AccordingtoBT’sfuturologist,IanPearson,theseareamongthedevelopmentsscheduledforthefirstfewdecadesofthenewmillennium(aperiodof1，000years),whensupercomputerswilldramaticallyaccelerateprogressinallareasoflife.
Pearsonhas__1__togethertoworkofhundredsofresearchersaroundtheworldtoproducea__2__millenniumtechnologycalendarthatgivesthelatestdateswhenwecanexpecthundredsofkey__3__anddiscoveriestotakeplace.Someofthebiggestdevelopmentswillbeinmedicine,includingan__4__lifeexpectancyanddozensofartificialorgans__5__intousebetweennowand2040.
Pearsonalso__6__abreakthroughincomputerhumanlinks."Bylinking__7__toournervoussystem,computerscouldpickup__8__wefeeland,hopefully,simulate__9__toosothatwecanstartto__10__fullsensoryenvironments,ratherliketheholidaysinTotalRecallortheStarTrekholodeck,"hesays.
Butthat,Pearsonpoints__11__,isonlythestartofman-machine__12__:"Itwillbethebeginningofthelongprocessofintegrationthatwill__13__leadtoafullyelectronichumanbeforetheendofthenextcentury."__14__hisresearch,Pearsonisabletoputdatestomostofthebreakthroughsthatcanbepredicted.However,therearestillno__15__forwhenfaster-than-lighttravelwillbe__16__,orwhenhumancloningwillbeperfected,orwhentimetravelwillbepossible.
Buthedoes__17__socialproblemsasaresultoftechnologicaladvances.Aboominneighborhoodsurveillancecameraswill,forexample,__18__problemsin2010,whilethearrivalofsynthetic__19__robotswillmeanpeoplemaynotbeableto__20__betweentheirhumanfriendsandthedroids.Andhomeapplianceswillalsobecomesosmartthatcontrollingandoperatingthemwillresultinthebreakoutofanewpsychologicaldisorder-kitchenrage.
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