The Resource Reality check, Brad Wieners & David Pescovitz ; research by Meri Brin ; foreword by Bruce Sterling
Reality check, Brad Wieners & David Pescovitz ; research by Meri Brin ; foreword by Bruce Sterling
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- Extent
- 1 online resource (161 pages
- Note
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- "You've heard the hype. WIRED asked the experts. Here's the real future."
- "With hundreds of topic-related Web sites"--Back cover
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- 1996 : Genetically engineered weapons of war
- 1997 : Affordable home CD recorders ; Movies-on-demand ; Intelligent agents
- 1998 : E-cash gets real ; First virtual high school graduating class ; Flat-rate phone service
- 1999 : Male birth control pill ; Overnight custom clothing
- 2000 : Gene therapy for cancer
- 2001 : Solar-powered automobiles ; Fortune 500 virtual corporation ; Global wireless telephone number
- 2002 : AIDS vaccine available ; Computer handwriting recognition ; Fat-destroying pill ; Remote-controlled surgery
- 2003 : Universal picture phones ; One-fifth of U.S. workers telecommute
- 2004 : Commercially viable nanotechnology ; Solar power to the people ; Operational space station ; Noninvasive surgery ; Holographic medical imaging ; Most U.S. produce genetically engineered
- 2005 : Computer defeats human chess master ; Universal organ donor animal ; Housecleaning robot ; Software superdistribution
- 2006 : Self-cleaning toilets hit home ; Effective hair-loss prevention ; One-fourth of U.S. homes get smart
- 2007 : "Fiber to the home" ; Smart fabrics go mainstream ; Online mass retailer as big as Sears
- 2008 : Hemp-based auto fuel ; 20 percent of U.S. consumers telegrocery shop
- 2009 : VR sunglasses ; Orgasmatron
- 2010 : Smart drugs ; Robot surgeon (in a pill) ; The audio CD becomes a format of second choice
- 2013 : The book goes digital
- 2014 : Supersonic flight for the masses ; Online advertising eclipses TV commercials ; Aquaculture provides a majority of U.S. seafood
- 2015 : Food tablets provide complete nutrition
- 2016 : Holophone ; First large, public virtual library
- 2017 : Automated highway systems in U.S. cities
- 2019 : Decriminalization of drugs in the United States ; Self-driving vehicles ; Interoperable objects
- 2020 : Humans on Mars ; "Sober up" drug
- 2021 : Commercially viable magnetic levitation trains in the United States
- 2022 : Entirely ex utero fetal development
- 2023 : Tricorder
- 2025 : Contact with extraterrestrial intelligence
- 2029 : Cell repair technology
- 2034 : More than 50 percent drive electric cars
- 2036 : Teledildonics
- 2043 : First cryonic reanimation
- 2044 : Self-replicating robot
- 2047 : C-3PO becomes a reality
- 2051 : Most U.S. produce grown hydroponically
- 2055 : Virtual sex slave
- 2225 : "Dial-a-mood"
- Unlikely : End of two-party system in the United States ; Jetpacks for personal transportation ; Orbiting solar power plant
- Never : An interactive TV in every home ; The paperless office ; Human clones ; Virtual war
- Label
- Reality check
- Title
- Reality check
- Statement of responsibility
- Brad Wieners & David Pescovitz ; research by Meri Brin ; foreword by Bruce Sterling
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- NBelS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wieners, Brad
- Dewey number
- 601/.1/2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- T174
- LC item number
- .W54 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Pescovitz, David
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Technological forecasting
- Twenty-first century
- Pronóstico tecnológico
- Siglo XXI
- Technological forecasting
- Twenty-first century
- Label
- Reality check, Brad Wieners & David Pescovitz ; research by Meri Brin ; foreword by Bruce Sterling
- Note
-
- "You've heard the hype. WIRED asked the experts. Here's the real future."
