It's always hard to make predictions. Especially about the future. Still, there will always be informed Futurists like Michio Kaku who boldly go where no man has gone before in his new book PHYSICS OF THE THE FUTURE. It will either astound you or, if you are of a certain age, amuse you...
Kaku is theoretical physics professor at the City College of New York, and that silver-haired presenter you see on so many science documentaries. His bona fides are far more science than fiction when he advances three big predictions by the year 2100. And while that date immediately leaves out 90% of us here, what the heck:
* The Internet will be in your contact lens
He pictures you blinking your eyes wherever you are in order to go on-line. Accessing your home base of operations, any data banks you need, along with any entertainment you wish. Then being able to download onto your lens the data, music, or movies you find. Even more, Kaku sees you identifying the faces of the people you meet, seeing their resumes and even translating their comments into any language you require.
He also envisions tourists being able to conjure up ancient images of the historical sites they are visiting. And patients being able to monitor their health with instant readouts of heart rates, insulin levels and PSA scores.
Think living inside "The Matrix"....!
* Computers, cellphones & MP3 players will disappear
Kaku predicts such instruments will become unnecessary, for now millions of chips can be placed throughout your worlds of home and work to respond to your needs. Specifically your brain's telepathic commands. For instance, entering a room and commanding the coffee maker to start brewing or the furniture to be rearranged.
These environmental chips will cost only pennies so that they will be easy to implant in selected venues where they can be programmed to respond to such commands.
Think all those "Star Trek" replicators that served Captain Kirk...!
* Cars will become driver-less
Kaku writes that the cars of the future will "fly" by floating on a cushion of magnetism. Room-temperature superconducting magnets on highways will eliminate rough rides and traffic jams, because central computers will now be able to track the motions of all the cars out there. Best of all, he states, without the friction of wheels-on-roads, you will need far less of whatever fuel is being used.
Think "Buck Rogers" and all those flying-belts his future society used...!
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Of course, those who are of that certain age, can recall the New York futurist in 1900 who predicted by 2000 there would be so many horse-drawn carriages in the metro area, pedestrians would be ankle deep in manure. Manure....? I guess our species never stops rummaging through the manure of life hoping to find that pony.
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