Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1573929921
ISBN 13
9781573929929
Category
600-629 Engineering & Medical Sciences
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Publication Year
2002
Publisher
Pages
390
Subject
Nanotechnology. Molecular machinery. Robotics.
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Abstract
What will happen to our jobs, health care, and investments when the molecular revolution hits? How might artificial intelligence transform our lives? How can molecular technologies help us cope with climate changes, earthquakes, and other extreme natural threats? This title explores some intriguing possibilities that answer these questions.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Douglas Mulhall
ISBN: 1573929921 9781573929929
OCLC Number: 49421702
Awards: Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Science) 2003
Description: 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: Introduction: Collision of futures --
pt. 1. The molecular age --
Singularity --
Molecular building blocks --
What comes first and what does it mean for each of us? --
What comes next? Megatrends that could alter our lives --
Nanoecology revolution --
Reviving tropical islands --
Who's driving the molecular machine? --
pt. 2. Nature's time bombs --
Are we getting more or less vulnerable? --
Shaking up Tokyo and the globalized economy --
So, you're bored by doomsday? --
Elephant in the room of environmentalism --
Lost messages from ancient times --
pt. 3. Blueprints for a molecular defense --
Why go there? --
Tools for defusing time bombs --
Lessons from Tokyo --
learning to predict the big one --
Long Valley Caldera defense --
avoiding a dark age --
How to avert Armageddon --
have an asteroid for lunch --
pt. 4. Getting from here to there --
Right questions --
Overcoming cultural amnesia --
Bypassing the road to hell --
Using open source --
Redesigning democracy for artificial intelligence --
Liberating each one of us.
Responsibility: Douglas Mulhall.
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Douglas Mulhall
ISBN: 1573929921 9781573929929
OCLC Number: 49421702
Awards: Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Science) 2003
Description: 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: Introduction: Collision of futures --
pt. 1. The molecular age --
Singularity --
Molecular building blocks --
What comes first and what does it mean for each of us? --
What comes next? Megatrends that could alter our lives --
Nanoecology revolution --
Reviving tropical islands --
Who's driving the molecular machine? --
pt. 2. Nature's time bombs --
Are we getting more or less vulnerable? --
Shaking up Tokyo and the globalized economy --
So, you're bored by doomsday? --
Elephant in the room of environmentalism --
Lost messages from ancient times --
pt. 3. Blueprints for a molecular defense --
Why go there? --
Tools for defusing time bombs --
Lessons from Tokyo --
learning to predict the big one --
Long Valley Caldera defense --
avoiding a dark age --
How to avert Armageddon --
have an asteroid for lunch --
pt. 4. Getting from here to there --
Right questions --
Overcoming cultural amnesia --
Bypassing the road to hell --
Using open source --
Redesigning democracy for artificial intelligence --
Liberating each one of us.
Responsibility: Douglas Mulhall.
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1