- "With hundreds of topic-related Web sites"--Back cover
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1996 : Genetically engineered weapons of war -- 1997 : Affordable home CD recorders ; Movies-on-demand ; Intelligent agents -- 1998 : E-cash gets real ; First virtual high school graduating class ; Flat-rate phone service -- 1999 : Male birth control pill ; Overnight custom clothing -- 2000 : Gene therapy for cancer -- 2001 : Solar-powered automobiles ; Fortune 500 virtual corporation ; Global wireless telephone number -- 2002 : AIDS vaccine available ; Computer handwriting recognition ; Fat-destroying pill ; Remote-controlled surgery -- 2003 : Universal picture phones ; One-fifth of U.S. workers telecommute -- 2004 : Commercially viable nanotechnology ; Solar power to the people ; Operational space station ; Noninvasive surgery ; Holographic medical imaging ; Most U.S. produce genetically engineered -- 2005 : Computer defeats human chess master ; Universal organ donor animal ; Housecleaning robot ; Software superdistribution -- 2006 : Self-cleaning toilets hit home ; Effective hair-loss prevention ; One-fourth of U.S. homes get smart -- 2007 : "Fiber to the home" ; Smart fabrics go mainstream ; Online mass retailer as big as Sears -- 2008 : Hemp-based auto fuel ; 20 percent of U.S. consumers telegrocery shop -- 2009 : VR sunglasses ; Orgasmatron -- 2010 : Smart drugs ; Robot surgeon (in a pill) ; The audio CD becomes a format of second choice -- 2013 : The book goes digital -- 2014 : Supersonic flight for the masses ; Online advertising eclipses TV commercials ; Aquaculture provides a majority of U.S. seafood -- 2015 : Food tablets provide complete nutrition -- 2016 : Holophone ; First large, public virtual library -- 2017 : Automated highway systems in U.S. cities -- 2019 : Decriminalization of drugs in the United States ; Self-driving vehicles ; Interoperable objects -- 2020 : Humans on Mars ; "Sober up" drug -- 2021 : Commercially viable magnetic levitation trains in the United States -- 2022 : Entirely ex utero fetal development -- 2023 : Tricorder -- 2025 : Contact with extraterrestrial intelligence -- 2029 : Cell repair technology -- 2034 : More than 50 percent drive electric cars -- 2036 : Teledildonics -- 2043 : First cryonic reanimation -- 2044 : Self-replicating robot -- 2047 : C-3PO becomes a reality -- 2051 : Most U.S. produce grown hydroponically -- 2055 : Virtual sex slave -- 2225 : "Dial-a-mood" -- Unlikely : End of two-party system in the United States ; Jetpacks for personal transportation ; Orbiting solar power plant -- Never : An interactive TV in every home ; The paperless office ; Human clones ; Virtual war
- Extent
- 1 online resource (161 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036798065
- Label
- Reality check, Brad Wieners & David Pescovitz ; research by Meri Brin ; foreword by Bruce Sterling
- Note
-
- "You've heard the hype. WIRED asked the experts. Here's the real future."
- "With hundreds of topic-related Web sites"--Back cover
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1996 : Genetically engineered weapons of war -- 1997 : Affordable home CD recorders ; Movies-on-demand ; Intelligent agents -- 1998 : E-cash gets real ; First virtual high school graduating class ; Flat-rate phone service -- 1999 : Male birth control pill ; Overnight custom clothing -- 2000 : Gene therapy for cancer -- 2001 : Solar-powered automobiles ; Fortune 500 virtual corporation ; Global wireless telephone number -- 2002 : AIDS vaccine available ; Computer handwriting recognition ; Fat-destroying pill ; Remote-controlled surgery -- 2003 : Universal picture phones ; One-fifth of U.S. workers telecommute -- 2004 : Commercially viable nanotechnology ; Solar power to the people ; Operational space station ; Noninvasive surgery ; Holographic medical imaging ; Most U.S. produce genetically engineered -- 2005 : Computer defeats human chess master ; Universal organ donor animal ; Housecleaning robot ; Software superdistribution -- 2006 : Self-cleaning toilets hit home ; Effective hair-loss prevention ; One-fourth of U.S. homes get smart -- 2007 : "Fiber to the home" ; Smart fabrics go mainstream ; Online mass retailer as big as Sears -- 2008 : Hemp-based auto fuel ; 20 percent of U.S. consumers telegrocery shop -- 2009 : VR sunglasses ; Orgasmatron -- 2010 : Smart drugs ; Robot surgeon (in a pill) ; The audio CD becomes a format of second choice -- 2013 : The book goes digital -- 2014 : Supersonic flight for the masses ; Online advertising eclipses TV commercials ; Aquaculture provides a majority of U.S. seafood -- 2015 : Food tablets provide complete nutrition -- 2016 : Holophone ; First large, public virtual library -- 2017 : Automated highway systems in U.S. cities -- 2019 : Decriminalization of drugs in the United States ; Self-driving vehicles ; Interoperable objects -- 2020 : Humans on Mars ; "Sober up" drug -- 2021 : Commercially viable magnetic levitation trains in the United States -- 2022 : Entirely ex utero fetal development -- 2023 : Tricorder -- 2025 : Contact with extraterrestrial intelligence -- 2029 : Cell repair technology -- 2034 : More than 50 percent drive electric cars -- 2036 : Teledildonics -- 2043 : First cryonic reanimation -- 2044 : Self-replicating robot -- 2047 : C-3PO becomes a reality -- 2051 : Most U.S. produce grown hydroponically -- 2055 : Virtual sex slave -- 2225 : "Dial-a-mood" -- Unlikely : End of two-party system in the United States ; Jetpacks for personal transportation ; Orbiting solar power plant -- Never : An interactive TV in every home ; The paperless office ; Human clones ; Virtual war
- Extent
- 1 online resource (161 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036798065
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