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[12.31.08]
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Futurology is notoriously hit-and-miss. According to 2001: A Space Odyssey, we should already be using suspended animation to send humans to Jupiter
 
"Through science we create technology and in using our new tools we recreate ourselves." So says the intro to edge.org's annual New Year challenge to the world's greatest thinkers.This year it is asking "What will change everything – What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?" And as ever, the great and the good have responded to the call. ...

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[ Wed. Dec. 31. 2008 ]
Futurology is notoriously hit-and-miss. According to 2001: A Space Odyssey, we should already be using suspended animation to send humans to Jupiter
 
"Through science we create technology and in using our new tools we recreate ourselves." So says the intro to edge.org's annual New Year challenge to the world's greatest thinkers.This year it is asking "What will change everything – What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?" And as ever, the great and the good have responded to the call. ...

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[1] http://www.edge.org/news/which-technological-wonders-are-set-to-change-everything
[2] http://is.gd/789xHZ
[3] http://www.edge.org/annual-question/what-will-change-everything
[4] http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/jan/01/philosophy-venter-edge