Friday, June 13, 2008

The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least

Gwang ho's comment :
Our life depends on our creation and development. It is proved from in many scientic device. As the article mentioned, blind people can see anything or we can go anywhere we want for just a day. If we want to see this surprising world, we should live more longer.

Original artilce :
Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Have patience. Within 10 years, Dr. Kurzweil explained, there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.
Worried about greenhouse gas emissions? Have faith. Solar power may look terribly uneconomical at the moment, but with the exponential progress being made in nanoengineering, Dr. Kurzweil calculates that it’ll be cost-competitive with fossil fuels in just five years, and that within 20 years all our energy will come from clean sources.
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Two decades ago he predicted that “early in the 21st century” blind people would be able to read anything anywhere using a handheld device. In 2002 he narrowed the arrival date to 2008. On Thursday night at the festival, he pulled out a new gadget the size of a cellphone, and when he pointed it at the brochure for the science festival, it had no trouble reading the text aloud.
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more, click to below website...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/science/03tier.html?scp=1&sq=internet+education&st=nyt

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