologies that COULD kill us all" and "This COULD be the end". The power of technology is in our own hands. - ffa

05.05.13 -

Scientists find key to aging process in the brain - The Guardian
The Coming Bold Transformation of the American City - The Atlantic Cities

05.02.13 -

Send your message to Mars - NASA

05.02.13 -

Student art contest results - NASA

Go to Mars with Maven children's artwork

04.30.13 -

Mysterious Hurricane at Saturn's North Pole (video) - NASA
Future cars from China - Gizmag

04.26.13 -

Discovery yields supertough, strong nanofibers - University of Nebraska–Lincoln

04.25.13 -

Future concept cars - Hyundai Motors IDEA Festival.

04.24.13 -

Donating Organs and Tissue - April is Donate Life Month
One-way ticket to Mars - Mars One

04.23.13 -

Earth Day is April 22nd - Sorry this post is late, I was strip mining.

04.19.13 -

How smart are your clothes? - future fibers and transformative textiles

 

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NBIC Convergence - Merging Technologies

NBIC is an acronym for Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology and Cognitive science. As these technologies race towards their own future with ever increasing speed, they merge to drive the new products, benefits and dangers predicted by forecasters, futurists and science fiction writers. I created the icons above to post with articles on this site, to signify which technologies are merging to create a current breakthrough or future scenario.

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